第一,情景对话
A: I'm sorry. I can't pay my tuition fee.
对不起。我今天不能交学费。
B: It's OK. We're allowing a grace period until Friday.
没关系,我们可以宽限到星期五。
A: That's great.
太好了。
第二,词海拾贝
grace period:宽限期
e.g. Our pay-off period can be as long as 15 year, not including 3 year grace period.
我们的偿付期可达15年之久,不包括3年的宽限期。
The grace period allowed a new President to be briefed and to set his own tactics is over.
新任总统听取汇报和决定自己策略的宽限期已经过了。