实用商务英语会话 场景40:真诚的道歉

A: Hi, Li Ming. Good morning.

A:嗨，李明。上午好。

B: Hi, Nancy. Hi , Bobby. (to Bob-by) I hate¹ to bring this up, but that new stereo² system³ you got⁴...

B:南茜、鲍比，你们好。(对鲍比)我本不想提的，只是你新买的音响……

A: What's the matter?

A:怎么啦?

B: You were playing it very late last night.

B:你昨晚一直放到很晚。

A: Really?

A:真的吗?

B: It kept me awake⁵.

B:吵得我睡不着。

A: Oh , I'm sorry.

A:噢，对不起。

B: It kept me awake a couple⁶ of hours.

B:吵得我几个小时都没睡着。

A: I'm sorry，I... I didn't realize⁷ it was⁸ that loud.

A:对不起，我……我没有意识到声音竟有那么大。

B: It was so loud, and it was pretty late, and check with Nancy if you don't believe⁹ me.

B:还真的有那么大声呢，况且又很晚了。你不信的话，可以问问南茜。

C: It's true¹⁰. It was a bit¹¹ loud.

C:是的，声音是稍微大了一点。

A: I'm awfully¹² sorry. I didn't realize it. I promise¹³ I'll keep it down in the future¹⁴.

A:很对不起，我当时确实没意识到会有那么大。我保证以后把声音开小些。

B: Oh , it's no problem¹⁵. It's OK. You know, it only happened once.

B:噢，没什么大不了的，才这一次嘛。

C: I sure am glad we've straightened everything out.

C:我很高兴，大家把事情说清楚了就好了。

1 hate   

n.憎恨，厌恶，厌恶的人或事；vt.憎恨，不愿；vi.表示憎恨

参考例句：

• We hate our enemy.我们憎恨敌人。
• Snakes are my special hate.蛇是我最憎恶的东西。

2 stereo   

adj.有立体视觉的，立体声的；n.固定形象，立体声

参考例句：

• She had the stereo on at full blast.她把立体声音响开到了最大音量。
• This program is being broadcast in stereo.这个节目正用立体声播放。

3 system   

n.系统，体系，制度，方式，秩序，分类原则

参考例句：

• He is good at the subject of social system.他擅长于社会制度问题。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

4 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

5 awake   

adj.醒的；v.唤醒，唤起，醒来

参考例句：

• The baby awake is looking here and there.醒着的婴儿东张西望。
• Please awake me at six.请6点钟唤醒我。

6 couple   

n.对，夫妇，数个；v.加倍，成双，连结

参考例句：

• I have a couple of things to do.我有几件事要做。
• I'll come again in a couple of days.我过两天再来。

7 realize   

vt.认识到；了解到，实现，使显得逼真，把…变为现金；vi. 变卖为现金

参考例句：

• Do you realize the importance of this question?你意识到这个问题的重要性了吗？
• He'll come to realize it one day.他总有一天会懂得这一点。

8 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

9 believe   

v.相信；认为

参考例句：

• Believe it or not,that's the way it is.信不信由你，反正事情就是这样。
• I believe what you say.我相信你的话。

10 true   

a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的

参考例句：

• He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
• I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。

11 bit   

n.一点儿，少量；钻头；马嚼子；辅币，位，比特(二进位制信息单位)；v.控制

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a bit.我正打算出去一会儿。
• When did you change the bit?什么时候换的钻头？

12 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

13 promise   

n.诺言，约定，希望；v.允诺，约定，预示

参考例句：

• I didn't make any promise.我没有作出任何承诺。
• His promise is a big lie.他的许诺是大谎言。

14 future   

adj.将来的，未来的；n.将来，未来

参考例句：

• We are still on the way of future.我们还在未来的路上。
• We all work hard in the interests of our future.我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作。

15 problem   

n.问题；难题

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。