我们都知道“亡羊补牢”这个成语，表达了事情发生错误以后，如果赶紧去挽救，还不为迟的意思。
做错了没关系，错误是人人都不可避免的，但是我们可以尽可能的减少错误出现的机会。
情景简介：
Ben和Jules 晚上一起加班，一起聊了聊Ben过去的工作经历。Jules意外发现自己现在的创业公司地址竟然是Ben工作了近四十年之久的地方。
不是缘分又是什么呢?
我们一起观看视频~
上下滑动查看完整台词哦~
For twenty-some years I sat right by that window.
That was my office.
It was a few steps up backthen.
And we could look out over the whole factory.
Our printing presses were in that corner.
That's why the floor dips back there.
No way.（不行；不可能；没门）
I know everything about this building. Or used to.
You know the sycamores on the other side of the building?
-Yeah.
-The big ones?
Yeah. The big ones.
I love them.
Yeah. I remember the day they were planted.
Is it totally weird being back here?
Well, it feels like home. lt's Remodeled, but home.
So you're on Facebook, huh?
Well, I've been trying to figure it out.
I joined about 10 minutes ago.
Well, better late than never.
Do you want some help?
I'd love some, but, really, you've got better things to do.
No. I need a diversion.
相信看完短视频的你，已经学会了怎样用英语表达 “亡羊补牢 ，犹未为晚” 了吧~
下面具体来看这个词链儿：
我们知道late是个常用词，有很多意思，主要指时间上的“晚”或“迟”，如
latespring（暮春）
the latest issue（指期刊的最新一期）
这句从语法上看属于省略，补全并还原成正常语序是：Late is better than never.
中文中可以对应为“亡羊补牢，犹未为晚”、 “聊胜于无” 、“迟做总比不做好”、 “迟到总比不到好”等等。
例：
So I want you to practise them out loud with me, better late than never, sooner rather than later, easier said than done.
所以我想让大家和我一起练习大声念出来，晚做总比不做好，越快越好，说的比做的容易。
今天我们一起学习一些跟“late”有关的小表达，你能想到多少呢？
recently
最近，近来
例：
We haven't spoken of late.
我们最近没有说过话。
What's been taking up your days as of late?
你最近都在忙些什么？
too late to be useful
太晚了、已经太迟了
例：
It's rather late in the day to start studying -- your exams are next week.
现在开始学习已经晚了，下周就要考试了。
太少了，也太晚了
例：
-I admit I'm really really sorry!
-Too little, too late.
我很抱歉。
太没诚意，已经晚了。
You know what this is called? Too little, too late.
你知道这叫什么么？追悔莫及。
快迟到啦
例：
Look, we're running late. We have to go.
我们快迟到了，我们得走了。
这个想必就不用多说啦，大家都常用，没准还常常stay up late 哈哈~
熬夜，睡得很晚
例：
I often have to stay up late.
我经常不得不熬夜。
late bloomer这个说法最早是指某些青少年比同龄人学会说话、阅读能力稍晚，是一种病或者智力上的发展障碍。
国外历史上最著名的late bloomer之一是爱因斯坦。爱因斯坦小时候直到很晚才学会说话（也有记载说是因为爱因斯坦想要说完整顺畅的一句话，而不仅仅是说话，因此很晚才说话）。
自然界有些花开花比较晚，英语中后来就用这种自然现象来比喻那些比一般人成功得晚的人，也就是我们现在熟知的：
大器晚成（者）；后知后觉（者）
例：
She's kind of a late bloomer, she had her kid, she's having a career and she's really strong.
她有点大器晚成，她有她的孩子，有她的事业，她真的是很强的。
But there are always late bloomers.
但也有后知后觉的人。
趁早，及早；在为时已晚之前；在一切都太迟之前；免得太迟了
例：
Hold on before it's too late, until we leave this behind. Do not fall just be who you are. It's all that we need in our lives.
坚持住，趁现在还不晚，直到我们摆脱这一切，做你自己，不要妥协，这正是我们生命中需要做的。
We've got to stop him now, before it's too late.
必须现在制止他，不然就太晚了。
Finish it before it's too late!
在还来得及的时候结束它！
late summer 晚夏；夏末
late autumn 晚秋；深秋
late winter 深冬；冬末
late spring 晚春；残春；暮春
相反就是
early summer/ spring/ autumn/ winter
例：
The late summer was as cool as autumn, and the setting sun stained the paving stones vermilion.
夏末简直和秋天一样凉爽，黄昏以前的太阳染在马路上，使那些铺路的石块都变成了朱红色。
09
sooner rather than later
A rather than B” 这个句型很常见， 它的意思是“宁可A好过B”，所以 “Sooner rather than later” 就是：
宁可早好过迟、宜早不宜迟；赶早不赶晚；越快越好
另一个相关的表达就是 the sooner the better 越快越好
例：
I would be grateful if you could finish it sooner rather than later.
如果你能尽早完成，我会很感激你的。
I'd like to go home sooner rather than later.
我恨不得马上回家。
10
in one's later years
in one's later life
在这里，later 意为“接近末期的，晚年的”
例：
She found happiness in her later years.
她在晚年才寻得幸福。
迟早，早晚有一天
这个词链儿大家一定也很熟悉了~ 看一个例句：
例：
Sooner or later you will have to make a decision.
你早晚得拿个主意。
2. figure it out弄明白，计算出，解决
同样的表达还有 work it out，get it，find out...等。
3. diversion 作名词可以表示“消遣，玩乐”
例：
Reading is a pleasant diversion.
阅读是一种愉快的消遣。
在文本中做动词表示“下降，下沉”
例：
The sun dipped below the horizon.
太阳落到地平线下了。