上班遲到 late for Working-bottom: 100%;">Do you.feel guilty if you are late for work? One in ten workers said that they arrive late to work at least once a week and about 24% said they arrive late at least once a month.情景對話 1：王萍和客戶湯姆約好時間見面，但因事遲到，她表示歉意。Wang Ping: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long. 真抱歉讓您久等了。Tom: That's OK. What made you so late? 沒關係，你怎麼來這麼晚?Wang Ping: I was tied up with some urgent business. 有急事脫不開身。Tom: I see. 我明白了。Wang Ping: You've visited some places of interest in Beijing during the last few days, haven't you? 您已經參觀了北京的許多名勝古蹟，對嗎?Tom: Yes, we've visited many places such as the Imperial Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. Well, during my visit to Xi'an, I suddenly got an idea that we should build a synthetic fiber works there. It will be a joint venture. 是的。參觀了許多地方，比如說故宮、天壇和長城。對了，在西安參觀時，我突然產生了一個想法：我們應該在那裏開辦一家合資性質的合成纖維廠。Wang Ping: That's a great idea. We'll surely try our best to cooperate with you. We have many favorable conditions to run a joint wenture there. You can get full support from the local government there.那太好了。我們一定盡全力與貴方合作。我們有許多有利條件。貴方可以得到當地政府方面的全力支持。Tom: That sounds really attracting. And what about the details? 聽起來確實很有吸引力。那麼，有哪些細節?Wang Ping: If it is convenient for you, we can go and visit the local government for those details. 如果你有時間，我們可以去拜訪一下當地的政府，瞭解一下細節。Tom: All right. Let's make it 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. 好的，就定在明天早上九點鐘吧。情景對話2：珍妮遲到了，她不得不向她的主管馬林做解釋。Jane: Sorry, Ma Lin, I'm late. 對不起，馬林，我遲到了。Ma Lin: Jane, that's the second time this week, isn't it? 珍妮，這是本星期的第二次了，是吧?Jane: Yes. My bus was late again. 是的，公共汽車又來遲了。Ma Lin: Is it possible for you to take an earlier bus? 你能搭乘一班早一些的公汽嗎?Jane: I think so. I'm going to do that tomorrow. 我想是可以的，我打算明天就這麼辦。Ma Lin: Perhaps we can change your working hours a bit if you wish. 如果你願意，也許我們可以改一下你得工作時間。Jane: No, thanks. I can manage. 不用了，謝謝。我能設法應付的。Ma Lin: All right. If there's anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to let me know. 好的，如果有什麼事我能爲你做，請儘管告訴我。Jane: That's very kind of you. Ma Lin. 你太好了，馬林。Notes：向別人表示歉意時，首先要承認自己做錯了事，或做出了不禮貌的行爲，並且通常要說明原因，表示遺憾。最簡單的道歉方式是說I'm sorry。但這往往不夠，還需要對你所做的錯事做出解釋之後，做出改正和改進的許諾，表示不會讓錯誤再次發生。如果你真的做錯了事，給對方造成傷害或帶來不利的影響，這時做無謂的解釋，只能欲蓋彌彰，效果相反。
