Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Some people are just always late, no matter what. It almost seems like they must be living in another reality, where all the clocks are set differently.
This can be really frustrating, especially if you’re the kind of person who’s always on time. It sucks having to wait around for people, wondering if they’re ever going to show up. And nobody likes those people who come to class 15 minutes after the professor has begun talking, or who interrupt a movie by stumbling into the theater after it’s already started.
Jason is one of those people who can never be on time. Listen in on his phone conversation with Devan, as she tries to teach him how to be more punctual.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Devan: I can’t believe you haven’t left yet! By the time you get here, I’ll have been here for over an hour.
Jason: I’m so sorry. I got held up at work today. All kinds of crazy stuff came up. I’m running late. I’ll be there. I know you really needed to talk about your application to the international bowling league, so I’ll be right there, I promise.
Devan: I really need to talk to you about that, and I’m starving, and Jason, you are the least punctual person I know.
Jason: Go ahead and order without me. I’m sorry. I know I lose track of time, but I’m seriously on my way. I’m like five minutes away.
Devan: What are you gonna do to not be running late all the time?
Jason: I don’t know. Do you…do you think I should set my clock late? Do you think that works?
Devan: I think you should…Yeah, I think you should set your clock later, and you should always give yourself an extra half hour no matter how much time you think it’s going to take you to do something.
Jason: Yeah, that is the problem, that I have a really hard time estimating how long it’s actually gonna take to do different things.
Devan: Just tack on 30 minutes to that time you estimate, and then you’ll always be on time, ‘cause you’re always late.
Jason: I guess I’ll just have to do that.
Devan: Alright. Well I’m ordering you a salad and I’m not waiting, I’m gonna start eating.
Jason: OK, I’ll buy, I’m sorry. I’ll be right there.
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Discussion
Jason was supposed to meet Devan for dinner, but he’s already really late. He tries to explain why he’s late and promises he’ll be there soon. But Devan is annoyed with him because he’s late all the time.
Devan asks Jason what he’s going to do to stop being late. She thinks he should set his clock late so he always thinks it’s later than it really is. He should also add give himself extra time to do things. If he thinks something is only going to take an hour, he should leave himself an hour and a half. Then if it takes longer than expected, he’ll still be on time.
Are you punctual, or are you always late? Does it annoy you when other people are late? What do you think they can do to become more punctual?
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for me, i think i am quite a punctual person. However, my friends are always being late and everytime when we go out, i always need to wait for there and thus, i seem to learn from them from being late and won't be on time so often… for the methods of being more punctual, i think they should keep more time for doing their own things, thus they won't be stuck, and will be more punctual afterwards. secondly, i think they can also assume their time that they need to go out, earlier than they planned to, e.g. originally, they assume to go out at 5, then they can change to assume it at 4:50 or else, then they can avoid from being late… |
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Being in late is realy bad perception A man who promises must keep his/her promise, because "Promise is Promise" |
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