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【题目】Being polite is very important.(1) If you are polite to others, they will be polite to you.

In English there are many words to show your politeness; the use of “sir” and “madam” is not an important one. These words are used far more rarely than we think. In Britain, it is unusual for someone in the street to say “Excuse me, sir.(2) Can you tell me the way to the station?” The people who use the word “sir” in this way are usually expecting some money for a service—a taxi or a waiter. For example, “That will be $12,sir.Thank you!”

The word “please” is used everywhere in Britain.(3) Many visitors don’t know when to use “please”. When they go into a cafe they say “A coffee.” or “I want a coffee.” or even “Can I have a coffee?”(That might be really alright in their own languages).However,(4) it seems that they are impolite! Just adding a simple “please” would make it better —“A coffee ,please.” or “I would like a coffee, please.” It is better and safer to always use “please”!

Let’s look at polite ways of asking questions. Instead of a direct question we often use “Can you” and “Could you” before we say what we want .Look at these examples, which are from a normal conversation at home between husband and wife: “Can you park your car over there, please?” “Could you move the table against the wall, please?”

“Could...?” is a little more polite than “Can...?”,but both questions contain the word “please”.

If you are not a native English speaker ,then to use “Can...?” and “Could...?”to express a request is wise. In fact, you can be even more polite: “Sorry, could you tell me the way to Oxford Street, please?” “Sorry, could you tell me your name again, please?” (5) it’s, with, the, word, request, very, common, to, start, a, “sorry”.

If you ask for help, try “I’m sorry to bother you, but could you help me, please?” You might say to a friend “Hey John, lend me $100,will you?” But you couldn’t say this to somebody you do not know well.

【1】将画线部分(1)译为汉语。

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【2】将画线部分(2)改为含宾语从句的复合句。

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【3】将画线部分(3)改为复合句。

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【4】将画线部分(4)改为简单句。

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【5】将画线部分(5)的单词组成一个意义完整的陈述句。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 如果你对别人有礼貌,别人也会对你有礼貌。

【2】 Can you tell me how I can get to the station?

【3】 Many visitors don’t know when they should use “please”

【4】 they seem (to be) impolite

【5】 It’s very common to start a request with the word “sorry”.

【解析】

本文介绍了英国人是如何使用礼貌用语的。

【1】分析题干可知本句为if引导的条件句，if意为“如果”，be polite to为固定短语“对…有礼貌”，此处others泛指其他的人，故答案为：如果你对别人有礼貌，别人也会对你有礼貌。

【2】原句句意：你能告诉我去车站的路吗？本句要求改为含有宾语从句的复合句，其结构应为“主句+引导词+从句”，宾语从句应使用陈述语序，结合语境可知引导词应选how，故答案为Can you tell me how I can get to the station?

【3】原句句意：很多游客不知道什么时候使用“请”。原句中when to use为符合机构作动词know的宾语，根据“改为符复合句”的要求，故应该为宾语从句，其结构为“主句+引导词+从句”，引导词应使用when，宾语从句应使用陈述语序，故答案为：Many visitors don’t know when they should use “please”.

【4】原句句意：似乎他们是有礼貌的！原句使用固定句式：It seems that…“似乎…”，本句要求改为简单句，故应使用It seems that…的同义短语seem (to be)+adj，故答案应为：they seem (to be) polite.

【5】所给词with为介词“使用、随着”，word为名词“单词”；request为名词或动词“要求、请求”；common为形容词“共同的、普遍的”；start为动词“开始”；sorry为常用口语表达“对不起”。分析所给词可知本句中包含It is+adj.+(for sb.) to do的句式，意为“做某事(对…来说)是…的”，故答案为It’s very common to start a request with the word “sorry”. 句意为“以“对不起”开始一个请求是非常普遍的。”