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Vocabulary preview before listening:

1. mishap (n.) 不幸事故
2. apologize (v.) 道歉
3. embarrass (v.) 尷尬
     embarrassed (a.)尷尬
4. stain (v.) 玷汙
     ex: stain your shirt
5. stain remover 去汙劑
6. ruin (v.) 破壞
7. cleaners (n.) 乾洗店
8. preoccupied (a.)入神的;全神貫注的

Listening Focus:

1. True or False         The woman spilled coffee on the man’s shirt.
2. True or False         The man suggested the woman to send his shirt to the cleaners.
3. True or False         The woman suggested the man to use stain remover to keep the stain from setting.
4. True or False         The woman insisted on buying the man a new shirt if he couldn’t get the stain out.

Oral Practice about Apology:

1. I get so preoccupied when I'm talking on the phone that I sometimes tune out everything around me.
     (when to use: to explain when you apologize.)
2. At least let me know how I can make it up to you.
     (when to use: to try making up for a mistake.)
3. I apologize for staining your shirt.
     (when to use: to apologize for something.)

參考ALL+ 2014/8月份雜誌