有关道歉的礼仪英语英语口语之迟到道歉王萍和客户汤姆约好时间见面但因事迟到她表示歉意WangPing:I'msorrytohavekeptyouwaitingsolong.真抱歉让您久等了Tom:That'sOK.Whatmadeyousolate?没关系你来这么晚?WangPing:Iwastiedupwithsomeurgentbusiness.有急事脱不开身Tom:Isee.我明白了WangPing:You'vevisitedsomeplacesofinterestinBei激ngduringthelastfewdays,haven'tyou?您已经参观了北京的许多名胜古迹对?Tom:Yes,we'vevisitedmanyplacessuchastheImperialPalace,theTempleofHeavenandtheGreatWall.Well,duringmyvisittoXi'an,Isuddenlygotanideathatweshouldbuildasyntheticfiberworksthere.Itwillbeajointventure.是的参观了许多地方比如说故宫、天坛和长城对了在西安参观时我突然产生了一个想法：我们应该在那里开办一家合资性质的合成纤维厂WangPing:That'sagreatidea.We'llsurelytryourbesttocooperatewithyou.Wehavemanyfavorableconditionstorunajointventurethere.Youcangetfullsupportfromthelocalgovernmentthere.那太好了我们一定尽全力与贵方合作我们有许多有利条件贵方可以得到当地政府方面的全力支持Tom:Thatsoundsreallyattracting.Andwhataboutthedetails?听起来确实很有吸引力那么有些细节?WangPing:Ifitisconvenientforyou,wecangoandvisitthelocalgovernmentforthosedetails.如果你有时间我们可以去拜访一下当地的政府了解一下细节Tom:Allright.Let'smakeit9o'clocktomorrowmorning.好的就定在明天早上九点钟吧情景对话2：珍妮迟到了她不得不向她的主管马林做解释Jane:Sorry,MaLin,I'mlate.对不起马林我迟到了MaLin:Jane,that'sthesecondtimethisweek,isn'tit?珍妮这是本星期的第二次了是吧?Jane:Yes.Mybuswaslateagain.是的公共汽车又来迟了MaLin:Isitpossibleforyoutotakeanearlierbus?你能搭乘一班早一些的公汽?Jane:Ithinkso.I'mgoingtodothattomorro我想是可以的我打算明天就这么办MaLin:Perhapswecanchangeyourworkinghoursabitifyouwish.如果你愿意也许我们可以改一下你得工作时间Jane:No,thanks.Icanmanage.不用了谢谢我能设法应付的MaLin:Allright.Ifthere'sanythingIcandoforyou,pleasedon'thesitatetoletmekno好的如果有什么事我能为你做请尽管告诉我Jane:That'sverykindofyou.MaLin.你太好了马林Notes：向别人表示歉意时首先要承认自己做错了事或做出了不礼貌的行为并且通常要说明原因表示遗憾最简单的道歉方式是说I'msorry但这往往不够还需要对你所做的错事做出解释之后做出改正和改进的许诺表示不会让错误再次发生如果你真的做错了事给对方造成伤害或带来不利的影响这时做无谓的解释只能欲盖弥彰效果相反情景英语：在酒吧InsideAPubSCOTT:So,whatwouldyouliketodrink?SYLVIA:Idon'tknoDotheyhavetea?SCOTT:Whatdidyousay?Tea?SYLVIA:Yes.Dotheyhaveanyicedtea?SCOTT:No,Idon'tthinkso.Thisisapub.SYLVIA:Sure.Alotofpubsdo.SCOTT:Ican'timaginethat.Itsoundsstrange.Anyway,whatwouldyoulikeasadrink?SYLVIA:Maybejuicethen.SCOTT:Juice?It's10:30Howcanyoudrinkjuice?SYLVIA:Whynot?SCOTT:Butthisisapub.Theyhavebeer,orwine,orliquorhere.Ithoughtyouwantedtohaveadrink.SYLVIA:ButIdon'tlikealcohol.Itmakesmyfaceturnred.SCOTT:Yourfaceturnsred?SYLVIA:Yes,itturnsallred.SoIdon'tdrinkalcoholusually.SCOTT:Sowhatdoyouusuallydrinkwhenyougoout?SYLVIA:Idrinktea,orjuice.SCOTT:ButyouareinapubrightnoAlmostallwomenhereknowhowtodrinkalcohol.Youshouldlearn.SYLVIA:WhydoIhavetolearn?Idon'tlikeit.SCOTT:Becausewhenyougooutwithpeople,everybodydrinks.Andyourpanywillhavepartiestoo.Ifyourefusetodrinkalcohol,peoplewillthinkyouaretooconservative.SYLVIA:SoyouthinkIneedtodrink,huh?SCOTT:Atleastgetusedtoit.Youshouldbeabletodrinktwoorthreedrinks.SYLVIA:Alright.Iwilltry.Whatareyoudrinking?SCOTT:Ginandtonic.SYLVIA:Isitstrong?SCOTT:Average.Nottoostrong.SYLVIA:Iwillhaveonetoothen.Butyoumustpromisenottolaughatmyredface.SCOTT:Ipromise.I'llgotothebarandgettwoginandtonics.
