?I'm Emma from mmmEnglish and today we're going to practise some different ways of saying 'no' in English. Absolutely not!

大家好，我是Emma，欢迎来到Emma的美味英语，今天我们要练习不同的用英语说“不”的方式。当然不了！

What? Hell no! I'm afraid I can't!

什么？肯定不行！恐怕我不行的！

Not in a million years! I'm all good, thanks!

在我有生之年绝对不行！我很好，谢谢！

No way! Forget it!

不行！别想了！

Yeah right! I'm afraid that's not possible!

好的吧！恐怕不太可能呢！

Nah! I'd love to, but I can't.

不！我是挺想的，但是我不行。

It's just not possible. Fat chance!

不可能的。机会渺茫！

Yeah, there are lots of different ways to say 'no' in English. Can you think of any others?

是的，在英语中有很多说不的不同方式。你能想到什么其他的吗？

I'm sure you can think of more! Write them in the comments below this video.

我敢肯定你一定能相处更多的！在视频下面的评论区写一下吧。

Saying no can sometimes be a difficult thing to do even in your own native language. I don't like saying no either.

即使是在自己的母语当中，说不有的时候也不是件容易的事情。我其实也不喜欢说不。

I don't like refusing someone, I don't want to hurt their feelings. But saying no is a part of life, we say no in so many different ways, at different times of the day.

我不喜欢拒绝别人，我不想伤害他们的感情。但是说不是生活的一部分，我们每天在不同的时间用很多不同的方式来说不。

And when you're learning a language, understanding the nuances of context and tone and body language are so, so important. It's so important that you get your message across clearly without offending someone accidentally.

当你学习一门语言的时候，理解语境、语调以及身体语言的细微差别也非常非常重要。能将自己的信息清晰地进行传递，但是不会在过程中一不小心地伤害别人的感情非常重要。

Because it's quite easy to say no in the wrong way in English. And today I'm going to show you a whole lot of different ways to say no, some casual and relaxed, some formal and more polite, and some rude ones which, I think you should try to avoid.

因为用英语说不的时候很容易说的方式不正确。今天我要给大家看一下很多不同的说不的方式，有一些很随意很轻松，有一些很正式更加礼貌，有一些比较粗鲁，我觉得你们应该尽量避免。

Now before we start saying no, I really want you to think about saying yes to the Lingoda Language Marathon. I've just registered yesterday!

在我们正式开始说不之前，我希望大家考虑一下向Lingoda语言马拉松张开怀抱。我昨天刚刚注册的！

I spent a week trying to find reasons why I shouldn't. No I'm too busy or I'm going on holidays right in the middle of it.

我花了一周时间来苦苦思索我不注册的原因。不，我太忙了，我在课程中间要去度假。

But then I bit the bullet. I said yes to the full marathon.

但是然后我还是硬着头皮去做了。我接受了全程马拉松。

If you haven't heard about the Lingoda Language Marathon, I explain everything in detail up here. But let's be real, if I'm going to make it through ninety days of language lessons, I'm going to need your support.

如果你没有听说过Lingoda语言马拉松的话，我在这个视频中有进行详细介绍。但是让我们脚踏实地一点，如果我能够完成九十天的语言课程的话，我需要大家的帮助。

So I've created a popup Facebook group that's just for mmmEnglish students who've also signed up to the Lingoda Language Marathon.

This group is so that we can support each other through the marathon, for three months and hopefully, we can all complete the marathon and get our full refund!

所以我在脸书上专门为注册了Lingoda语言马拉松的美味英语学生创建了一个群。

在这个群里，我们可以互帮互助坚持完三个月的马拉松，希望我们都可以完成马拉松，然后拿回我们所有的退款！

If you want to join the marathon and take the challenge with me, then use the link and the instructions in the description below and then come find the Facebook group The Lingoda mmmMarathon.

All right, today we're going to talk about a whole bunch of ways to say no in English.

如果你想要加入马拉松，和我一起接受挑战的话，那就点击描述区的链接，遵循上面的指导，然后去找一些脸书群组The Lingoda mmmMarathon吧。

好的，今天我们要讨论很多很多用英语说不的不同方式。

Not only are the words that you choose important, when you say no but also your tone of voice and the way that you say those words is also equally as important. Sometimes you really need to say no politely so that you don't offend someone.

当你说不的时候，不仅仅是你选择的词汇非常重要，你的语调，还有你说的方式也同样地非常重要。

有时你需要非常礼貌地拒绝，这样才不会冒犯到其他人。

And other times you need to be a little more forceful, you need to use a bit of attitude.

You'll see this dial up here to show you how rude or how polite the expression is all the way through this video, all right?

有时候你需要强硬一点，你需要表现出明显的态度。大家可以看到这边的刻度盘，它在视频全程都会展示某个表达是有多么地粗鲁，或者是多么地礼貌，好吗？

And we're going to practise saying each of these expressions together naturally so that you can make sure you're saying no the right way. Hello?

我们要一起练习自然地说出这些表达，这样就可以确保你说不的方式是正确的。你好啊？

Thank you so much for inviting me. I really would love to go, but I can't make it today.

谢谢你邀请我。我真的很想去，但是我今天去不了。

I've just got too much on. That was a really polite way to say no to someone, to decline an offer from them.

我要做的事情太多了。那是拒绝别人的非常礼貌的方式，拒绝别人的邀请。

Firstly, you're saying that you really like the sound of the idea, you'd love to do it, but then you're adding a 'but' and you're explaining that you can't. All right? So it's quite a polite way of saying no.

首先，你说你真的很喜欢这个想法，你很想去做，但是之后加上一个‘但是’，再解释一下为什么不行。懂了吗？那是非常礼貌的拒绝别人的方式。

You're saying I'd love to go, but I don't finish work until 7. Or I'd love to go, but I've got to take my son to his football match.

你说我很想去，但是我得到七点才能做完我的工作。或者是我很想去，但是我得送我儿子去他的足球比赛。

Now there's quite a bit of flexibility in this expression. You can replace the verb 'go' with any verb.

这个表达其实挺灵活的。你可以用任何的动词来代替‘go’。

I'd love to come, but I don't have the money. I'd love to try the pasta you made, but I'm allergic to seafood.

我很想去，但是我没钱。我很想试一下你做的意面，但是我对海鲜过敏。

So you're politely turning down someone's offer. And if you're responding to something that someone said, you don't even need to use the verb at all because the action has actually already been made clear when they asked you.

通过这种方式礼貌地拒绝别人的邀请。如果你在回应某个人说的某件事情的话，你甚至都不用使用动词，因为他们在问你的时候已经把动作明确地说明了。

Hey, do you wanna hang out this weekend? The action's 'hang out'.

嘿，你这周末想出去玩吗？这个动作是‘出去玩’。

I'd love to, but I'm going camping. So you don't always need to include the verb.

我很想去，但是我要去野营。你不一定总是要把动词包含在内。

Another way to express the same feeling is to say ' I wish I could, but I can't. ' And all of these examples are polite ways of saying no to someone.

另一种表达同样情感的方式是：我希望我可以，但是并不行。所有的这些例子都是拒绝别人的非常礼貌的方式。

You know when you genuinely do wish that you could accept their invitation, that you could actually go, but you have to say no. But also, this expression is really useful for those times when someone's inviting you to something and you don't really want to go.

当你真诚地希望可以接受他们的邀请的时候，你本来可以去，但是不得不说不的时候。但是呢，这个表达也非常适用于有人邀请你做某件事情，你真的不太想去的时候。

Maybe you don't want to hurt the other person's feelings or make them feel bad by telling them that you don't want to go. So this is a useful expression if you're talking to someone that you care about or someone that you respect.

可能你并不想因为说自己不想去而伤害其他人的感情，或者是让他们感到很糟糕。如果你是在和你比较在意的人，或者是你比较尊重的人交谈的话，这个表达是很有用的。

You could either use it on a friend who you love and you don't want to disappoint or your boss or a client who you need to treat with respect. So it's quite versatile like that.

你也可以用在你喜欢但是也不想让他们失望的朋友身上，或者是你需要表示尊重的老板或者客户身上。它的用途非常广呢。

By being quite polite it's also a little formal. Now let's talk about how to say this, I'd love to go, but I can't.

因为它比较礼貌，所以也相对来说比较正式。那现在让我们看看怎么说吧：我很想，但是并不行。

So when spoken, 'I' and 'would' are usually contracted. They're spoken together.

说这句话的时候，I和would一般来说都会缩写。它们要一起说。

It's a little more natural to say 'I'd' instead of 'I would' so you'll hear most native speakers say this I'd, I'd. And 'love' is a stressed word in this sentence, love, I love.

说'I'd'比'I would' 更加自然一点，所以你会听到大多数母语者都是这么说我愿意，我愿意。'love'在这个句子中要重读，爱，我爱。

So it's said very clearly. 'to' is unstressed so the sound reduces down to the schwa, I'd love to, I'd love to.

要说得非常清晰。‘to’要重读，所以这个音就变成了中元音，我愿意，我愿意。

And then, the main verb is stressed, I'd love to go, I'd love to go. And don't overlook the importance of the comma here.

然后呢，主动词要重读，我想要去，我想要去。不要忽视逗号的重要性哦。

You need to pause because the pause is very important. I'd love to go, but I can't. I'd love to go, but I can't.

你需要停顿，因为停顿非常重要。我很想去，但是我不行。我很想去，但是我不行。

So hear how those sounds reduce, 'but' becomes but, but, but, but I can't. I'm going to need you to come into work on Sunday, okay?

听一下这些音是如何简化的，‘但是’变成了‘但是’、‘但是’、‘但是’，但是我不能。我需要你周日来工作，好吗？

On Sunday? I'm afraid I can't, I've got my parents visiting from interstate.

周日吗？恐怕不行啊，我父母要从另外一个州来看我。

This one is a little more confusing because usually we think of the word 'afraid' as being scared. But we're not scared in this situation, we just need to say no in a more formal and respectful way.

这个有点点令人困惑，因为我们通常认为‘afraid’这个词有害怕、受到惊吓的意思。但是我们在这种情况下并没有害怕，我们只是需要以一种正式的、表示尊重的方式来拒绝。

I'm afraid I can't means I'm sorry to tell you that I can't. Or I wish I could help you but I can't.

恐怕不行的意思是我很抱歉告诉你我不行。或者是我希望自己能够帮助你，但是我不能。

This expression is often used in more formal situations when you need to decline an invitation or a request from someone important like your boss or another colleague. So it's perfect to use this expression in a professional context where you need to answer someone respectfully but you need to make it clear that you cannot do something.

这个表达方式通常用在更加正式的场合，当你需要拒绝来自于对你而言重要的人，比如说你的老板或者是同事的邀请或者是要求。在职业场合使用这个表达方式是很完美的，在这种场合你需要非常尊重地回答某个人，但是你需要明确地表示你不能做某件事情。

Now compare this to our previous expression here we're suggesting that we'd really like to do it. Maybe just maybe, there's a way that you can convince me to do it.

好的，让我们把这个和之前的表达比较一下，我们表达的是我们真的很想去做。可能，只是可能，你或许可以通过某种方式说服我去做。

But now, we're actually being quite forceful and direct. I'm afraid I can't means that you really actually can't do it.

但是现在， 我们要态度坚决一点、直接一点。恐怕不行的意思是你真的不能做。

You don't have any interest in trying to make it happen. Would you like to join us for dinner tomorrow?

你没有兴趣做这件事情。明天你可以和我们共进晚餐吗？

I'm afraid I can't meet you for dinner tomorrow. I have to work the night shift.

恐怕明天我不能和你们一起吃晚餐呢。我得上夜班。

Do you have time to edit this document? I'm afraid not, I'm late for a meeting.

你有时间编辑一下这个文件吗？恐怕不行啊，我的会议要迟到了。

Have you heard from Peter? I'm afraid not. His phone's been dead all morning.

你有听到彼得的消息吗？恐怕没有，他的手机整个早晨都是关机状态。

Let's focus on the pronunciation for a moment. The contraction, 'I'm' is unstressed so when it's spoken by a native speaker, it's very weak, you may just hear I'm afraid not or I'm afraid not, I'm afraid not, or I'm afraid I, I'm afraid I can't, I'm afraid I can't, I'm afraid I can't.

让我们先专攻一下发音吧。缩写形式‘I'm’不重读，所以母语者说的时候发音会很轻，你可能只能听到恐怕不行或者是恐怕我不可以。

So that contracted sound really just becomes the consonant only, I'm afraid, I'm afraid. Hey Em, I'm going to grab a coffee, do you want one?

所以这个缩音变成了一个辅音，恐怕，恐怕。嘿，Em我要去买杯咖啡，你要吗？

It's not that this phrase is rude but this is quite informal language. I'm all good, I'm ok, I'm alright!

并不是这个表达很粗鲁，是它确实非常不正式。我很好！我很好！我很好！

Believe it or not, in some contexts, all of these expressions are informal ways of saying no thanks. So all of these expressions are common especially when you're talking to friends or family or coworkers in a casual context.

信不信由你，在某些语境中，所有的这些表达都是说‘不，谢谢了’的非正式方式。所以所有的这些表达方式都很常见，尤其是当你和朋友、家人或者是同事在非正式的场合中。

They're commonly used when someone offers you something. And less commonly used as a way to respond to an invitation, so I wouldn't say NO, I'm good, I can't go to the movie with you tonight.

它们一般用在别人给你某个东西的时候。不那么常用的一个用法是来回应别人的邀请，所以我不会说不行，我很好，我不能晚上和你去看电影。

Right? But I would say No, I'm good, I don't need any coffee today. If someone offers you a ride to work, but you'd rather walk, you might say no, I'm ok today, I'd rather walk!

是吗？但是我会说不用了，我很好，我今天不需要咖啡了。如果有人想要想载你去工作的话，但是你更想走着去，你可能会说没事的，不用了，我今天想走路上班！

Or if you're Australian or you're talking to an Australian, no, no, I'm good. Now I know that some of you are living in English-speaking countries, and this expression is a useful one to know if you are working in a restaurant and you have the situation where you're asking a customer if they want to order more food or drinks and they say no, I'm good, thanks.

或者是如果你是澳大利亚人，或者是你在和澳大利亚人说不不，我很好。我知道你们其中的某些人生活在说英语的国家，如果你在餐馆工作这个表达非常好用，你会面对这种情况，那就是你问顾客他们是否想要再点点食物或者是饮料，他们说不用了，这些就够了，谢谢。

Well it would be really good to know what that means, right? It means no thanks.

好的，知道那个短语的意思其实挺好的，是吧？它的意思是不用了，谢谢。

It's a little confusing. Have you ever had a native speaker say something like this to you and you've been completely confused by it?

有点点令人困惑。有没有母语者和你说过相似的话，而你对此感到非常困惑呢？

Would you like me to bring the drinks menu? I'm good.

需要我拿来酒水饮料的菜单吗？不需要了。

If you have, I'd love to hear about it. Tell me in the comments, tell me what happened when you were completely confused.

如果有这种情况的话，我愿闻其详。在评论中告诉我吧，告诉我你为什么感到如此困惑。

Now these phrases are often followed by 'thanks though' or 'thanks anyway', I'm good, thanks anyway!

这些短语通常后面会跟着‘谢谢了，但是’或者是‘还是谢谢你’。我很好，还是谢谢啦！

I'm alright, thanks though! Adding 'thanks though' just helps to soften the expression a little bit and show the person that you appreciate the offer but you're not interested.

我挺好的，还是谢谢啦！加上‘谢谢了，但是’只是帮助你让这个表达听起来柔和一点，向那个人表明你很喜欢，但是你并不感兴趣。

So it's a little more polite. Now I want to highlight how native speakers will say these words because when they come out, they usually sound a bit blurry, I'm good, I'm ok, I'm alright.

所以会更加礼貌一点。我想强调一下母语者如何说这些单词，因为它们从母语者口里说出来的时候有点点模糊，不太清楚，我很好。

Again, the unstressed contraction reduces down here and we hardly hear it! And because we had a consonant sound at the end of 'I'm', in natural pronunciation, we link that consonant sound to the vowel sound following.

同样的，这里有非重读的缩音，所以我们很难听到！因为在自然发音中，‘I'm’后面有一个辅音，所以我们会将这个辅音和后面的元音连读。

And this is a really common feature in naturally spoken English. Native speakers will do this all the time.

这是自然英语口语非常常见的一个特点。母语者总是会这么做。

This lesson here will explain how consonant sounds link to vowel sounds in spoken English. So you can check it out if you want to learn more about it.

这节课程详细解释了在英语母语中辅音如何和元音进行连读。如果你想了解更多的话，可以看一下这个视频。

But again, sometimes the tiny little vowel sound just disappears and it just sounds like m, 'm good, 'm ok, 'm alright! Most importantly for you though is how to hear and recognise these really common casual expressions.

但是呢，有时候小原因听起来好像消失了一样，听起来很m的发音，我很好。更重要的是如何识别这些非常常见、很随意自然的表达。

So when you hear these sort of muffled expressions, recognise them as people saying no thanks, 'm good, 'm ok, 'm alright. Okay now I want you to think about a situation where you need to say no but in a stronger way.

所以当你听到这种声音不清楚的表达的话，要知道他们就是在说‘不，谢谢了’。好的，现在我想让大家考虑一种情况，那就是你需要说不，但是要说的更加坚定一点。

Like when there's no option to negotiate. The answer is just no, right?

比如说没有沟通的选择。这个回答就是不，对吗？

Like when you've worked twelve hours straight every day for the last two weeks and your colleague comes up to you and says hey man! Can you cover my shift tomorrow? You need to be quite forceful, right?

比如说你过去两周每天都工作十二个小时，你的同事过来找你说嘿，明天能顶一下我的班吗？你需要非常坚定，对吗？

And say something like absolotely no, I'm spending the day with my family tomorrow. So 'absolutely not' is a strong way of saying no.

说一些像是不行，我明天要和我家人一起这种话。‘肯定不’是非常坚定的说不的方式。

You're saying there is zero possibility that I'll change my mind about this and say yes, right? Like if you just got married and your new husband or wife's best friend asked if they could come with you on the honeymoon, absolutely no.

你表达的是我不可能改变想法答应这件事情，对吧？

比如说你刚刚结婚，你的新婚丈夫或者是妻子最好的朋友问你他们能不能和你一起去蜜月，肯定不行啊。

But even though 'absolutely not' is strong, maybe even a little harsh, it's not necessarily rude, right? And there are a few other ways to say no in a firm way.

即使‘不可能’有点点强硬，甚至有点点严厉，这不一定是粗鲁的，是吗？有很多更加坚定的说不的其他的方式。

We can say that the idea is out of the question. Or we could say under no circumstances?.

我们可以说这个不可能。或者是我们可以说绝不可能。

And these expressions are similar in strength and in meaning but these are also quite serious and more formal expressions. Under no circumstances can Terry come on our honeymoon!

这些表达这强度和意思方面很相似，但是还有一些更加严肃，更加正式的表达。

泰瑞绝对不可能和我们一起度蜜月！

Are you kidding me? All right, let's change the tone a little.

你在搞笑吗？好的，让我们稍微改变一下语调。

We want to clearly say no still but we want to say it in a less serious way. Like if your brother said can you lend me 10000 dollars? Hell no! No way. Not in a million years.

我们想要清晰明确地说不，但是我们想要说的不那么严肃。比如说如果你的哥哥说能借我一千块吗？不可能的，完全不行，在我有生之年就别想了。

Now all of these expressions are a little softer because they're funny, they kind of make the situation lighter. You think she's going to forgive you that easily? Not in a million years.

这些表达听起来更加柔和一点，因为它们会比较搞笑，它们会让整个情境更加轻缓。你觉得她会那么轻易原谅你吗？不可能的。

Now all of these phrases that I've just introduced are firm and strong. But there are some that are appropriate in formal situations and some that aren't.

所有我刚才介绍的表达方式都很坚定，语气比较强。但是有一些适用于正式的情境中，有一些不能。

So hell no and not in a million years are okay for friends and family, informal situations or when someone's driving you crazy. And absolutely not, under no circumstances and it's out of the questions, they're sort of a bit more formal.

和朋友和家人、非正式场合或者是有人把你要搞疯了的情况下使用不可能的，想都别想是可以的。绝不可能更加正式一点点。

All right so let's take it one step further. What? You want me to write your assignment for you?

好的，让我们更进一步。啥？你想要我帮你写作业？

Fat chance! Like the previous situations, I'm definitely one hundred percent saying no there.

想都别想！像之前的情况，我百分之百都会说不。

But this time I'm responding with sarcasm. Now sarcasm is a type of humour in English where we criticise someone or something in a way that's quite funny for others but a bit annoying or maybe even embarrassing to the person that you're criticising.

但是这次我的回复中带有讽刺意味。讽刺是英文中的一种幽默，我们以一种非常搞笑的方式批评某个人或者是某件事情，但是对于你正在批评的人来说有点烦，甚至是有点尴尬。

So saying no in a sarcastic way can be rude. It can sometimes be funny but you need to be extremely careful about how you use it because it's very easy to offend someone.

以一种讽刺的方式说不可能会比较粗鲁。有时候可能会比较搞笑，但是你使用的时候要非常小心，因为这很容易冒犯到别人。

Now there are a lot of different ways to say no in a sarcastic way. Like fat chance, yeah right, not likely.

有很多不同的以讽刺的语气说不的方式。比如说不可能的，好的吧，我并不信，并不可能......

Can you think of any others? Now all of these expressions are used quite similarly so in a situation when someone asks you a favour that's too big or too ridiculous.

你能想到其他的吗？这些表达用法都比较相似，所以当有人想让你帮个忙，但是这个忙太大了或者是非常荒谬的时候，可以用这些表达。

Or maybe they're just annoying you by asking it. You think I'm going to go on a date with you after you treated me so rudely? Yeah, right!

或者是只是想这么问问来让你烦。你觉得我会在你如此粗鲁地对待我之后还和你出去约会吗？好的吧。

You want me to go hiking with you in the pouring rain? Fat chance! She wants me to pay for her whole family's meals! Not likely.

你想让我冒着倾盆大雨和你出去约会吗？不可能的！她想要我给全家人付饭钱！不可能的。

But you do need to be careful about how you're using these expressions. If you're joking around, they can be really fun.

但是你需要小心如何使用这些表达。如果你只是开玩笑的话，它们还挺好玩的。

But when they're used in the wrong context, like if your boss came into your office and said "I need that report finished by the end of the day" don't say "Fat chance!" Unless you want to be fired!

但是当它们用在错误的语境当中，比如说如果你的老板来到你的办公室说‘那份报表我今天结束之前就要看到’，不要说‘想都别想！’除非你想被开除！

Right, so I introduced a whole lot of different ways of saying no in English and how important it is to learn how to say no in the right way.

And I'm sure you've heard of many of those expressions before but if there were some new ones that you learnt today, then tell me about them in the comments.

好的，我介绍了很多用英语说不的方式，以及学会正确说不是多么的重要。我很确定你之前肯定听过其中很多表达了，但是如果你今天学到了新的表达的话，那就在评论处告诉我吧。

Make sure you write about a situation where you think it might be appropriate to use that new expression. I'm going to go down and check out all of those comments once this lesson's finished.

一定要写一下你觉得这个表达适合使用的情境。这节课程结束我回去检查这些评论的。

If you've got any questions about saying no in English then drop them in the comments below this video and make sure you hit the subscribe button if you haven't already, just to show me that you support what I do here at mmmEnglish.

You might be interested in this lesson here where I'll teach you some useful expressions to help you cancel your plans in English or here's another one that I think you'll enjoy.

如果你对用英语说不有问题的话，那就在评论区说一下吧，如果你还没有订阅的话，记得一定要点击订阅按钮哦，让我看到大家对我在美味英语所做的一切的支持。

你可能对这节课程感兴趣，我在这节课程中教大家一些有用的表达，帮助大家用英语取消计划，还有另外一节课我觉得大家会很喜欢。

I'll see you in there!

待会儿见啦！