美國(guó)文化脫口秀 第328期:忘記老外名字時(shí)說(shuō)什么?

老記不住外國(guó)人名字怎么辦?難道只能問(wèn)“What's your name?" 今天我們教你更有技巧的問(wèn)法。

關(guān)鍵詞：

When you forgot someone's name, how can you politely ask them? 如果你忘了一個(gè)人的名字，能怎么有禮貌地問(wèn)他們?

How can you figure it out without asking them again? 不直接問(wèn)，有技巧地印出來(lái)

Techniques: 技巧

An awkward situation: 尷尬的情況

怎么禮貌地說(shuō)“我忘記你的名字了”?

I'm terribly sorry, but could you remind me what your name is again? 實(shí)在不好意思，你能再告訴我一下你叫什么名字嗎?

不要只說(shuō)Sorry, I don't remember your name.或者What's your name?

給人的感覺(jué)是你很輕視他、不尊重他。

一定要先說(shuō)"sorry"

You gotta to seem very apologetic and sincere: 你一定要很誠(chéng)懇地先道歉

It's my bad: 我的錯(cuò)

也可以說(shuō)：

I'm sorry. This is really awkward, but could you remind me what your name is again? 實(shí)在對(duì)不起，實(shí)在太尷尬了，你叫什么名字?

I feel so bad. What's your name again? 我太不好意思了，你叫什么名字?

再?gòu)?qiáng)調(diào)一下，忘記別人名字再問(wèn)時(shí)，記住這兩點(diǎn)

1) 承認(rèn)都是你的錯(cuò)

I'm horrible/terrible/really bad with names: 說(shuō)我就是記不起名字 (不是針對(duì)你)

2)一定要用"again"

Could you remind me what your name is again?

What's your name again?

如果別人剛剛才告訴你，但你突然忘了或沒(méi)聽(tīng)清楚，可以說(shuō)

I'm sorry, but I didn't catch your name: 不好意思，我沒(méi)聽(tīng)清你的名字

忘記老外名字時(shí)說(shuō)什么?

其它更圓滑的技巧

Could you put your number in my phone: 能輸入你的電話嗎?

Tactical: 有計(jì)謀的

把他介紹給另一個(gè)人

Introduce the person to another friend: 把他介紹給另一個(gè)你認(rèn)識(shí)的人

比如：

I don't think you two have met before. You should really meet: 你們應(yīng)該不認(rèn)識(shí)吧，你們認(rèn)識(shí)一下

The key is to not get too involved. Let them introduce themselves: 關(guān)鍵是別插手太多，讓他們自己說(shuō)出名字

But this depends on whether there is another friend present or not: 這招取決于有沒(méi)有另一個(gè)人的存在

你名字怎么拼?

How do you spell your name? 你的名字怎么拼?

But you need to be careful with this technique, because their name might be very straightforward: 不過(guò)這招也要當(dāng)心，萬(wàn)一人家的名字超級(jí)簡(jiǎn)單，比如Tom...

問(wèn)他要名片

You can also ask them for their business card: 也可以問(wèn)他們要名片

I don't think I have your card: 我好像還沒(méi)你名片

Could I have your WeChat: 我好想沒(méi)加你微信

But many people's WeChat id has nothing to do with their names: 不過(guò)很多人的微信id跟他們自己的名字毫無(wú)關(guān)系

不記得名字也不要緊

Have you ever hung out with someone for weeks and not remember their name? 你有沒(méi)有跟一個(gè)人認(rèn)識(shí)了好久，但始終記不住他們的名字?

Yes, but that didn't stop us from having good conversations: 有，但這絲毫不妨礙我們交朋友

Yeah, I just let it slip since I don't address people by their names anyway: 我也是，我通常就隨它去了，反正我平時(shí)也不太用名字稱呼朋友

I just say "Hey bro" "Hi there" "What's up"：我碰到朋友都說(shuō)“"Hey bro" "What's up"

I feel like I've dragged this out for too long and it'll be too weird to ask their name at that point: 我會(huì)覺(jué)得已經(jīng)拖了那么久了，現(xiàn)在再問(wèn)他們的名字，反而更尷尬

This is embarrassing: 尷尬

還有一個(gè)笨辦法

Ask a mutual friend what their name is: 如果你們有個(gè)共同的朋友, 就問(wèn)他啊

But you don't want them to spill the beans and tell the other person that you don't remember their name: 但是萬(wàn)一他告密, 跟那個(gè)人說(shuō)你連他名字都不記得

Spill the beans: 告密、泄密

Honesty is the best policy: 誠(chéng)實(shí)還是最好的政策

Come clean, be sincere and apologetic: 老實(shí)承認(rèn)、誠(chéng)懇就好

I'm bad with names but I'm good with faces: 雖然我記不住名字，但我特別記得住臉