Name: 英語中的禮貌用語┃隨身學習美式英語發音 (Polite Phrases in English┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the Go)
Uploaded: 2025-07-19T22:56:35.000Z
Duration: 26 min 41 s

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I'm Rachel and I make this podcast to help non-native speakers learn how to speak English and understand Americans and sound more American if that's their wish.

我是瑞秋，我製作這個播客的目的是幫助母語非英語的人學習如何說英語，如何聽懂美國人的話，如果他們願意的話，讓他們聽起來更像美國人。

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This week, I'm sitting down with my husband, David, and we're reflecting on a recent trip that we took to Italy where we were struggling to find the phrases to be polite.

本週，我和丈夫大衛坐在一起，回想最近一次意大利之行，我們一直在努力尋找禮貌用語。

So today, we're going to talk about phrases in English that you can use in various settings like a restaurant or a store.

今天，我們就來談談在餐廳或商店等各種場合可以使用的英語短語。

When you're interacting with people who work for the restaurant or store, how to be polite, how to ask for things, and how to thank people for things.

當你與餐廳或商店的工作人員打交道時，如何禮貌待人，如何提出要求，以及如何感謝別人。

David, one thing I'm thinking about is, remember in Rome, there was that supli shop on our street?

大衛，我在想一件事，還記得在羅馬時，我們街上的那家Supli商店嗎？

There were always, any time of day, it was crowded.

無論什麼時候，這裡總是人山人海。

So we decided, okay, obviously, we need to eat whatever is in there.

所以我們決定，好吧，很明顯，我們需要吃掉裡面的任何東西。

So one evening, I went in, it was probably like 9 or 10 or no, Stoney.

有一天晚上 我進去了 大概9點到10點吧 史東尼

It was just a counter where people could buy all sorts of deep fried things.

那只是一個櫃檯，人們可以在那裡買到各種油炸食品。

於是我告訴大衛，好吧，我要進去了。

So David and Stoney were waiting for me outside.

And after like 10 minutes, I came back out and I said, I can't do it.

大概過了十分鐘，我又出來了，我說，我做不到。

因為它的工作原理是截然不同的。

My Italian skills aren't good enough to figure out how to butt in.

我的意大利語還不夠好，不知道怎麼插嘴。

So actually, for me, there were two things happening there.

是以，對我來說，那裡實際上發生了兩件事。

There was culturally, I didn't know how it worked because no one was getting behind somebody.

在文化上，我不知道它是如何運作的，因為沒有人支持某個人。

And then also, I was just way too intimidated to say, in America, what would I say in that situation?

另外，在美國，我被嚇得不敢說，在那種情況下我會說什麼？

If it was chaos and there was just a group of people with no sense of line forming.

如果當時一片混亂，只有一群人，沒有排隊的意識。

What I would say is, I think I was next or something like that.

我想說的是，我想我是下一個之類的。

What would you say in a situation like that in America?

在美國，遇到這種情況你會怎麼說？

If let's say you're at a grocery store at the deli counter getting some ham sliced thin for some delicious sandwiches.

比方說，你在雜貨店的熟食櫃檯買了一些火腿薄片，準備做美味的三明治。

I would, I might say, oh yeah, I think I was next.

我可能會說，哦，是的，我想我是下一個。

But I mean, part of what's interesting is that as a native speaker, you have a whole range of things that you could say that have a lot of nuance to them that hopefully we're going to be able to talk about today in the podcast.

但我的意思是，有趣的部分在於，作為一個母語使用者，你可以說一系列有很多細微差別的事情，希望我們今天能在播客中討論這些事情。

In other words, at the deli counter, I might say, oh, I'm sorry.

換句話說，在熟食櫃檯前，我可能會說，哦，對不起。

Or the situation might call for being a little bit more pointed just with a subtle intonation maybe.

或者，在這種情況下，可能需要更尖銳一點，也許只是一個微妙的語調。

Or an expression, body language too would play in big.

或者表情、肢體語言也會起到很大的作用。

So this is where culturally I think we're seeing a difference too between Italy and America.

是以，我認為我們也看到了意大利和美國在文化上的差異。

You would be expected to get into a line and wait your turn.

And in Italy, it seems just a little bit more casual than that.

而在意大利，似乎比這更隨意一些。

Whereas in America, it seems like, you know, if you're approaching a deli counter and there's already somebody there that you kind of stand behind them somewhat.

而在美國，如果你走近熟食櫃檯，那裡已經有人了，你似乎就會站在他們身後。

Or if it's just a couple, it's not a big deal.

如果只是一對夫婦，也沒什麼大不了的。

But as soon as it started getting like more popular, more people there, then there would really be a sense of a line forming.

但是，一旦它開始變得越來越受歡迎，有越來越多的人去那裡，就真的會有一種排隊的感覺。

And I think if there was usually some order to it, I realized this is later in the trip where I was a lot more comfortable and probably had picked up on some of the cultural cues.

我想，如果說這通常是有一定順序的，那麼我意識到這是在旅行的後期，在那裡我更自如，而且可能已經掌握了一些文化線索。

But when I went to that market in Genoa and got the bread at that bakery.

但是，當我去熱那亞的那個市場，在那家麵包店買麵包的時候。

I remember you telling me about David saw this swarm of people.  And he knew, OK, I need to go buy whatever is being sold there.

我記得你跟我說過，戴維看到一群人。  他知道，好吧，不管那裡賣什麼，我都得去買。

There were three different bakeries at the market, I think, but the one had people swarming around it.

我想，市場上有三家不同的麵包店，但其中一家的周圍擠滿了人。

所以，你知道，我加入了蜂群。

I paid attention to who had swarmed in after me and everybody else had done that, too.

我留意了一下，在我之後蜂擁而至的是誰，其他人也是如此。

And so there was there was some paying attention to who was there next.

是以，大家都在關注下一個到場的人是誰。

Did it seem like people selling were paying attention to who was there next or were they relying on you guys to do that?

賣東西的人是在關注下一個出場的是誰，還是在依賴你們？

So she was, you know, she's packing up bread and bringing people up.

所以，她在打包麵包，帶人上來。

And she didn't have the ability, I don't think, to manage the line.

我認為她沒有能力管理這條生產線。

But people, for the most part, were, you know, deferential to each other.

但是，人們在大多數情況下，你知道，都是相互尊重的。

But there was a sense of like, if you're going to be in here screwing around or don't know what you want or whatever, or you're not going to take your turn, I'll take it if you're not taking it.

但有一種感覺就像，如果你要在這裡胡鬧，或者不知道自己想要什麼，或者你不打算輪到你，如果你不接受，我就接受。

Which is funny because another phrase I'm thinking in America that you could use if this was happening is you could say, like, if the person who is selling whatever starts giving you the attention, I've definitely seen this happen.

這很有趣，因為我在想，在美國，如果發生這種情況，你可以使用的另一句話是，你可以說，比如，如果賣東西的人開始關注你，我肯定見過這種情況。

So rather than taking your turn, you direct it to whoever had been there before you.

所以，與其輪到你，不如讓在你之前的人輪到你。

So those are things that you could you could use in in that situation.

所以，在這種情況下，你可以使用這些東西。

You could also say, oh, actually, I was here first.

你也可以說，哦，其實是我先來的。

And if you're in a rush and need to get out, I think in many cases you would probably just let that person cut in front of you.

如果你趕時間，需要離開，我想在很多情況下，你可能會讓那個人在你前面插隊。

Another thing I was thinking about in this situation is I could have just like as soon as I sensed as soon as I saw the guy hand a package across the counter to somebody and I knew he was ready, I could have just sort of blurted out what I wanted.

在這種情況下，我在想的另一件事是，我本可以就像我感覺到的那樣，只要我看到那個人把一個包裹穿過櫃檯遞給某人，我知道他已經準備好了，我就可以直接說出我想要的東西。

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