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TOP/HSK 3
shuō
说“
duì bù qǐ
对不起”
de
的
yǒng qì
勇气
The Courage to Say “Sorry”
xiǎo měi小美xué xí学习zài在zuò cuò shì做错事shí时zěn yàng怎样dào qiàn道歉。

Xiaomei learns how to apologize when she makes a mistake.

李芳
xiǎo měi小美，rú guǒ如果nǐ你zuò cuò做错le了shì事，nǐ你huì会zěn me怎么shuō说？

Xiaomei, if you did something wrong, what would you say?

小美
wǒ我huì会shuō说……duì bù qǐ对不起。

I would say… sorry.

李芳
hěn很hǎo好。shuō说“duì bù qǐ对不起”xū yào需要yǒng qì勇气，yīn wèi因为yào要chéng rèn承认zì jǐ自己cuò错le了。

Very good. Saying “sorry” takes courage because you have to admit you were wrong.

小美
kě shì可是wǒ我huì会hài pà害怕bié rén别人bù不lǐ理wǒ我。

But I feel scared that others might ignore me.

李芳
nǐ你kě yǐ可以xiān先shuō说：duì bù qǐ对不起，wǒ我cuò错le了。rán hòu然后shuō说nǐ你huì会zěn me怎么zuò做。

You can first say: Sorry, I was wrong. Then say what you will do.

小美
bǐ rú比如wǒ我nòng huài弄坏le了wán jù玩具，wǒ我shuō说shén me什么？

For example, if I broke a toy, what should I say?

李芳
nǐ你kě yǐ可以shuō说：duì bù qǐ对不起，wǒ我bù xiǎo xīn不小心nòng huài弄坏le了。wǒ我xià cì下次huì会xiǎo xīn小心。

You can say: Sorry, I broke it by accident. I will be more careful next time.

小美
hái还yào要shuō说“qǐng请yuán liàng原谅wǒ我”ma吗？

Should I also say “please forgive me”?

李芳
kě yǐ可以jiā加yī jù一句：qǐng请nǐ你yuán liàng原谅wǒ我。zhè yàng这样gèng更yǒu lǐ mào有礼貌。

You can add: Please forgive me. That makes it more polite.

小美
hǎo好！wǒ我jì zhù记住le了：duì bù qǐ对不起，wǒ我cuò错le了，wǒ我xià cì下次huì会xiǎo xīn小心，qǐng请nǐ你yuán liàng原谅wǒ我。

Okay! I remember: Sorry, I was wrong, I will be more careful next time, please forgive me.

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