2. Making apologies 道歉

　　-- I'm sorry I'm calling you so late. -- ____ Okay. 

　　(2003北京春招)

　　A. This is   B. You're     C. That's     D. I'm

　　[答案與解析] C 本題主要考查英語(yǔ)中道歉及應(yīng)答用語(yǔ)。A、B、D三項(xiàng)不符合交際英語(yǔ)的習(xí)慣，故C項(xiàng)正確。

　　【歸納】英語(yǔ)中常見(jiàn)道歉用語(yǔ)有：

　　(1) I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to (hurt your feelings).

　　(2) I'm terribly sorry about that.

　　(3) I'm afraid I've brought you too much trouble.

　　(4) Please excuse me coming late.

　　(5) Please forgive me.

　　(6) Excuse me, please.

　　(7) I beg your pardon.

　　應(yīng)答表達(dá)有：

　　(1) That's / It's all right.

　　(2) That's / It's OK.

　　(3) Never mind.

　　(4) It doesn't matter.

　　(5) It's nothing.

　　(6) Forget it.

　　(7) Don't worry about that.

　　(8) Don't mention it.

　　3. Talking about language difficulties in communication 談?wù)撜Z(yǔ)言交際困難

　　-- I'm sorry. I can't catch you. ____

　　-- OK, it's B—L—A—C—K.

　　    A. Would you please walk slowly?

　　    B. I don't understand you．

　　    C. What's the meaning of this word?

　　    D. Would you please repeat it more slowly?

　　[答案與解析] D本題主要考查語(yǔ)言交際困難的功能意念。catch 在整個(gè)語(yǔ)境中是“聽(tīng)見(jiàn)，聽(tīng)清”的意思，A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤理解了catch 在此處的意思，B、C兩項(xiàng)語(yǔ)義不連貫， 故正確答案是D。