欢迎关注VX公众号：英语主播Emily 获取本期节目的跟读版本以及语音打分 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。 Pronunciation: where is everyone→rɪze minutes ago→tsə in a sec→nə tied up→də with a→ðə there was a→zə jam on the→mɑːnə stuck in traffic as well→kɪ;kə pileup on the→pɑːnə backed up→də ran over→nəʊ he's on his way→zɑːnɪ this is not acceptable→sɪ;də if I→faɪ starts at→tsə talk about→kə getting a coffee at..→jə