欢迎关注VX公众号：英语主播Emily 获取更多免费英语课程和资料 Conversation: A: Where is everyone? We were supposed to start fifteen minutes ago.  大家都去哪儿了？我们本来15分钟前就要开始的。 B: Jo called and said she'd be here in a sec. She said she got tied up with the client.  乔打电话说她一会儿就到，她说被一个客户缠住了。 C: Sorry, I'm late everyone. There was a huge traffic jam on the highway this morning.  大家不好意思，我迟到了。今天早上高速公路那儿发生了一起交通事故。 D: Morning everyone! Were you stuck in traffic as well, Jess? There was a huge Pileup on the highway and traffic was backed up for miles.  大家早上好！杰斯，你也堵车了吗？高速公路那边撞车，交通堵了有几英里。 B: Scott just called and said that he's running late. His last meeting ran over, but he's on his way now.  斯科特刚刚打电话说他晚点到。他上个会议超时了，但是他现在在路上。 A: Guys, this is not acceptable. If I say the meeting starts at ten, the meeting starts at ten. Not ten-oh-one and definitely not ten twenty. All right, let's get started. So the first thing I want to talk about is our.. 各位，这真让人无法接受。如果我说会议十点开始，那就必须十点开始，不能10:01，更不能10:20。好了，现在开始。那么我要说的第一件事情是我们的。 E: I'm really sorry everyone. I know I'm late but really, it's not my fault. I was getting a coffee at Starbucks and the line was way too long. I was waiting for twenty minutes to get my coffee. 真的很抱歉，各位，我知道我迟到了，但真的不是我的错。我去星巴克买了杯咖啡，队排的太长太长了，我等了20分钟才拿到咖啡。 be supposed to （按照规则；传统或预期）应该...（强调客观意义上） 例句： We are supposed to be quiet during a concert. 我们在听音乐会时应该保持安静。 You are supposed to be home before nine o'clock. 你应该在九点前到家。 get tied up 被...缠住 例句： Sorry I'm late, honey. I got tied up at the office. 抱歉，我迟到了，亲爱的。我在办公室一直很忙。 I was tied up on the phone all afternoon and didn't get any work done. 我整个下午都在打电话，没有完成任何工作。 I got tied up in traffic on the way here. 我来的路上堵车了。 traffic jam 交通堵塞 a huge/big traffic jam 例句： We were stuck in a traffic jam. 我们遇上了交通堵塞。 pileup 连环相撞 a huge/serious pileup 例句： I was driving in my car when I saw the pileup. 我正在开车，看到路上车连环相撞。 in a sec 马上；很快=in a second 注意和in a minute的细微区别 be running late 迟到 例句： Jane is running late, she'll be here in ten minutes. 简要迟到了，她十分钟后到。 Traffic is really bad, so I'm running late. 交通真的很糟糕，所以我要迟到了。 I'm running a bit late, so please start without me. 我有点晚了，所以请开始吧。 run over 延长 例句： My meeting ran over fifteen minutes. 我的会议延长了十五分钟。 stuck in traffic 堵在交通中了 例句： I got stuck in traffic. 我堵在路上了。 backed up for miles 堵了好几英里 例句： The traffic is backed up for miles. 交通堵了好几英里。