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Is "sorry" the hardest word?
難以開口說抱歉？
Not for the British Education Secretary Michael Gove,
近日，英國教育部長邁克爾·戈夫
who has apologized recently to his former French teacher for misbehaving in class.
因自己在課堂上的行為向以前的法語老師道歉。
It took him 30 years to express regret for, as he said,
他說，自己用了30年的時間才把歉意說出口，
competing with his classmates to ask "clever-dick questions" and indulging in "boring showing off".
他在班上總是問一些自作聰明的問題，喜歡不分場合的炫耀。
In a letter published in a magazine, Mr. Gove says,
戈夫在一封刊登于雜志的信里寫到
"It may be too late to say I'm sorry.
"這一聲抱歉雖然晚，
But, as my mum told me, it's never too late to set the record straight."
但是我媽媽曾告訴我，知錯能改永遠不晚。”
It seems regretful politicians are in fashion.
政客們致歉儼然成為一種時尚潮流。
A recent apology on video by the deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, has become a hit on the Internet.
總理尼克·克萊格錄制了一則道歉視頻，將其上傳至網絡后引起了轟動。
Mr.Clegg wanted the voters to forgive him for having broken his word and not voting against increases in student tuition fees.
克萊格希望選民原諒其沒有實現的諾言，不要再投票反對學費上漲。
Researchers suggest that people have too high an expectation of the power of saying sorry.
研究人員稱，人們高估了道歉的力量。
Dutch psychologist David De Cremer and his colleagues say in a study published in Psychological Science
荷蘭心理學家大衛·德·克雷默與同事表示，發表于《心理學》的一份研究報告顯示：
that receiving an apology isn't as healing as people like to think.
道歉其實并沒有人們想象中那么有效。
Nevertheless, apologies might be an important social tool as they re-affirm the existence of rules that need to be observed.
只不過，通過道歉，人們又再一次體會到了社會中某些準則的存在。
In Britain, the word "sorry" is often said and heard.
在英國會經常聽到或用到“抱歉”一詞。
If you step on someone else's toe by chance you have to apologize but the person whose foot was squashed has to do it too.
若是不慎踩到別人，那你必須要道歉，而被踩到的人也會致歉。
It conveys the idea that none of you is left with hard feelings.
這意味著一切的不愉快都會煙消云散。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題16至問題18是基于你剛剛聽到的這篇文章
Question 16. Why does Michael Gove apologize to his former teacher?
問題16 邁克爾·戈夫為什么要向以前的老師道歉？
Question 17. How did Nick Clegg make his apologies known to the public?
問題17 總理尼克·克萊格是如何向公眾致歉的？
Question 18. What, according to David De Cremer, is the main function of apologies?
問題18 通過大衛·德·克雷默的介紹，可以得知道歉的主要作用是什么？
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