Day 21

“OK.”和“I'm OK.”意思恰恰相反？

D: Hey，Alex，wanna coffee?

A: I'm OK.

D: All right! I'll be right back.

A: Man! Where is my coffee?

D: What? You said you were OK!

A: Yeah. “OK” doesn't mean “yes”?

D: Oh，“ OK ” means “yes”，sure. But “ I'm OK .” here actually means“No，thanks”.

A: Then give me your coffee!

听完对话之后，我们一起来看一下“ OK .”和“ I'm OK .”的区别。

S o，Darby，what's the difference between “ OK. ” and “ I'm OK. ”?

Well，Alex，this is another example of how in English sometimes one word can make a huge difference.

If you say“ OK. ”，it means sure，yes， but if you say“ I'm OK. ”，it actually means “ No，thanks ”. So be careful!

在对话当中大白问我要不要喝咖啡，如果我想喝的话，我就得说“Yes, please.”，或者是“OK.”。但是我说了一个“ I'm OK .”，在这个地方的意思是什么呢？就是： No，thanks ！

所以大家一定要注意： 当你想喝的时候，你就说“Yes, please.”，或者是“Sure, thanks.”。

“I'm OK.”在口语中其实是表示委婉地拒绝对方的意思。

So it's time for today's bonus. We already taught you that a polite way to refuse someone is to say “I'm OK.”. Well，there are two other ways. You can say “ I'm good. ”，and you can say “ I'll pass. ”.

除了“I'm OK.”之外，你还可以用“I'm good.”，“I'll pass.”来委婉地拒绝对方。