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Unit11
Could you
please lend me your pen?
Asking for
information or help is a very common and necessary
activity,especially
when we visit a
foreign country. So knowing how to ask for
information
politely is
important. In English ,where are the
restrooms?and Counld you please tell me where
the
restroomsare?
Are
similar
requests-
both
are
correct
English,but
the
first
could
sound
rude.
It
’
s
important
to
use
correct
language,but
sometime
this
alone
is
not
enogh-we need to lean how to be polite
when we make requestes.
In English,just
like in
Chinese , we change the
way we speak when talking with
different people. The experssionsyou
use might depend on whom you are speaking to
or
how
well
you
know
them.
If
you
say
to
your
teacher
,Where
is
my
book?
Your
question will sound much more polite.
On the other hand,it might be alright to to say
Where is my book? In some
situations,perhaps with people you know well.
And you would not usually say, Peter
,lend me your pen. A very dirct order like this
can sound rude in English. Usually in
English polite questions are longer and include
extra language such as Could you
pleas
…
.?or Can I ask```? It
sounds more polite to
say, Peter, Could
you pleasa lend me
your pen?
Sometimes we might
even need
to
spend some time leading in to a
question or request, for example,if you stop a
stranger
in the street,we might first
say, Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me or
I
’
m sorry
to
truble you but, before asking them for help.
It might seem that speaking politely is
more difficutew than being direct,and in a
way this may be true. However,in order
not to offend people,learning about language
eiquette is just as better ai English,
or any other language you wish to speak.
翻译：
Section
2
学习策略：
使用恰当的语言
一个民族的文化存在于她的语言之中。
只
知道
正确的语法是不够的。知道如何为每个场合选择恰当的语言也是很重要的。
你能借给我你的钢笔吗？
寻求信息或
帮助是一种很常见并且必须的活动，
特别是当我们去外国参观时。
因
此了解怎样礼貌地表示请求是非常重要的。
英语中，
“
洗手间在哪里？
”
和
“
你能告
诉我洗手间在哪儿吗？
”
是类似的请求，都是正确的，但第一句听起来很不礼貌。
运用正确的语言是很重要的，
但有时仅仅这样是不够的，
我们需要学习当我们提
出请求时怎样才能做到有礼貌。
像汉语一样在英语中，
我们与不同的人说话时采用不同的说话方式。
你所使用的
< br>表达取决于你跟谁说话，或者我对他们的熟悉程度。如果你跟你的老师说：
“
我
的书在哪儿？
”
这听起来很粗鲁。但如果你说：
“
请问，韦斯特先生，您知道我
的
书在哪儿吗？
”
你的问话听起来就礼
貌得多。另一方面，在一些情景下如果对你
非常熟悉的人说：
“
我的书在哪儿？
”
也是可以的。
并且你通常不
会说：
“
彼得，把你的笔借给我用一下！
”
英语中像这样的非常直接
的命令听起来很粗鲁。通常英语中
有礼貌的问题很长，包括额外的言语如：
“
请
< br>你
…
？
”
或者：
“
我能问
…
< br>？
”
说：
“
彼得，把我的笔借给我用一下，好吗？
”
听起来
更礼貌。有时在提出一个总是或请求之前，我们甚至可能需要花费更多的时间，