Why are you late?

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Poor Xiaoming is late to work, but why?

你nǐ怎zěn么má迟Chí到了dào liǎo？

老板lǎo bǎn：小xiǎo明Míng，你nǐ今天jīn tiān怎zěn么má迟Chí到了dào liǎo半个bàn ge小时xiǎo shí？

小xiǎo明Míng：老板lǎo bǎn，对不起duì bu qǐ，今天jīn tiān雨yǔ下xià得dé太tài大dà，堵dú车Chē了le。

老板lǎo bǎn：下雨xià yǔ的de时shí候hòu要yāo早点zǎo diǎn出门chū mén，知道了zhī dào le吗má？

下次xià cì不要bù yào再zài这zhè样yàng了le。

小xiǎo明Míng：好hǎo的de老板lǎo bǎn，我wǒ知道了zhī dào le。

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你为什么迟到了？ Why were you late?

对不起，我迟到了，因为路上有点堵车。- Sorry, I was late because there was some traffic on the road.

下次我会早点出门，不会再迟到了。 Next time, I will leave earlier and won’t be late again.

今天下雨了，所以路上堵车了。 There was a traffic jam on the road today because it rained.

堵车的时候要耐心等待。 You need to be patient when there’s a traffic jam.