A：I see you've brought something to occupy your time while we wait. Good. We may be here a long time.

我知道你帶了一些東西過來，在我們等的時候來打發(fā)你的時間。這樣好。我們可能要在這里呆很長時間。

B：Yes, Papa. I brought the catalog for the next college we're going to visit--the one in New Hampshir.

是啊，爸爸。我把我們將要去的下一個學(xué)院的目錄表帶來了-在新罕布什爾的那個。

C：Maybe we won't have to wait long. We've only been here fifteen minutes.

也許我們不要等很久。我們到這里才十五分鐘。

B：I'm not used to the way they treat time here. They wouldn't see me at that place in Massachusetts yesterday. I missed the appointment because I was forty-five minutes late. That's no time at all back in Brazil.

我不習(xí)慣他們這里這樣對待時間。昨天在馬薩諸塞州那個地方他們就不會見我。就因?yàn)槲疫t了四十五分鐘，我連面試都錯過了。在巴西，這點(diǎn)時間根本就不算什么。

A：It’s just that North Americans pay more attention to exact times. They're very punctual people.

美國北方人就是更注重時間的準(zhǔn)確性。他們很守時。

C：I think that if you're more than thirty minutes late, you have to apologize and explain what delayed you.

我想如果你遲到超過三十分鐘，你就得道歉并且解釋是什么延誤了你。

A：Our appointment with this dean is for three-fifteen. My watch says three-thirty. I'm sure we’re not late.

我們和這位系主任的約面時間是三點(diǎn)十五分。我的手表是三點(diǎn)半。我想我們沒遲到。

D：Isabel? Come in. Sorry I kept you waiting. We're running a little behind schedule today.

伊莎貝爾?請進(jìn)。對不起讓你久等了。今天我們比預(yù)計時間晚了一點(diǎn)。