【Askingforinformationorhelpisaverycommonandnecessaryactivityespeciallywhenwevisitaforeigncountry.Soknowinghowtoaskforinformationpolitelyisimportant.InEnglish"Wherearetherestrooms?"and"Couldyoupleasetell】

　　Askingforinformationorhelpisaverycommonandnecessaryactivityespeciallywhenwevisitaforeigncountry.Soknowinghowtoaskforinformationpolitelyisimportant.InEnglish"Wherearetherestrooms?"and"Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?"aresimilarrequests—botharecorrectEnglishbutthefirstcouldsoundrude.It’simportanttousecorrectlanguagebutsometimesthisaloneisnotenough—weneedtolearnhowtobepolitewhenwemakerequests.

　　InEnglishjustlikeinChinesewechangethewaywespeakwhentalkingwithdifferentpeople.Theexpressionsyouusemightdependonwhomyouarespeakingtoorhowwellyouknowthem.Ifyousaytoyourteacher"Whereismybook?"thiswillsoundrude.Butifyousay"ExcusemeMrWest.Doyouknowwheremybookis?"yourquestionwillsoundmuchmorepolite.Ontheotherhanditmightbealrighttosay"Whereismybook?"insomesituationsperhapswithpeopleyouknowwell.

　　Andyouwouldnotusuallysay"Peterlendmeyourpen."AverydirectorderlikethiscansoundrudeinEnglish.UsuallyinEnglishpolitequestionsarelongerandincludeextralanguagesuchas"Couldyouplease...?"or"CanIask...?"Itsoundsmorepolitetosay"Petercouldyoupleaselendmeyourpen?"Sometimeswemightevenneedtospendsometimeleadingintoaquestionorrequest.Forexampleifyoustopastrangerinthestreetwemightfirstsay"Excuseme.Iwonderifyoucanhelpme."or"I’msorrytotroubleyoubut"beforeaskingthemforhelp.

　　Itmightseemthatspeakingpolitelyismoredifficultthanbeingdirectandinawaythismaybetrue.Howeverinordernottooffendpeoplelearningaboutthelanguageetiquetteisjustasimportantaslearninggrammarorvocabulary.AnddoingthiswillalsohelpyoubecomebetteratEnglishoranyotherlanguageyouwishtospeak.

　　【小题1】It’simportanttoknowhowto_ _inEnglishwhenwevisitaforeigncountry.

　　【小题2】Whenyoutalkwithdifferentpeopleyouneedto__ _.

　　【小题3】Extrawordsareusedtohelp__ ___.

　　【小题4】._ _isasimportantaslearninglanguagestructure.

　　【小题5】Howdoyousay"Don’tsmokehere."politely?"_ __*