Задание №49507 ЕГЭ Английскому языку

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The power of an apology

 British people are famous for apologising in almost every situation. We Brits pride ourselves on our polite manners towards one another in public. As a result, we use the word ‘sorry’ often A______________ really mean it! Usually, if you want to ask a stranger for the time, you would start by saying ‘Sorry to bother you. Do you know what time it is?’ If you’re five minutes late for an appointment, you would generally greet the person by saying ‘Sorry I’m late!’ 

We use the word ‘sorry’ in so B______________ the meaning of the word has slightly changed over time. The two main dictionary definitions of ‘sorry’ are: 1) feeling sad for someone else because of their problems or misfortunes; 2) feeling regret because you’ve done something wrong. Normally, when you want to ask a stranger a question, you start with ‘Sorry to disturb you’. In this situation, C______________ to say that we feel sad for that person or that we feel regret.  

So what does  'sorry', D_____________ , really mean? Well, in the British culture, saying ‘sorry’, or apologising in general, is a way to be polite, especially to people E______________ . 

In a recent experiment, an actor asked different strangers if he could use their mobile phone. When he approached one group of strangers and asked them without apologising first, he was only 9% successful in borrowing their phone. However, when he apologised to another group of strangers about the bad weather before asking if he could use their mobile phones, he was 47 per cent successful. It’s also very clever to use such F_______________ be nice to people, but also as a way to get what you want. 

1. that you don’t know too well

2. enough, even when we don’t

3. phrase in order to

4. many different situations that

5. which is used so much

6. an approach not only to

7. it would be too weird