VOA一分钟英语：用英语道歉的方式（1）

英国人是出了名的爱道歉。“道歉” 用英语怎么说？在口语会话中，除了可以说 “I'm sorry.” 以外，还有哪些语句可以用来表示自己因犯错而感到抱歉？
 
Hi, I'm Sam from BBC Learning English. People in the UK have a reputation for saying sorry a lot, so let's have a look at different ways you can use to do this.
So:
- You can say sorry
- You can be sorry
- And you can apologise
In each case, we use the preposition 'to' with a person and 'for' to give the reason we're apologising:
I said sorry to my friend for forgetting her birthday.
After 'for' you can use a gerund or a noun.
But if you want a simple statement to say I was wrong, you can use any of these:
My bad.
My mistake.
My apologies. 
It's all my fault.
Please forgive me. 
I take full responsibility. 
It won’t happen again. 
Careful who you say these to – my bad! is very informal and you would probably only say it after making a small mistake. It won't happen again is probably better in more serious situations.
 
用法总结
1. 常用的表示 “道歉” 的说法有：say sorry（说对不起）；be sorry（感到抱歉）；apologise（道歉）。我们可以用介词 “to” 说明 “向” 某人道歉；用 “for” 引出 “为” 某事或某原因而道歉，“for” 后面可加名词或 “-ing” 动名词。 
I said sorry to my friend for forgetting her birthday.
I'm sorry for the incovenience.
She apologised to her brother for breaking his toy by accident.
I aplogise for my inapropriate joke earlier.
 
2. 口语中常见的简单道歉句式如下。注意使用句子的场合，以下句子按比较轻松、不正式至比较严肃、正式的顺序排列。
My bad.
My mistake.
My apologies.
It's all my fault.
Please forgive me.
I take full responsibility.
It won’t happen again.