Why Are You Late 你怎么迟到了

Teacher: Tom and John! Why are you late for school today?

老师：汤姆！约翰！你俩今天为什么迟到了！

Tom: Madam, I lost a one-dollar coin and was searching for it.

汤姆：老师，我一直在找我丢失的一美元硬币。

Teachear: John, what about you?

老师：那么你呢，约翰？

John: Madam, I was not able to move beacause I was hiding that coin under my feet.

约翰：老师，我不能动啊，我把他的硬币藏脚底下了。

1.Why are you late for school

be late for很简单，表示做某事迟到。

今天我们一起来辨析一下be late for和be late with

“You went late _______ the stadium yesterday evening, didn’t you?”

“Yes, my wife was a little late _______ the supper.”

A. to, with B. for, with

C. for, for D. at, for

这道题的正确答案为A.我们来分析一下：

首先第一空填to比较好理解，因为此处的late为副词，用以修饰 go to the stadium 中的动词go；

而第二句的 with 则是许多同学不容易想到的，相反，更多地可能是想到 for

现将两者区别如下：be late for表示做某事迟到，而be late with 表示做某事做晚了(=be late in doing sth)

We were late for dinner. 我们吃饭迟到了。

We were late with dinner.（=in having dinner）我们吃饭吃得迟。

2.I was not able to move

be able to表示有做某事的能力

be able to表示能力是指通过努力之后能够达到，指后天的能力。

而can表示能力则是天生的，本身具有这种能力。