A Hi, Francis, morning! How are you doing today?
嘿,弗朗西斯,早上好!你今天過得怎樣?
B I had a bad start of the day. I was stuck in a bad traffic jam on my way and I missed my morning meeting.
今天我有一個糟糕的開始。我來的路上遇上交通堵塞了,而且我錯過了今早的會議。
A Indeed, I agree that is not a good start. How about the meeting? You missed anything important?
確實,我同意那不是一個好的開始。那會議怎樣?你錯過一些重要的東西嗎?
B It is ok. My boss briefs me later on.
還好。后來我老板簡要給我介紹了一下。
A Was he unhappy with you not attending the meeting?
你沒有參加會議他不高興嗎?
B Err, kind of. You know this traffic jam is really bad with so many new cars hitting the streets these days.
額,有點。你知道的,這些天如此多的新車上路,交通堵塞真的很嚴重。