Poor Xiaoming is late to work, but why?

你怎么迟到了？

老板：小明，你今天怎么迟到了半个小时？

小明：老板，对不起，今天雨下得太大，堵车了。

老板：下雨的时候要早点出门，知道了吗？下次不要再这样了。

小明：好的老板，我知道了。

Boss：Xiaoming, why are you thirty minutes late today?

小明：Sorry boss, the rain’s so heavy today. There was a traffic jam.

Boss：You should set out earlier when it’s raining, ok? Don’t let this happen again.

小明：Ok boss, I understand.

 

问题

1 – 小明迟到了多久？

a. 二十分钟

b. 三十分钟

c. 二十五分钟

d. 三十五分钟

2 – 今天为什么堵车了？

a. 不知道

b. 红绿灯坏了

c. 下雨

d. 车坏了

1. b

2. c

 

Important words

A few words from the above Mandarin passage with further examples of their use.

迟到

你为什么迟到了？– Why were you late?

对不起，我迟到了，因为路上有点堵车。- Sorry, I was late because there was some traffic on the road.

下次我会早点出门，不会再迟到了。– Next time, I will leave earlier and won’t be late again.

堵车

今天下雨了，所以路上堵车了。– There was a traffic jam on the road today because it rained.

堵车的时候要耐心等待。– You need to be patient when there’s a traffic jam.