May總，我不是想批評你哈。

隻是對你的做法有點異議：

首先，在美國，不能對陌生人突然來這麽長個講演，人家不知道你到底要幹什麽，想走又不禮貌，隻好耐心等你說完。對不認識的人，無論說什麽，都要簡單明了。

我為什麽當時沒解釋？因為我坐得比較遠，並且開始吃東西了，我看到他拿了麵包就走了，我當時也愣了，後來看她又烤了麵包，就不想跑過去解釋了。如果當時我在旁邊，肯定會替他道歉，但是不會說很多，隻是說：“Sorry, his first time here, he didn't know he took your bread”，她肯定明白的。

第二，那段英語有一點語法方麵的flaw:

Sorry the guy is the first time to be here. ---- the first time 不能這麽用，應該是 Sorry, it is the first time for him to be here, 或者: Sorry, it's his first time here, ...

He is not familiar with this kind of way for breakfast. ---- ‘this kind of way for' 沒見過這個用法，可以說‘he is not familiar with this kind of breakfast'，或者 he doesn't know much about such kind of breakfast 可能更常用一些。

He accidentally took your bread. ---- ‘accidentlly'太重了，he took your bread by mistake 更合適一些。

The Lady would usually say: "If it is ok, I know he must be very hungary." ---- 'If it is ok' 不太清楚想說什麽，你是想說‘It's ok，I know he must be very hungry’?

當然，我也不是說自己都對。如果挪威星能幫你就更好了。

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