PROGRAMME 24

PART 1 - The Dialogue
在第23讲，我们谈到一对年轻人准备结婚。要办结婚酒席，可就要找饭馆儿了。在这一讲里，饭馆儿老板Sinclair先生有一个学徒，名叫Ross，他上班迟到了，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还老闯祸。在广播里，可以听到他每次闯祸以后怎样向Sinclaiy先生道歉。

PART 2 - Vocabulary

an apology 道歉
a calculation 计算
a frying pan 炒菜的锅(平底)
a van 送货的汽车
the day before 前一天
Get on with the job 继续干活吧
I didn't ask you to drop it on my foot. 我可没让你砸我的脚呀!
I suppose you can't help being clumsy. 你总是毛手毛脚的,恐怕是改不了啦.
No problem 没有问题(此处意为:没关系)
Not to worry 不必担心(意思也是:没关系)
Sorry about that 真对不起

IDIOMS:
It's just one of thoes things 这种事儿,真没办法
You must be joking 你准是开玩笑吧

NAMES:
Mr Sinclair (姓)
Ross (男子名)

PART 3 - The lesson
APOLOGIZING 道歉

1. MAKING APOLOGIES 向别人道歉
表示道歉的说法很多,大都要用sorry一词:
Sorry.
Oh,sorry!
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry/awfully sorry/so sorry/I am sorry.(这几个说法,要求比较重)
Sorry I'm late.( 说明道歉的原因)
在比较正式或比较严肃的场合道歉,就不用sorry,而用名词apology,或用动词apologize.例如:
I have AN APOLOGY to make.
I haven't finished the job yet.
这样说,下面紧跟着就要解释,为什么要道歉. I have 有时可以代之以I've got.
I must APOLOGIZE FOR the delay.
I must APOLOGIZE FOR beING late.
(For 后面要接名词,例如the delay,或者接-ing 形式的动词.)

2. ACCEPTING APOLOGIZES 接受别人的道歉
别人道歉,我们通常是不拒绝的.接受别人的道歉,说法很简单:
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:这件事就算过去算了,继续做别的事吧.也表示有些不高兴.)
No problem.
这些都是英语口语中常用的说法.

PRONUNCIATION CORNER
下面几个词重音有一个共同的规律,都在倒数第三个音节上.这样的词,有许多是各门学科的名词.
ap'ology/ap'ologize
ge'ology(地质学)/bi'ology(生物学)/microbi'ology(微生物学)

PART 4 - Exercise

填空:
这个练习可以增强你运用词汇的能力.
下面每一句有三个可供选择的词语,根据上下文选一个最恰当的,填在空白处.

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

感谢网友“xingbaogang”利用休息时间抄录出该篇原文。---2006年5月24号。