节目组: The World Says 世界说
节目名称: The usages of sorry
开头曲 Sorry
J: Hello everyone welcome to the world says from the VOE foreign languages radio station, I'm Jotta
V: Hey guys I'm Vincent~
J: The music we just heard is my favorite singer Justin Bieber’s song, “sorry”
V: Yeah, so today we are going to talk about the word “sorry”, and, don't be shocked. Because there are lots of usages that most of our students didn't know
J: Right, so we can talk regrets; we can talk pity; we can talk disappointment
插曲1 sorry
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J: Okay, Vincent, I think we should just start taking about “sorry” in the standard usage first? It means apologize
V: Right, so if you do something wrong, you should say I'm sorry.
J: I’m sorry, em… but if there are something specific, or I have this feeling of something, like, bring you some inconveniences, when it comes, how to say that?
V: Ah… Sorry for the inconvenience?
J: Oh, sorry for the inconvenience, actually, the preposition, 介词 is really matters. So here, the preposition we are using is…
V: For
J: Right, we say sorry for the inconvenience.
V: And, as you can see, in the foreign states, if they're fixing the road… they’re fixing… anything, they tend to put up a sign says:’ Sorry for the inconvenience’
J: Sorry for the inconvenience or apologize for the inconvenience…
V: Right
J: But what if we use it in our daily lives? Like, what if I knock you, I mean, the one we just talk is too official
V: We can say, I'm sorry about that. And it's just like you push somebody or you unconsciously step one's feet, you can use “I’m sorry about that”
J: Cause that's not really, conscious inconvenience, it's just ….. You know, an accident
V: Anyway, It's not I'm sorry for that but I'm sorry about that, the preposition here is different. Okay, so the basically usage is over, now, let’s see the widen usage of it that you may not aware of.
J: And the first one I wanna look at, is, like if someone tell you that he or she is going through a tough time our they're in a bad situation. You can use the word “sorry” even if the mishap he or she is facing is not caused by you.
V: Absolutely, not caused by you , that’s the key, so Jotta, give us some examples.
J: Oh.. Vincent, that's just made me feel so sad, Ah…. Well death? I mean, if somebody dies, it's common to say, like, oh I'm sorry to hear that
V: Right, if there is something about death and ill, when a person tells you that his family member just passed away, in this situation, you can say: I'm sorry to hear that
J: Even though their preposition is different, like, I'm sorry to hear that. And I think in our country, is difficult to understand it, why you say sorry? So the sorry here is a kind of sympathy, or more like empathy. It's say that I feel similar to you.
插曲 2 all we know
V: What's more, there is a little bit of pity in it. I'm sorry for your loss, and it doesn’t just need to be death though. I mean, maybe you lost anything else, maybe you’ve lost your health
J: Oh that's right, when a person is ill, not feeling very well, having a fever or a cold, you can say I’m sorry to hear that, are you okay? And even lost a job, you can also say I'm sorry to hear that.
V: Or a break-up,
J: Right
V: Going through a break-up. Sorry to hear that, and this sorry is very thoughtful, very sweet.
J: The second one , if you say you feel sorry for some , it has two separate meanings
V: In the positive one, It shows your sympathy of a person, but don’t say this sentence face to face.
J: Right, cause that can turn it into negative meaning, I feel sorry for you, also can
Show your disdain, that you look down upon him or her
V: And I think the tone is vital in these situations
J: Sure, and the third one is feel sorry for oneself.
V: Yeah, It’s kind of feeling when you go home after you having some failure or being criticized by your teacher, you probably would say, like “ I cannot do anything” Is a very negative feeling, that when you can say “I feel so sorry for myself”
J: But you need to move on right? There is a sentence I’ve just read “ chest out chin up”就是挺胸抬头的意思。
V: Em… It's very down to earth, there is also a usage when you are a job interviewer, you can say to the candidates who did not get the job.
J: Oh what’s that?
V: Its I’m sorry to say that
J: So it’s a expression of pity right, So we have talked about so many sad things about sorry , could you come up with a happy sorry?
V: There is actually one usage I know isn’t that bad, is “sorry to sorry”
J: It mean I'm sorry for I don't feel sorry right?
V: Right, It's widely used in twitter, in young groups, or in teenagers. And I think it show a sense of confidence to life
插曲 4 apologize
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J:感谢制作苏鑫。
V:see you next time~
结束曲 apologize
节目监制：周宸聿
编辑：杨晏直 朱子业 夏茂航
播音：杨晏直 朱子业
制作：苏鑫
