Hello everyone and welcome to EnglishPod.
My name is Marco.
My name is Katherine and today we're talking about a very important topic.
This is about time.
That's right,
so sometimes we are a little bit lazy or maybe we sleep too much and we're late to work or a meeting.
Alright, so learn many different ways to talk about being late today.
Let's take a listen to our dialogue.
Okay everyone, shall we begin?
Sorry Maggie, but we're missing a few people.
Can we hang on a sec?
Well, I did say 11 o'clock sharp and it's now five past, so...
Hi everyone, I'm so sorry I'm late.
It's raining cats and dogs outside and I had to wait ages for a taxi.
Okay James, take a seat quickly please.
Right, the subject of the meeting is the importance.
Hi guys, please excuse me.
I was held up in traffic.
Right.
As I was saying the subject of the meeting is...