Why are you late?

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5 years ago

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.

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

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.