Why Are You Late 你怎么遲到了

Teacher: Tom and John! Why are you late for school today?

老師：湯姆！約翰！你倆今天為什么遲到了！

Tom: Madam, I lost a one-dollar coin and was searching for it.

湯姆：老師，我一直在找我丟失的一美元硬幣。

Teachear: John, what about you?

老師：那么你呢，約翰？

John: Madam, I was not able to move beacause I was hiding that coin under my feet.

約翰：老師，我不能動(dòng)啊，我把他的硬幣藏腳底下了。

1.Why are you late for school

be late for很簡(jiǎn)單，表示做某事遲到。

今天我們一起來(lái)辨析一下be late for和be late with

“You went late _______ the stadium yesterday evening, didn’t you?”

“Yes, my wife was a little late _______ the supper.”

A. to, with B. for, with

C. for, for D. at, for

這道題的正確答案為A.我們來(lái)分析一下：

首先第一空填to比較好理解，因?yàn)榇颂幍膌ate為副詞，用以修飾 go to the stadium 中的動(dòng)詞go；

而第二句的 with 則是許多同學(xué)不容易想到的，相反，更多地可能是想到 for

現(xiàn)將兩者區(qū)別如下：be late for表示做某事遲到，而be late with 表示做某事做晚了(=be late in doing sth)

We were late for dinner. 我們吃飯遲到了。

We were late with dinner.（=in having dinner）我們吃飯吃得遲。

2.I was not able to move

be able to表示有做某事的能力

be able to表示能力是指通過(guò)努力之后能夠達(dá)到，指后天的能力。

而can表示能力則是天生的，本身具有這種能力。