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!

聽完對話之后，我們一起來看一下“OK.”和“I'm OK.”的區別。

So，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!

在對話當中大白問我要不要喝咖啡，如果我想喝的話，我就得說“Yes, please.”，或者是“OK.”。但是我說了一個“I'm OK.”，在這個地方的意思是什么呢？就是：No，thanks！

所以大家一定要注意：當你想喝的時候，你就說“Yes, please.”，或者是“Sure, thanks.”。

“I'm OK.”在口語中其實是表示委婉地拒絕對方的意思。

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，你還可以用“I'm good.”，“I'll pass.”來委婉地拒絕對方。