PROGRAMME 24

PART 1 - The Dialogue
在第23講，我們談到一對年輕人準備結婚。要辦結婚酒席，可就要找飯館兒了。在這一講里，飯館兒老板Sinclair先生有一個學徒，名叫Ross，他上班遲到了，只好向老板道歉。
ROSS:
Morning, Mr Sinclair.
MR SINCLAIR:
Morning, Ross.
ROSS:
Sorry I'm late.
MR SINCLAIR:
You were late yesterday too.
ROSS:
I know. Sorry about that.
MR SINCLAIR:
And the day before.
ROSS:
I'm very sorry, Mr Sinclair. I'll try to get up earlier.
此外，Ross還老闖禍。在廣播里，可以聽到他每次闖禍以后怎樣向Sinclaiy先生道歉。

PART 2 - Vocabulary

an apology 道歉
a calculation 計算
a frying pan 炒菜的鍋(平底)
a van 送貨的汽車
the day before 前一天
Get on with the job 繼續干活吧
I didn't ask you to drop it on my foot. 我可沒讓你砸我的腳呀!
I suppose you can't help being clumsy. 你總是毛手毛腳的,恐怕是改不了啦.
No problem 沒有問題(此處意為:沒關系)
Not to worry 不必擔心(意思也是:沒關系)
Sorry about that 真對不起

IDIOMS:
It's just one of thoes things 這種事兒,真沒辦法
You must be joking 你準是開玩笑吧

NAMES:
Mr Sinclair (姓)
Ross (男子名)

PART 3 - The lesson
APOLOGIZING 道歉

1. MAKING APOLOGIES 向別人道歉
表示道歉的說法很多,大都要用sorry一詞:
Sorry.
Oh,sorry!
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry/awfully sorry/so sorry/I am sorry.(這幾個說法,要求比較重)
Sorry I'm late.( 說明道歉的原因)
在比較正式或比較嚴肅的場合道歉,就不用sorry,而用名詞apology,或用動詞apologize.例如:
I have AN APOLOGY to make.
I haven't finished the job yet.
這樣說,下面緊跟著就要解釋,為什么要道歉. I have 有時可以代之以I've got.
I must APOLOGIZE FOR the delay.
I must APOLOGIZE FOR beING late.
(For 后面要接名詞,例如the delay,或者接-ing 形式的動詞.)

2. ACCEPTING APOLOGIZES 接受別人的道歉
別人道歉,我們通常是不拒絕的.接受別人的道歉,說法很簡單:
That's O.K./That's all right.
NOt to worry (= there's no need to worry).
It doesn't matter.
Forget it. (意思是:這件事就算過去算了,繼續做別的事吧.也表示有些不高興.)
No problem.
這些都是英語口語中常用的說法.

PRONUNCIATION CORNER
下面幾個詞重音有一個共同的規律,都在倒數第三個音節上.這樣的詞,有許多是各門學科的名詞.
ap'ology/ap'ologize
ge'ology(地質學)/bi'ology(生物學)/microbi'ology(微生物學)

PART 4 - Exercise

填空:
這個練習可以增強你運用詞匯的能力.
下面每一句有三個可供選擇的詞語,根據上下文選一個最恰當的,填在空白處.

1. People usually ... when they're late.
a) laugh b) apologize c) hear
2. I was late. I said I was...
a) sorry b) afraid c) hot
3. He dropped a haeavy frying pan on his ...
a) head b) finger c) foot
4. He is ... the best man for the job, because he knows more about it than anybody else.
a) not b) surely not c) certainly
5. I went to India last year. I ... it. I'd like to go there again.
a) loved b) hated c) disliked
6. She failed the exam in 1982, but in 1983 she was successful.She ..
a) passed b) failed c)didn't sit