当你请求别人为你做什么，或者问别人你是否可以做什么，采取礼貌的说法很重要。这是一些常用句型：
要求别人为你做事
Could you open the door for me, please?
Would you mind opening the door for me, please?
Can you open the door for me, please?
询问别人你是否可以做..
Can I use your computer, please?
Could I borrow some money from you, please?
Could 比 can 听起来有礼貌得多。
Do you mind if I turn up the heating?
Would you mind if I turned up the heating?
这两句无需加please，因为已经很有礼貌了。
此外，提出请求的常用句型还有
Will you pass me the salt please?
Can you pass me the salt please?
Do you mind…, please?
I wonder if you could help me ….
I was wondering if you could do me a favor, please?
Would you kindly ….for me?
Am I on the right road to the hospital?
Can you tell me where the post office is?
Excuse me. How can I get to the railway station?
Excuse me. Where is the nearest bank, please?
Would you please tell me the way to the police station?
I wonder if you could tell me where the university is?
回答请求的常用句型
I′m sorry I′m new around here too.
Turn right at the traffic lights.
Oh, it′s very near.
Carry straight on.
Stay on this road until you get to traffic lights, and then turn left.
I′m sorry I′m a stranger here myself.
I′m afraid you are going the wrong direction.
It′s just around the corner.
对话例题
A: Excuse me. Where′s the bus station, please?
B: Oh, it′s at the end of the street, across from the church.
A: OK, I see it, thanks. Across from the church.
A: Could you tell me where the entrance to the subway is?
B: Sure. You see that bank down there on the left?
A: Yes.
B: Well, it′s just after the bank, between the bank and the bus station.
A: Between the bank and the bus station. Thanks.