5. Excuse me / Forgive me for... / I apologize for...

6. I'm (very / so / terribly) sorry. It's all my fault.

7. That's all right. / That's OK. / No problem.

8. I wish you all the best.

9. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...

10. Let's drink (a toast) to...!

　☆单词聚焦☆

1. afford

(1) (和can，could，be able to连用) 有 (时间、经济等) 条件(做某事) + to do

We can't afford to pay such a price.

afford + n. / pron. (出得起；买得起等)

They donot consider whether they can afford it or not.

(2) 经得起 (做某事或发生某事) (多+to do)

He could not afford to lose his fortune entirely.

2. apologize的用法

▲ 构词：apology n. 辩解，道歉

▲ 搭配：

① apologize to sb for (doing) sth = make an apology的 sb for (doing) sth向某人为某事(为做了某事)道歉

② apologize for oneself 为自己辩解或辩护

【考例】[NMET 1993]The captain ____ an apology to the passengers for the delay caused by bad weather.

A. made B. said C. put D. passed

[考查目标] apologize及其名词的用法和搭配。

[答案与解析]A make an apology的意思是"道歉"。

3. choice的用法

▲搭配：

① make a choice 选择

② make choice of 挑选，选择，选定

③ make / take one's choice 任意挑选

④ have no choice but to do sth 非......不可，除......之外别无他法

【考例】[MET 1993] We've missed the last bus, I'm afraid we have no ____ but to take a taxi.

A. way B. choice C. possibility D. selection

[考查目标] choice的意思和习惯搭配。

[答案与解析]B choice是choose的名词形式．意思是

"选择"，在本句中构成固定搭配have no choice but to

do sth"不得不干......"。

4. determine的用法

▲ 构词：determination n. 决心，决断，决意；决定，确定

▲ 搭配：

① determine to do sth 决定做某事

② determine on / upon (doing) sth 决定

③ a man of determination 有决断力的人

▲ 辨析：decide；determine这两个词都有"决定"的意思。decide的含义是"不再迟疑不定"，而

determine含义是"把某件事确定下来"。

　在be determined to do...这个固定的结构中。过去分词determined的词义为"下定了决心"。

decide的名词为decision，determine的名词为determination。例如：At first，she decided to go to the police，...起初，她