M = Mary Mr. = Mr. Rogers
M: Mr. Rogers, I'm so sorry to be late.
瑪 麗:羅杰斯老師,對不起,我遲到了。
Mr.: What held you up?
羅杰斯老師:什么事情讓你耽擱了?
M: Nothing, really.
瑪 麗:沒事,真的。
Mr.: Then why are you twenty minutes late for homeroom?
羅杰斯老師:那么,你為什么遲了二十分鐘才來集合教室?
M: I got up late this morning. But I swear it won't happen again.
瑪 麗:今天早上我很晚才起床。但我發(fā)誓不會再犯了。
Mr.: Okay. You sound sincere enough.
羅杰斯老師:好吧。聽起來你蠻有誠意的。
M: Am I going to be punished?
瑪 麗:我得接受處罰嗎?
Mr.: I'm going to mark you down as being tardy.
羅杰斯老師:我會記你遲到一次。
M: Thank God I'm not being sent to the principal's office!
瑪 麗:謝天謝地,我不會被送到校長室去了!