Well, I hope we haven't caused any offence today.

好的，我希望我们今天没有说出任何冒犯人的话。

However, in Brunei that can cause offence, so we use our thumb to point.

在文莱，这会造成冒犯，所以我们都用大拇指来指东西。

But, perhaps unsurprisingly, they have caused offence in the North East and, significantly, have not appeared in any lications in the North.

但他们应该想到这款广告在英国东北部引起了巨大争议，因此它没有出现在任何杂志上面。

It is not only incorrect but can cause offence to people from other parts of the UK.

这不仅不正确，而且可能会冒犯英国其他地区的人。

So, while food and identity are closely linked, and failure to respect authenticity can cause offence, could there be problems with the whole idea of authenticity?

因此，虽然食物和身份密切相关，不尊重正宗性可能会引起冒犯，但整个正宗性的概念是否存在问题？

These are questions all attendees face – give too little and you may cause offence, too much and you may be out of pocket.

这些是所有与会者都会面临的问题——捐得太少可能会招致冒犯，捐太多又可能会亏本。

(laughing) Right, that's it for today's lesson, how to say offensive things and give criticism without causing offence in a polite, or at least British manner.

（笑）好吧， 今天的课就是这样，如何以礼貌的方式或至少以英国人的方式说出冒犯性的话和提出批评而不冒犯他人。

And by that I mean that you don't end up having to have conversations that might cause offence to you or to somebody else, or you just say something you might later regret.

我的意思是， 您最终不必进行可能冒犯您或其他人的对话，或者您只是说了一些您以后可能会后悔的话。