【词汇大师】我很抱歉（2/2）
朋友的亲人离世了，这是一个人类共有的敏感话题。I‘m sorry。
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本篇中，主持人的话不用听写，只听写嘉宾的话。
主持人的话：① "How do you go beyond that in the conversation?"
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201206/201206220719317193135.mp3"Death is such a sensitive topic, not only in U.S. culture but in every culture, I think. Even the word itself is something that we're not comfortable saying. And so we tend to find gentler ways of talking about this topic, so that if somebody has died, we'll say, for example, 'I'm sorry for your loss.' Or 'I heard about your father's passing and I'm so sorry.' Or we'll say 'My condolences.'"
"Well, usually, if you say to somebody 'I'm so sorry for your loss,' the person might say 'Thank you.' But they might say nothing, and certainly the way I was brought up, when you're in the presence of someone who is grieving, the best thing to do is say you're sorry, express your condolences and then be quiet.
"Let the person who's grieving determine what is going to happen next. If they feel like talking, then you go along with that. But if they feel like being silent, then you need to be comfortable with that as well. That's how my parents raised me."
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