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Being polite is very important. If you are polite to others, they will be polite to you. In English there are many words to show you are polite. Many visitors don’t know when to use “please”. When they go into a café and say “A coffee.” or “I want a coffee.” These might be OK for the English people. But they can be very impolite to an English ear if you are a visitor. So adding a simple “please” would make it better. “A coffee, please.” or “I would like a coffee, please.” will make you a polite visitor.

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?” It’s very common to start a request (请求) with the word “sorry”.

If you ask for help, try “I’m sorry to bother you.” or “But could you possibly help me, please?” And 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．It’s OK for a visitor to say “I want a coffee.” when they are in a café. ( )
2．“I would like a coffee, please.” is a polite way to say. ( )
3．“Sorry, could you tell me your name again, please?” is an impolite way to say. ( )
4．In England, people seldom start a request with the word “sorry”. ( )
5．You can say to a friend “Hey, Xiaoling. Lend me 100 yuan.” ( )