流利美语随你讲 Lesson19-道歉2【Dialogue 2】A: I know it might——1——，but my alarm clock somehow didn't ——2—— this morning.
B: Yes, VIPs always are.
So it's quite all right.
And you're a very important person at this meeting.
A: Oh, please don't!
B: I was just kidding.
We've been ——3——!
【tips】lame表示unconvincing.
如：lame excuse 站不住脚的理由，无法令人满意的辩解。
The lame tongue gets nothing.
（谚）讷于言辞，诸事不成。
指理论站不住脚的言辞说服不了别人。
VIP: very important personATM: automated teller machine 自动取款机CFO: chief financial officer 遥财务总监CEO: chief executive officer 遥执行官GPS: global positioning system 全球定位系统MPA: master of public administration 公共管理硕士PIN: personal identification number 个人识别码【精彩短句】真对不起。
I'm sorry/terribly sorry.
I feel really bad about.
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I apologize.
I beg your pardon for.
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A:I'm awfully sorry for the other day.
B:It's OK.
【文化ABC】——女士优先（2）在街上行走或走马路时，男士要走在女士身旁靠来车方向的一侧。
理由有三：一是保护女士遥遭汽车碰撞，即传统的男遥义务观；二是防止汽车溅起的泥水弄脏了女士的衣裙；三是防止女士的挎包被遥劫。
如果一个男士和两个女士一起走，他应当走在两者当中。
如果男主人或女主人或者两者同坐一辆车来接客人去吃饭，客人应该坐在汽车的前座，让后座空着，因为司机就是男主人或女主人。