Late for Work 上班遲到
Do you feel guilty if you are late for work? One in ten workers said that they arrive late to work at least once a week and about 24% said they arrive late at least once a month.

情景對話1：
珍妮遲到了，她不得不向她的主管馬林做解釋。

Jane: Sorry, Ma Lin, I'm late. 對不起，馬林，我遲到了。
Ma Lin: Jane, that's the second time this week, isn't it? 珍妮，這是本星期的第二次了，是吧？
Jane: Yes. My bus was late again. 是的，公共汽車又來遲了。
Ma Lin: Is it possible for you to take an earlier bus? 你能搭乘一班早一些的公汽嗎？
Jane: I think so. I'm going to do that tomorrow. 我想是可以的，我打算明天就這么辦。
Ma Lin: Perhaps we can change your working hours a bit if you wish. 如果你愿意，也許我們可以改一下你得工作時(shí)間。
Jane: No, thanks. I can manage. 不用了，謝謝。我能設(shè)法應(yīng)付的。
Ma Lin: All right. If there's anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to let me know. 好的，如果有什么事我能為你做，請盡管告訴我。
Jane: That's very kind of you. Ma Lin. 你太好了，馬林。

Notes：
向別人表示歉意時(shí)，首先要承認(rèn)自己做錯了事，或做出了不禮貌的行為，并且通常要說明原因，表示遺憾。最簡單的道歉方式是說I'm sorry。但這往往不夠，還需要對你所做的錯事做出解釋之后，做出改正和改進(jìn)的許諾，表示不會讓錯誤再次發(fā)生。如果你真的做錯了事，給對方造成傷害或帶來不利的影響，這時(shí)做無謂的解釋，只能欲蓋彌彰，效果相反。

情景對話 2：
王萍和客戶湯姆約好時(shí)間見面，但因事遲到，她表示歉意。

Wang Ping: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long. 真抱歉讓您久等了。
Tom: That's OK. What made you so late? 沒關(guān)系，你怎么來這么晚？
Wang Ping: I was tied up with some urgent business. 有急事脫不開身。
Tom: I see. 我明白了。
Wang Ping: You've visited some places of interest in Beijing during the last few days, haven't you? 您已經(jīng)參觀了北京的許多名勝古跡，對嗎？
Tom: Yes, we've visited many places such as the Imperial Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. Well, during my visit to Xi'an, I suddenly got an idea that we should build a synthetic fiber works there. It will be a joint venture. 是的。參觀了許多地方，比如說故宮、天壇和長城。對了，在西安參觀時(shí)，我突然產(chǎn)生了一個(gè)想法：我們應(yīng)該在那里開辦一家合資性質(zhì)的合成纖維廠。
Wang Ping: That's a great idea. We'll surely try our best to cooperate with you. We have many favorable conditions to run a joint venture there. You can get full support from the local government there.那太好了。我們一定盡全力與貴方合作。我們有許多有利條件。貴方可以得到當(dāng)?shù)卣矫娴娜χС帧?br> Tom: That sounds really attracting. And what about the details? 聽起來確實(shí)很有吸引力。那么，有哪些細(xì)節(jié)？
Wang Ping: If it is convenient for you, we can go and visit the local government for those details. 如果你有時(shí)間，我們可以去拜訪一下當(dāng)?shù)氐恼私庖幌录?xì)節(jié)。
Tom: All right. Let's make it 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. 好的，就定在明天早上九點(diǎn)鐘吧。

Notes:
常用表達(dá)道歉與接受道歉的表達(dá)方式：

致歉
Sorry.
I'm really / awfully / terribly sorry.
I cannot tell you how sorry I am.
Please forgive me. I don't mean that.
Please forgive my carelessness.
Please excuse me. I have to run.

接受道歉
That's okey.
It's nothing.
It doesn't matter at all.
Never mind.
Don't worry about that.
Just forget it.

常用句型：
I'm really sorry to be late again.
I'm awfully sorry. I didn't realize.
It was wrong of me.
I hope you will excuse me.
I apologize for that.
...but I'm afraid I'll have to put off the meeting.