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今天的一分钟英语给大家分享一个实用话题：

"Just say no"

（拒绝的艺术）

在职场中难免需要学会拒绝

但为了避免产生误会

如何用英语才能实现委婉而准确的表达呢？



Just say no 来自平和英语村


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Today's English phrase is..."just say no"

In using everyday English,there are many ways to say no.

Some are used in formal situations and some are used in casual situations.

A formal situation is not the same as a business situation, instead a formal situation may be an event like a dinner party or wedding reception.Here are some examples or using the word"no" in each type of situation:

Formal:

"No,not at this time,thank you."  

"Thank you, no."

"It's nice of you to ask,but no thank you."

"No,thank you."

"I'm glad you asked,but no thank you."

Casual:

"No." "No way"  "Never!"

"Hah!" "Uh-unh." "Not hardly!" "Of courese not!"

"Yeah,right!" "Nope." "Are you kidding?"

"I don't think so!"

"Nah."


Please be careful when using the formal"no"to include "thank you"as that shows that it was all right to ask the question.

It is also important to note that some of the casual ways can be misunderstood and taken differently than you intended them.

If you are not sure how someone will react to these uses of"no", only use the ones you are most familiar with.

  Kelly.M




高频词汇 Vocabulary

 formal situations   正式场合

reception  n. 接待；接收；招待会；感受；反应

 note  n. 笔记；音符；票据；注解；纸币；便笺；照会；调子    vt. 注意；记录；注解

misunderstood     adj. 被误解的   v. 误解，误会（misunderstand的过去式）

intended   n. 已订婚者   v. 打算；准备（intend的过去分词）   adj. 故意的，有意的；打算中的

react   vi. 反应；影响；反抗；起反作用   vt. 使发生相互作用；使起化学反应




Kelly.M是平和英语村名副其实的元老级教师。性格率真爽朗，是一位对生活充满热情和追求的现代女性，曾于加拿大经营个人创业公司超过10年，积累了丰富的商业经营和管理经验。

现任平和英语教师招聘和培训总监、英语教师培训导师，被形象誉为“英语教师的师傅”。擅长商务英语，英语教师培训和移民、留学面试培训。

学习技巧：

第一次听：关注意思，关注停顿；

第二次听：加深高频词汇印象，

第三次听：裸听。