待ち合わせに遅れた理由を言おう

Explaining why you were late and didn't call
あなたは異性に電話もしないで遅れてしまった理由を説明しているところです。
こういう状況では嘘は言わずに正直に遅刻した理由を伝えましょう。
What happened?
 
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What happened?

I'm terribly sorry to have kept you waiting. Let me explain the reason. I was abducted by an alien last Friday and just came back to the earth yesterday. I have no problem in my condition. However, just in case I went to the hospital in order to take a medical check. Unfortunately, cluster of Covid-19 happened in a elementary school near the hospital. The doctors were extremely busy this morning. That's why it took time more than I expected and I was not allowed to use my mobile there.

自然な表現

I'm terribly sorry to have kept you waiting. Let me explain the reason. I was abducted by an alien last Friday and just came back to the earth yesterday. I have no problem in my condition. However, just in case I went to the hospital in order to take a medical check. Unfortunately, a cluster of Covid-19 happened in a elementary school near the hospital. The doctors were extremely busy this morning. That's why it took time more than I expected and I was not allowed to use my mobile there.

1. You must use an article (or a word like ‘my’, ‘his’ etc) before a singular countable noun.
Oh, really? I had no idea that aliens exist for real. I think you are lying to me.
Are you sure that you were abducted by an alien? What did the alien look like?

I have no memory during weekend. At first, I thought I was drunk as usual, so I called all of my friends to check if someone went drinking with me, but no luck. I'm sure the aliens deleted my memory while I stayed UFO or their planet. I'm afraid that they did experiment on my body. So many weird things happened around me since I moved to Roswell last month.

自然な表現

I have no memory during the weekend. At first, I thought I was drunk as usual, so I called all of my friends to check if someone went drinking with me, but no luck. I'm sure the aliens deleted my memory while I stayed in their UFO or on their planet. I'm afraid that they did experiments on my body. So many weird things happened around me since I moved to Roswell last month.

1. We use ‘the’ when there is only one of something or when we are referring to a particular thing. (E.g. “I looked at the Moon. I used the Internet. The report was difficult to read on the small screen.”)
2, 4. An appropriate preposition is needed here.
3. You need to explain whose UFO this refers to.
5. Plural for this general point.
Wow! That is a lot of information to process.
I think you are still drunk. You should take a rest. What do you think? Have you told anyone else your story?

I told it to all of my friends because I wanted to make sure I was drunk. However, nobody saw me during weekend. To make matters worse, I have no hangover Monday morning. As you know, that'll be a cold day in a hell. I've never be sober on my holiday.

自然な表現

I told it to all of my friends because I wanted to make sure I wasn't drunk. However, nobody saw me during weekend. To make matters worse, I had no hangover Monday morning. As you know, that'll be a cold day in a hell. I've never been sober on my holiday.

1. Negative required if you think you were.
2. Past simple required.
3. You need the present perfect tense here to refer to experience.
Oh, okay. I think you should be a little more serious with me and tell me what is going on exactly. Honestly, you are being rather childish.

You are my everything. When I met you first time, I thought I can finally meet my dream girl. You are the most amazing girl I've ever met. I will do everything if you forgive me. I promise stop drinking and won't wear the shirt you don't like. It was my favorite, though. What else I can do for you.

自然な表現

You are my everything. When I met you first time, I thought I could finally meet my dream girl. You are the most amazing girl I've ever met. I will do everything if you forgive me. I promise to stop drinking and won't wear the shirt you don't like. It was my favorite, though. What else can I do for you?

1. Past tense required to report this.
2. 'To' required before the infinitive.
3. The modal is required before the pronoun in this normal question.
4. Question mark missing.
You could start with telling the truth and not making up stories when you are at fault. Do you think you can do that?

Sure. Actually, I was abducted by aliens. Why don't you believe that? I cannot understand why you are so suspicious about it.

自然な表現

Sure. Actually, I was abducted by aliens. Why don't you believe that? I can't understand why you are so suspicious about it.

1. The reduced form would be more usual in conversation.

関連単語

  • render（〔人・物を〕～の状態にする）
  • confused（混乱した）
  • doze（（名）まどろみ　（動）うたたねする）
  • thoughtless（軽率な、不注意な）
  • delay（遅らせる）
  • slip（（名）転ぶこと、滑ること　（動）転ぶ、（記憶が）抜ける）
  • preoccupied（気をとられている、頭がいっぱいで）
  • crisis（危機、難局）
  • burglarize（～に泥棒に入る）
  • detour（（名）迂回路　（動）迂回する、回り道する）

関連フレーズ

  • I have no excuses for being late and not calling you.（遅刻した上に電話をしなかったことに関して言い訳をしないよ。）
  • My flight was delayed by an hour and I rushed over here as soon as I landed.（飛行機が一時間遅れて着陸するや否やすぐにここに急いで来たんだよ。）
  • I got confused about the date and thought that we were supposed to meet tomorrow.（日にちを混乱してしまって、明日会うことになっていると思っていた。）
  • Let me make it up to you by taking you to the fanciest restaurant in town.（街で一番素敵なレストランに連れて行くことで埋め合わせさせて。）
  • I'm sorry for being so thoughtless.（軽率でごめん。）
  • I had to attend the meeting with the CEO and couldn't even make small time to call you.（CEOとのミーティングに参加しなくてはならず、君にこっそり電話することもできなかった。）
  • My car was stolen today and my cell phone was in it.（私の車が今日盗まれて携帯電話がその中だったんだ。）
  • I dozed off on the train and missed my stop.（電車の中で居眠りをしてしまい、停車駅を逃してしまった。）
  • I was working on my report all day and totally lost track of time.（一日中レポートを書いていて、すっかり時間を忘れてしまいました。）
  • Would you believe me if I told you I had temporary amnesia?（私が一時的健忘症だと言ったらあなたは信じますか。）

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