Ⅰ.核心學習：Be Punctual 準時

Steve: You're late again, Mike. You have been late three times this month.

史蒂文：你又遲到了，麥克。這個月你已經遲到三次了。

Mike : I'm really sorry, Steve. The traffic has been bad lately.

麥克：我真的非常抱歉。最近總是塞車。

Steve: Do you catch a taxi to work every day?

史蒂文：你每天上班都是打車嗎？

Mike : Yep. When the traffic is OK, it only takes 20 minutes but when there are traffic jams, it can take 40 or even 50 minutes.

麥克：對。如果不堵車的話只需花20分鐘。但如果堵車的話，可能就要花40甚至50分鐘了。

Steve: Have you thought about alternative transport?

史蒂文：那你有沒有想過使用什么別的交通工具么？

Mike : What do you mean by 'alternative'?

麥克：你說的“別的”是指什么？

Steve: Well, taxi is just one way to get to your destination. What about the bus or subway?

史蒂文：其實，乘坐出租車只是到達目的地的一種方法。公共汽車或者坐地鐵怎么樣？

Mike : I never really thought about it, but I will give it a try.

麥克：我從來沒想過那么做，不過我倒是可以試試。

Steve: Just try to be punctual, Mike. It's important.

史蒂文：麥克，你可要試著盡量準時。這很重要。