【Dialogue 5】

　　A: Jack, Im sorry. I have kept you waiting for so long.

　　B: Rose, here you are! But why did you take so long to get here? Is there a --1-- ?

　　A: Something --2-- on the way. A jaywalker was killed in a horrible car accident.

　　The road was closed, so I had to turn right to take another road.

　　B: Its understandable.

　　【tips】

　　understandable: 可以理解的，understanding:善解人意的。 -able后綴表示是使人......的。

　　如：forgetful健忘的，forgetable容易被人忘記的;respectful滿懷敬意的，respectable令人尊敬的。

　　【精彩短句】

　　隨時都可以。

　　Any time, Sir.

　　A:When do you think you can start work?

　　B:Any time, sir.

　　【文化ABC】--約人談話

　　如果是約人談話，簡單寒暄之后應(yīng)盡快進(jìn)入正題， 不宜海闊天空拉將長，耽誤對方的時間。正事談完后盡快結(jié)束談話與對方道別。