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In different scenarios，3 ways to apologize in Mandarin.
对不起、不好意思、抱歉。

****Script for your second time listening****
dào qiàn
道 歉    
to apologize  v. 你应该向我道歉。
 apology  n.  我不接受你的道歉。

片段一Clip one
对不起duì bu qǐ  
1. 我已经等了你5分钟了！对不起，我现在立刻赶过去。
2. 对不起，我得走了。
3. 哎呦，你不要在跟我说对不起了好不好！
4. 大哥，我错了，对不起，对不起。
5. 今天我让他失望了，对不起。
1.  wǒ yǐ jīng děng le nǐ 5fèn zhōng le ！duì bú qǐ ，wǒ xiàn zài lì kè gǎn guò qù 。
2.  duì bú qǐ ，wǒ děi zǒu le 。
3.  āi yōu ，nǐ bú yào zài gēn wǒ shuō duì bú qǐ le hǎo bù hǎo ！
4.  dà gē ，wǒ cuò le ，duì bú qǐ ，duì bú qǐ 。
5.  jīn tiān wǒ ràng tā shī wàng le ，duì bú qǐ 。

片段二
抱歉 bào qiàn ；to feel apologetic
1.	那接下来我去哪儿啊？真抱歉，您这瘾只能过到这了。
2.	抱歉，我这里不能抽烟。
3.	抱歉，迟到了。飞机误点。
1.	nà jiē xià lái wǒ qù nǎ ér a ？zhēn bào qiàn ，nín zhè yǐn zhǐ néng guò dào zhè le 。
2.	bào qiàn ，wǒ zhè lǐ bù néng chōu yān 。
3.	bào qiàn ，chí dào le 。fēi jī wù diǎn 。
片段三
不好意思bù hǎo yì si ；to feel embarrassing ,to be sorry(for inconveniencing sb)
1.	不好意思啊，今天和你玩得很开心...
2.	不好意思，我们有点事情要谈。
3.	勇哥，不好意思啊，人有点儿多，耽误时间了。
4.	秋雅，你看我都不知道你结婚，我穿成这样就来了。实在是不好意思。恭喜！
1.  bù hǎo yì si a ，jīn tiān hé nǐ wán de hěn kāi xīn ...
2.  bù hǎo yì si ，wǒ men yǒu diǎn shì qíng yào tán 。
3.  yǒng gē ，bù hǎo yì si a ，rén yǒu diǎn r duō ，dān wù shí jiān le 。
4.  qiū yǎ ，nǐ kàn wǒ dōu bù zhī dào nǐ jié hūn ，wǒ chuān chéng zhè yàng jiù lái le 。shí zài shì bù hǎo yì si 。

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这位因为刚刚有了一个臣民而十分骄傲自得的国王说道：“别走，别走。我任命你当大臣。”
"Do not go," said the king, who was very proud of having a subject. "Do not go. I will make you a Minister!"
什么大臣？
Minister of what?
嗯……司法大臣！
Minster of–of Justice!
可是，这儿没有一个要审判的人。
But there is nobody here to judge!
“很难说呀，”国王说道。“因此我还没有巡视过我的王国呢！”
"We do not know that," the king said to him. "I have not yet made a complete tour of my kingdom."
我很老了，我这地方又小，没有放銮驾的地方，
I am very old. There is no room here for a carriage.
另外，一走路我就累。
And it tires me to walk.
“噢！可是我已经看过了。”小王子说道，并探身朝星球的那一侧看了看。
"Oh, but I have looked already!" said the little prince, turning around to give one more glance to the other side of the planet.
那边也一个人都没有…
On that side, as on this, there was nobody at all...
“那么你就审判你自己呀！”国王回答他说。“这可是最难的了。
"Then you shall judge yourself," the king answered. "that is the most dificult thing of all.
审判自己比审判别人要难得多啊！
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
你要是能审判好自己，你就是一个真正有才智的人。
If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.
我吗，随便在什么地方我都可以审度自己。
"Yes," said the little prince, but I can judge myself anywhere.
我没有必要留在这里。
I do not need to live on this planet.
国王又说：“嗯…嗯…我想，在我的星球上有一只老耗子。”

"Hum! Hum!" said the king. "I have good reason to believe that somewhere on my planet there is an old rat."
夜里，我听见它的声音。
I hear him at night.
你可以审判它，不时地判处它死刑。
You can judge this old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death.
因此它的生命取决于你的判决。
Thus his life will depend on your justice.
可是，你要有节制地使用这只耗子，每次判刑后都要赦免它。
But you will pardon him on each occasion; for he must be treated thriftily.
因为只有这一只耗子。
He is the only one we have.
“可是我不愿判死刑，我想我还是应该走。”小王子回答道。
"I," replied the little prince, "do not like to condemn anyone to death. And now I think I will go on my way."
“不行。”国王说。
"No," said the king.
但是小王子，准备完毕之后，不想使老君主难过，
说道：“如果国王陛下想要不折不扣地得到服从，你可以给我下一个合理的命令。”
比如说，你可以命令我，一分钟之内必须离开。
我认为这个条件是成熟的…
国王什么也没有回答。起初，小王子有些犹疑不决，
随后叹了口气，就离开了…
“我派你当我的大使。”国王匆忙地喊道。
国王显出非常有权威的样子。
小王子在旅途中自言自语地说：“这些大人真奇怪。”


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