2026-09-25 Practiced Friday commute English and a bakery joke
Commute English
- I’m driving to the company.
更自然：I’m driving to work. / I’m on my way to work. - There’s a little bit of traffic, but I don’t think there’s an accident. There are just a lot of cars on the road.
- Friday is usually a little busy, but on Saturday and Sunday there’s almost no traffic.
- My estimated arrival time is 6:39. That’s only a little later than usual.
- Don’t rush. Take it easy.
- If public transportation were cheaper and faster, I would consider taking it to work. But right now, I still prefer driving.
Useful vocabulary
- determined — 已經下定決心、唔容易放棄
- I’m determined to improve my English.
- out of service — 暫停服務／唔使用得
- passenger — 乘客
- frustrating — 令人煩躁、挫敗
Funny story — Day-old bread
A guy walks into a bakery and asks:
“Do you have any day-old bread?”
The baker says:
“Yes.”
The guy replies:
“Great. I’ll take some tomorrow.”
Why it’s funny
「day-old bread」即係放咗一日嘅麵包。個男人明明今日已經可以買到 day-old bread，但佢話「聽日先嚟買」，咁今日啲麵包到聽日又會變成 day-old bread。個笑位係佢將件簡單嘅事搞到好似特登要等麵包變舊。
實際上真係有人會買 day-old bread，因為通常會平啲，而且可以用嚟整 toast、breadcrumbs 等。
Speaking practice
- I don’t want that to happen to me.
- It’s funny but frustrating.
- I know what “out of service” means, but I didn’t know “determined.”
- Determined means you’ve made up your mind and you’re not going to give up.