A direct order like “Peter! Lend me your pen.” sounds rude. We should say: ______

A. Peter! Let me use your pen.         

B. Peter! I wonder can you lend me your pen.         

C. Peter! Could you please lend me your pen?         

D. Peter! I wonder you can 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 "Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?" are similar requests—both are correct English, but the first could sound rude. It's important to use correct language, but sometimes this alone is not enough—we need to learn how to be polite when we make requests.

In English, just like in Chinese, we change the way we speak when talking with different people. The expressions you 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?" this will sound rude. But if you say, "Excuse me, Mr West. Do you know where my book is?" your question will sound much more polite. On the other hand, it might be alright 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 direct order like this can sound rude in English. Usually in English polite questions are longer and include extra language, such as "Could you please...?" or "Can I ask...?" It sounds more polite to say, "Peter, could you please 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 trouble you but," before asking them for help.

It might seem that speaking politely is more difficult than being direct, and in a way this may be true. However, in order not to offend people, learning about the language etiquette is just as important as learning grammar or vocabulary. And doing this will also help you become better at English, or any other language you wish to speak.

1. It's important to know how to_     _in English when we visit a foreign country.

2. When you talk with different people, you need to__       _.

3. Extra words are used to help__      ___.

4.._      _is as important as learning language structure.

5. How do you say " Don't smoke here. " politely? "_         __*

When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in   1  .
One hot summer afternoon, I was  2  down the highway to New York when another car suddenly   3  into my lane(车道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n)   4   driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.
I was   5  with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to（注意） the lane change, and he  6  did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away  7  after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(弯道) and found the  8 car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked  9  . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to    10   and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎). Although he had another tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to  11  him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I 12  the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt  13  after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier  14  my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great  15 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.