emwithyourpartner.Usemorewordstohelpyousoundmorepolite.Itisimportanttoknowhowtomakerequestspolitely.GoodEnglishspeakersneedtoknowhowtospeakpolitely.Thechoiceoflanguagedependsonthesituationandtherelationshipbetweenthespeakers.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4BeforereadingUsingsuitablelanguageIndifferentsituations,youneedtochooseandusesuitablelanguagebasedonculturalknowledge.CouldYouPlease...?Whenyouvisitaforeigncountry,itisimportanttoknowhowtoaskforhelppolitely.Forexample,youmayask“Wherearetherestrooms?”or“Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare?”hetopicsentenceforeachparagraph.Thesearesimilarrequestsfordirections.Botharecorrect,butthefirstonesoundslesspolite.Thatisbecauseitisaverydirectquestion.Itisnotenoughtojustaskaquestioncorrectly.Wealsoneedtolearnhowtobepolitewhenweaskforhelp.
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