What held you up this morning？【短片】

《職場英語1分鐘》

返工守時是非常重要的，很多公司都有打卡機紀錄返工放工時間。打卡返工的英文是「punch in」，放工時亦要打卡，英文是「punch out」。

Remember to punch in the time clock.

如果返工遇上特別事故而遲到，返到公司可能會被上司問點解：

Why are you running late this morning？

What held you up this morning？

係回答時除了表示歉意，亦最好講出遲到原因。假如是因為塞車，可以說：

Sorry I'm late. Traffic was unusually bad today.

I'm sorry for being late. I got stuck in every light this morning.

或者，返工前去了看醫生但過了時：”

I had a doctor appointment this morning and it took longer than I expected.

如果你想請病假，可以先通知上司，英文可以這樣說：

Hi boss， this is Alice. I'm pretty sick so I will not be in today. 

I’m not feeling well… it might be hard for me to get to work today.