English learners, welcome back to another great lesson here at EnglishPod.
My name is Marco.
And I'm Erica.
And today we are going to have a lesson that is going to be very useful when you arrive late.
Yes, well, we all have arrived late to something and we need a good way of saying sorry and saying why we were late.
So today we're not only going to be looking at vocabulary used to explain why you are late, but also some.
Typical excuses of why people are late.
Right, so some normal reasons for saying why you're late.
Well, why don't we get started with the dialogue?
Now, we're going to hear five people in the dialogue.
So at the beginning, we'll hear the boss and the assistant, and then we'll hear three people who are arriving late.
Where's everyone?
We were supposed to start 15 minutes ago.
Jo called and said she'd be here in a sec.
She said she got tied up with a client.
Sorry I'm late, everyone.
Oh, there was a huge traffic jam on the highway this morning.
Morning, everyone.
Are you stuck in traffic as well, Jess?
There was a huge pileup on the highway, and traffic was backed up for miles.