to give (someone) a couple of minutes

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 695: Being Late for an Event.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 695. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in – where else – Los Angeles, beautiful Los Angeles, California.

Our website is eslpod.com. Go there to download a Learning Guide for this episode to help you improve your English even faster.

This episode is called “Being Late for an Event.” Let’s get started.

Eric: Let’s get a move on or we’ll be late – again!

Carmen: Hold your horses. I’m on the verge of being ready. Rome wasn’t built in a day, you know.

Eric: A day? I’d settle for a week. Why is it that every time we have someplace to be you’re always running late?

Carmen: That’s because I march to the beat of a different drummer. Life isn’t about watching the clock; it’s about living in the moment.

Eric: Okay, at this very moment, we’re late.

Carmen: Just give me a couple of minutes more and I’ll be ready. After all,