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学习英国人常用的‘Sorry’表达，了解其在日常交流中的社交作用。适合练习口语和文化理解。
Watch this clip of a famous British TV show and listen out for a classic British phrase.
观看这段来自英国著名电视节目的片段，并留意其中出现的经典英国短语。
Sorry, babe, right?
对不起，宝贝……对吧？
Sorry,
抱歉。
sorry.
对不起。
Sorry.
对不起。
Sorry, Cynthia.
对不起，辛西娅。
I'll tell it down.
我会把事情的经过详细地讲一遍。
Sorry.
对不起。
Sorry.
对不起。
Sorry.
对不起。
I'm bad with names.
我记名字的能力很差。
I'm sorry Sorry, the phrase or word that we use?
非常抱歉……我们到底用了哪个短语或单词呢？
Sorry this is the most British word of phrase I can think of now
抱歉，这应该是我现在能想到的最具“英式风格”的单词或短语了。
Why do we use it?
我们为什么要使用它呢？
Well, obviously we're can use it to apologize.
嗯，显然我们可以用它来道歉。
I'm sorry But more than that, we use it as a kind of social lubricant
很抱歉，但更重要的是，我们把它当作一种“社交润滑剂”来使用（即通过它来促进人与人之间的交流与互动）。
It connects us to other people and it helps us to navigate awkward situations So for example,
它将我们与他人联系在一起，同时也帮助我们应对那些尴尬的处境。例如……
I'm trying to get onto the tube in London and I bumped into someone by accident.
我正在伦敦试图乘坐地铁，不小心撞到了一个人。
I'm so sorry Perfect, right?
我真的很抱歉……不过你还是完美的，对吧？
I've made sure that they understand that I didn't mean it but also if they bump into me I'll say oh,
我已经确保他们明白我并不是故意那么做的；不过如果他们不小心撞到我的话，我也会说“哦”。
so sorry What why?
非常抱歉……为什么呢？
Well, I don't know why it's a funny one
嗯，我不知道为什么这个会让人觉得好笑。
It's just to make sure that we avoid any awkwardness that there isn't a disturbance of the piece
这样做只是为了确保我们能够避免任何尴尬的情况，同时也避免对这件艺术品造成任何损坏。
It's a very it's a very odd
这真的很奇怪……
thing that we Brits do but I
这是我们英国人会做的事……不过我……
guess we're trying to be polite I
我想我们只是想表现得礼貌一些吧。
guess that's kind of a high priority for a lot of Brits is you just want to maintain a certain level of politeness in
我想，对很多英国人来说，保持一定的礼貌程度确实是一件非常重要的事情。
Daily life not everyone but most people
日常生活：并非所有人都参与其中，但大多数人确实如此。
So it happens all the time if I bomb it to someone I'll say sorry if I get in someone's way.
这种情况经常发生：如果我的表现很糟糕（或者说让别人感到不满），我就会向对方道歉，表示自己无意中打扰了他们。
Oh, so sorry if I maybe I go to enter a door and then
哦，如果我走进一扇门后出了点差错，真的很抱歉……
Someone else tries to and but also sorry and I'll let them go.
还有其他人也尝试过，不过他们最终也放弃了；对此我表示歉意，我会放他们走的。
So we are constantly
所以我们一直在不断地……
Apologizing to people even though we're not
即使我们并没有错，也要向别人道歉。
fully saying sorry We're just using it as I say as a social lubricant to make sure that everything works smoothly and there's no problems
我们真心地表示歉意。我们使用它只是为了促进人际关系的顺畅，确保一切都能顺利进行，避免出现任何问题。
Or disturbances does that make sense?
或者，这些干扰/混乱现象有什么合理的解释吗？
It's a funny one But it is
这确实是个有趣的故事……不过确实如此。
one that we love and in that
一个我们深爱的……
clip there were some great examples And
在那些视频片段中确实有一些很棒的例子。
I'm sure you've noticed it if you've
如果你注意到了的话，我敢肯定你一定已经注意到了。
ever been to the UK you'll have
如果你去过英国的话，应该会明白这一点吧……