---
id: 67dbfd3346ec99ded52e2d15
title: Task 2
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-2
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Alice: Hey, James. Sorry for the interruption earlier. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

# --questions--

## --text--

What is Alice sorry for?

## --answers--

For missing the meeting.

### --feedback--

Alice does not mention anything about a meeting.

---

For arriving late.

### --feedback--

Alice does not say she was late.

---

For not responding to James.

### --feedback--

Alice does not say she ignored James.

---

For having to interrupt the conversation with James previously.

## --video-solution--

4

# --explanation--

`Earlier` is the comparative form of `early`. It is often used to compare two points in time, but in this case, it simply refers to a moment before the current conversation. For example:

`I called you earlier, but you didn't pick up.` - Here, `earlier` means "at a previous time" without specifying a comparison (`earlier than now`, for instance).

The same situation normally applies to the comparative form of `late`: `later`. For example:

`I'll see you later.` - Here, `later` means "at a time in the future". The comparison (`later than now`, for instance) is omitted.

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "interview-room2.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Alice",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 0,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_15-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 0,
      "finishTimestamp": 2.55
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 3.55,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Hey, James. Sorry for the interruption earlier.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Alice",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 4.05
    }
  ]
}
```
