Conversation:

A: Where is everyone? We were supposed to start fifteen minutes ago.

大家都去哪兒了？我們本來15分鐘前就要開始的。

B: Jo called and said she'd be here in a sec. She said she got tied up with the client.

喬打電話說她一會兒就到，她說被一個客戶纏住了。

C: Sorry, I'm late everyone. There was a huge traffic jam on the highway this morning.

大家不好意思，我遲到了。今天早上高速公路那兒發生了一起交通事故。

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，你也堵車了嗎？高速公路那邊撞車，交通堵了有幾英里。

B: Scott just called and said that he's running late. His last meeting ran over, but he's on his way now.

斯科特剛剛打電話說他晚點到。他上個會議超時了，但是他現在在路上。

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，這真讓人無法接受。如果我說會議十點開始，那就必須十點開始，不能10:01，更不能10:20。好了，現在開始。那么我要說的第一件事情是我們的。

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，我知道我遲到了，但真的不是我的錯。我去星巴克買了杯咖啡，隊排的太長太長了，我等了20分鐘才拿到咖啡。

be supposed to

（按照規則；傳統或預期）應該...（強調客觀意義上）

例句：

We are supposed to be quiet during a concert.

我們在聽音樂會時應該保持安靜。

You are supposed to be home before nine o'clock.

你應該在九點前到家。

get tied up

被...纏住

例句：

Sorry I'm late, honey. I got tied up at the office.

抱歉，我遲到了，親愛的。我在辦公室一直很忙。

I was tied up on the phone all afternoon and didn't get any work done.

我整個下午都在打電話，沒有完成任何工作。

I got tied up in traffic on the way here.

我來的路上堵車了。

traffic jam

交通堵塞

a huge/big traffic jam

例句：

We were stuck in a traffic jam.

我們遇上了交通堵塞。

pileup

連環相撞

a huge/serious pileup

例句：

I was driving in my car when I saw the pileup.

我正在開車，看到路上車連環相撞。

in a sec

馬上；很快

=in a second

注意和in a minute的細微區別

be running late

遲到

例句：

Jane is running late, she'll be here in ten minutes.

簡要遲到了，她十分鐘后到。

Traffic is really bad, so I'm running late.

交通真的很糟糕，所以我要遲到了。

I'm running a bit late, so please start without me.

我有點晚了，所以請開始吧。

run over

延長

例句：

My meeting ran over fifteen minutes.

我的會議延長了十五分鐘。

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

堵了好幾英里

例句：

The traffic is backed up for miles.

交通堵了好幾英里。