Apologizing and Giving Explanations
Miss Green:Mary, what happened to you? You are twenty minutes late today. We all worry about you, you know.Mary Brown:Sorry, Miss Green. But can I explain what happened ?Miss Green: Yes, please.Mary Brown:OK. I was waiting for the bus at the bus stop when an old man standing nearby fell to the ground suddenly and lost his senses. I was so surprised that I didn't know what to do at first.Then I guessed that he must have had a heart attack. So I called the nearby police station.Miss Green:Did they come?Mary Brown:Yes, they soon came over and sent the old man to a hospital.Miss Green:Good. Now I see what happened. You are a good girl, Mary.
道歉
格林小姐：瑪麗，出什么事了嗎?今天你遲到了20分鐘。我們一直為你擔(dān)心，你是知道的。瑪麗：對不起了，格林小姐，我可以解釋一下原因嗎?格林小姐：可以?，旣?：當(dāng)我來學(xué)校，在公共汽車站等車時，站在不遠(yuǎn)處的一位老人忽然昏倒在地，我很吃驚不知道怎么辦才好，后來猜想老人一定是犯了心臟病，于是就給附近的警察局打了電話。格林小姐：他們來了嗎?瑪麗：是的，他們不久就來了，然后把老人送進(jìn)了醫(yī)院。格林小姐：太好了，現(xiàn)在我明白是怎么回事了?，旣?，你真是一個了不起的女孩啊!
