一、关于道谢
【道谢用语】
1.Thank you (very much)./ Thanks a lot./ Many thanks.
2.Thanks for your help./ Thank you for the lovely gift / for your invitation.
3.It’s very kind / nice of you.
4.I can never thank you enough./ I really don’t know how I can thank you enough.
5.Thank you all the same.(用于当别人因某种原因没能帮你时.)
【对道谢的应答】
1.Not at all.
2.That’s all right./ That’s OK.
3.You’re welcome.
4.Don’t mention it.
5.It’s my pleasure.
6.I’m very glad you enjoyed it.
注意:
在答复别人的道谢时,不可受汉语习惯的影响回答出诸如This is what I should do或It’s my duty等答语,因为这给人“不是出于自愿,而是为完成任务不得已而为之”的感觉.
二、关于道歉
【道歉用语】
1.Excuse me.(常用来事前道歉.如:向别人打听情况或打断别人的讲话等.)
2.Sorry./ I’m sorry./ Sorry to call you so late./ Sorry to have kept you waiting./ I’m sorry for losing your book./ I can’t tell you how sorry I am.
3.It was my fault./ My mistake.It won’t happen again.
4.Will you forgive me?/ Please forgive me.
5.Pardon me for sneezing.
6.I apologize./ Please accept my apologies for what I said just now.
7.I must have caused you a lot of trouble.
8.I didn’t mean to step on your foot.
9.I beg your pardon.
【对道歉的应答】
1.That’s OK./ That’s all right.
2.It doesn’t matter.
3.It’s nothing.4.Forget it.
5.You’re forgiven.6.Never mind.
7.Don’t worry about it.
8.No problem.We all make mistakes.
注意:
It doesn’t matter或Never mind虽在汉语中翻译成“没关系”,但属于道歉应答语,不属于道谢应答语.
