You’re late, you’re flustered and in a panic about how your boss is going to react when you get to work or how your mother-in-law is going to feel about you missing the birthday cake. We’ve all been late at one point in our lives and it’s important to have a store of excuses for when you are in trouble!

你迟到了，你很慌乱，担心你的老板会在你上班时做出什么反应，或者你的婆婆会对你错过生日蛋糕有什么感觉。在我们的生活中，我们都迟到了，当你遇到麻烦的时候，有一大堆借口是很重要的!

These excuses that we have ever so graciously put together for you will get you out of any situation you’re put in. Be careful not to use them too often though, people will start realising that you are making up excuses! The other option of course is to be on time and punctual, but who really has the time and the patience to do that?

我们为你精心编造的这些借口将使你摆脱任何处境。但是要小心不要经常使用，人们会开始意识到你在编造借口!另一个选择当然是准时，但是谁真正有时间和耐心去做呢?

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Let’s take a look at the categories by which we are going to classify our excuses:

让我们来看看我们将根据哪些类别来对借口进行分类：

Traffic

交通

Family problems

家庭问题

Alarm clock

闹钟

Public transport

公共交通

Car problems

汽车问题

Police problems

警察问题

Doctor’s appointment

医生预约

Weather

天气

There will be new terms in each dialogue that will be put in bold. Then at the end of the dialogue we will explain the terms one by one.

每一个对话中都会有一些粗体字。然后在对话结束时，我们将逐一解释这些术语。

So, let’s get started!

所以，我们开始吧!

Traffic

交通

Traffic can ruin anyone’s day.

交通会毁了任何人的一天。

If you have to drive long distances to get to work it’s likely that you will run into traffic, which is when cars, buses and other vehicles have to form long lines due to the amount of people trying to use the roads. You can spend hours of your life sat in traffic, isn’t that sad?

如果你要开很长的路去上班，很可能会遇到交通堵塞，也就是说，汽车、公共汽车和其他车辆必须排起长队，因为要使用道路的人太多了。你可以花上几个小时坐在车流中，不是吗?

So, if you don’t want to cycle or walk to work here is a sample dialog of an excuse using traffic.

所以，如果你不想骑车或步行上班，这里有一个使用交通工具的借口的示例对话框。

RIA: DAMIAN, YOU’RE 20 MINUTES LATE!

莉亚：达米安，你迟到了20分钟!

DAMIAN: YEAH, I’M SORRY RIA, I GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC.

戴米安：是的，对不起，瑞亚，我堵车了。

RIA: STUCK IN TRAFFIC? ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN’T JUST LEAVE LATE?

里娅：堵车?你确定你不只是迟到吗?

DAMIAN: HONESTLY! I TAKE THE MOTORWAY TO WORK AND IT WAS COMPLETELY GRIDLOCKED. IT’S BECAUSE I HAVE TO TRAVEL IN RUSH HOUR.

达米安：说实话!我走高速公路去上班，交通完全堵塞了。因为我得在高峰时间旅行。

RIA: HM, WELL I STILL THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE LEAVING EARLIER. THIS IS THE SIXTH TIME THIS MONTH THAT YOU’VE BEEN LATE AND IT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

瑞亚：嗯，我还是觉得你应该早点走。这是你这个月第六次迟到，这是不可接受的。

DAMIAN: COME ON RIA, WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT TRAFFIC? IT’S NOT MY FAULT!

达米安：来吧，瑞亚，我能怎么处理交通问题?这不是我的错!

RIA: THAT’S TRUE, BUT PLEASE TRY TO PLAN AHEAD FOR TRAFFIC INCIDENTS IN FUTURE.

RIA:是的，但是请尽量提前为将来的交通事故做好准备。

DAMIAN: OKAY, I WILL GET UP EARLIER AND I WILL TRY TO LISTEN TO THE TRAFFIC UPDATES ON THE RADIO BEFORE I LEAVE. THAT WAY I CAN PLAN AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE IF I NEED TO.

戴米安：好的，我会早点起床，在离开之前我会试着听收音机里的交通动态。这样，如果我需要的话，我可以计划另一条路线。

RIA: THAT SOUNDS GOOD, DAMIAN, THANK YOU.

听起来不错，达米安，谢谢。

DAMIAN: YOU’RE WELCOME, RIA, I APOLOGISE.

达米安：不客气，瑞亚，我道歉。

traffic vocabulary words

交通词汇

Stuck in traffic

堵车

When you have to drive slowly or stop because of the number of vehicles on the road.

当你因为路上的车辆太多而不得不慢行或停车时。

Motorway

高速公路

A large road that is designed for lots of vehicles to travel at high speed.

为许多车辆高速行驶而设计的一条大路。

Gridlocked

陷入僵局

When traffic is so bad that cars cannot move.

当交通状况很糟糕，汽车无法行驶时。

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