Atsomepointinyourlifeyouwillneedtoasksomeoneforafavor(帮助)whetherit’satyourworkplaceathomeorinasocialsetting.Ifyouneedaguytohelpyouwithsomethingtherearewaystoapproachhimthatwillhelpyouaskfor

Atsomepointinyourlifeyouwillneedtoasksomeoneforafavor(帮助)whetherit’satyourworkplaceathomeorinasocialsetting.Ifyouneedaguytohelpyouwithsomethingtherearewaystoapproachhimthatwillhelpyouaskforthatfavor.

Findtherightguytoaskforafavor. 16 .Forexampleifyouneedsomeonetolookafteryourhousewhileyouareawayforamonthdon’tselectaguywhohasawifeandkidsandcan’tpossiblyleavethemtodoyouthefavor.

17.Evenifit’sasmallfavortrytofindaplacethathassomeprivacy(私密性).Thisisespeciallyimportantifyou’reaskingforafavorthatyoudon’twantsomeoneelsetohearsuchasborrowingmoneyfromhim.

Usespecialwordstosetthetablesothatheknowsyou’reinneed.18．Orwordssuchas“Ireallyneedyourhelp”areOK.Thesewordsgivehimthechancetounderstandthathecanbeofhelp.

Askforhelpinaclearwaythatexpresseswhatyouneedthereasonwhyyouneeditandmoreimportantlytheparameters(限定因素)ofthefavor.Forexampleifyou’reaskinghimtotakeyoutotheairporttellhimwhenyouneedhimtoarrive.Ifyou’reborrowingmoneyfromhimsaytheamountandthereasonwhyyouneedthemoney.19．

Askforhelpinsuchawaythatyougivehimthechancetorefuse.20．Ifyoudon’tgivehimthatchoicehemayfeelasifit’ssomethinghehastodoinsteadofsomethinghewantstodo.

A.Findtherightplacetoaskhim.

B.Beakindpersonwhoalwayshelpsothers.

C.Theguymusthavetheabilitytohelpyou.

D.Besidesyoushouldtellhimwhenyouwillgiveitback.

E.Youcansay“I’mreallyintrouble.Canyouhelpme?”

F.Itcanbedifficulttofindtherightwordstotellwhatyouneed.

G.Makeitclearthatyoucompletelyunderstandifhecan’thelpyou.