English Oral Practice Notes::Apologies

真对不起

• I’m terribly sorry for my being late.
  • I’m_terribly_sorry_for [合并发音]
• Please forgive me / Accept my apology.
  • Please_forgive_me [“请原谅我”中的“-se”和“for-”连读]
• May I ask for your forgiveness?
  • May_I_ask_for [“我可以问”中的“May”和“-I”连读]

我不是故意的

• Please forgive my rudeness.
• I’m sorry for my rudeness.
  • I’m_sorry_for [“我很抱歉”中的“I’m”和“sorry”连读]
• I didn’t mean it VS I mean it.
  • I_didn’t_mean_it / I_mean_it [“didn’t”和“mean”以及“mean”和“it”连读]
• I didn’t mean to hurt you / I mean no harm.
  • I_didn’t_mean_to_hurt_you / I_mean_no_harm [“didn’t”和“mean”以及“mean”“no”“harm”连读]

对不起我忘了

• I’m sorry. I forgot all about it.
  • I’m_sorry_I_forgot_all_about_it [整个句子可以做连读处理]
• I didn’t think of it.
  • I_didn’t_think_of_it [“didn’t”和“think”连读]
• It just slipped my mind.
  • It_just_slipped [“It”和“just”连读]
• It’s my fault / bad.
  • It’s_my_fault [“It’s”和“my”连读]

希望你不介意

• Sorry, I made a mistake.
  • Sorry_I_made_a [“Sorry”和“I”连读，同时“made”和“a”也可以连读]
• I hope you don’t mind.
  • I_hope_you_don’t_mind [“I”和“hope”连读]

没关系

• It’s nothing.
• Never mind.
  • Never_mind [“Never”和“mind”连读]
• That’s not a big deal.
  • That’s_not_a_big [“That’s”和“not”连读]
• None taken.
• I got stuck in traffic.
  • I_got_stuck [“I”和“got”连读]
• I got held up by the rain.
  • I_got_held_up [“I”和“got”连读]
• I forgot to set the alarm.
  • I_forgot_to_set [“I”和“forgot”连读]
• My alarm didn’t go off.
  • My_alarm_didn’t [“My”和“alarm”连读]
• I overslept.
• I was tied up with some urgent business.
  • I_was_tied_up [“I”和“was”连读]

对话1

A: I owe you an apology, Mr. Steven.
B: What do you mean, Lily?

• What_do_you_mean [“What”和“do”以及“you”和“mean”连读]
  A: I’m terribly sorry about the appointment last Thursday. I hope you’ll excuse me.

• I’m_terribly_sorry_about [连读]
  B: Forget it. I’d have done exactly what you did if I had been in your position.

• Forget_it [“Forget”和“it”连读]
  A: That’s very kind of you to say so.

• I owe you_one.

• What do you mean by saying that?

• I’m sorry about that.

• If you were in my shoes/position, what would you do?

• I’d do exactly the_same as you did.

• Just put yourself in my position.

对话2

A: Mr. Smith, I ask for your forgiveness.
B: For what?
A: I accidentally broke the vase in the living room.
B: Don’t worry. I never liked it anyway.
A: I’m sorry. But if you don’t mind, I’m willing to compensate you for it.

• I’m_sorry_But_if_you [连读]
  B: That’s ok. What is done is done.

• For_what = Why

• What for = What is it for

• Don’t drop it.

• I never liked it_anyway.

• What happened_happened.

• Let bygones be bygones.

补充

• If_only I could put the clock back.
• It’s about_time.
  • It’s_about_time [“It’s”和“about”连读]
• Did you get_lost?
• What a_nuisance.