Word Preparation
- such a shame：好可惜
It's such a shame that you can't come. 很可惜你们来不了了。
I can't imagine why they canceled your show, Tracy. That's such a shame.
Tracy, 我想象不出他们为什么要取消你的节目，真实太可惜了。 - Have the wrong person：找错认了，认错人了
He said he had never seen that woman before. Did I have the wrong person?
他说他从未见过那个女的。我是不是认错人了？
This is my first time to be here, and I'm afraid that you have the wrong person.
我是第一次来这儿啊，恐怕你们认错人了。 - a couple of something：两个，几个
Take it easy. We still have a couple of days. 别急，我们还有几天时间。
They've been to France a couple of times. 他们去过法国几次。 - Have we met before? 我们以前见过么？
Sorry. I don't have any impression of you. Have we met before?
真不好意思，我对你没有印象。我们以前见过么？
You look quite familiar. Have we met before?
我看你十分面熟。我们以前见过么？ - sorry for confusing you with someone else.
不好意思，我把你和另一个人搞混了；不好意思，我认错人了。
My apologies, Sir. Sorry for confusing you with someone else.
抱歉，先生。我把你和另一个人搞混了，真不好意思。
If the person in that picuture wasn't you, I'm sorry for confusing you with someone else.
如果照片那人不是你，那就是我认错人了，对不起。 - No worries. 没关系，不用谢，没事儿
- Sorry for being late. 不好意思，我迟到了。
- No worries. We haven't officially started anyway. 没关系，反正我们还没有正式开始。
- You really did me a big favor. Thanks, man. 你真的帮了我一个大忙。谢谢你，哥们。
- No worries. - 没关系。
Grammar
apologizing for confusing someone with someone else - 由于“认错人”表达歉意
除了“sorry for cofusing you with someone else." 还可以说
- Sorry. I thought you were someone else.
- Sorry. I mistook you for someone else.
- So sorry. You are not the one I'm looking for. My mistake.
- My apologise. I got a wrong person.
e.g.
- Sorry. I don't think we know each other.
- Oh, I'm so sorry. I thought you were someone else.
- Have we met before?
- Oh, no. Sorry. I mistook you for someone else.
- Are you sure you are looking for me?
- So sorry. You're not the one I'm looking for. My mistake.
- Sorry. I don't know you.
- My apologies. I got a wrong person.