无论你的能力有强，也不可能单独完成所有的工作，向同事求助是在所难免的。在向别人请求帮助时，表达方式非常重要，恰当而婉转地提出请求不仅是一种礼仪，更能起到良好的沟通效果。
Dialogue
A: Good morning, Linda. There’ll be some people coming into our company tomorrow. Please make a detailed schedule for me for tomorrow./上午好，琳达。明天有几个人要来我们公司。请给我制定一份明天的详细日程表。
B: Who are they, Mr. Peter?/什么人，彼得先生？
A: They are: Mr. Jones, general manager of Fuqiang Co.; Mr. Sam, president of Bestway Co.; and Ms. Griffin from pilot Corp./他们有：福强公司的总经理琼斯先生，百事威公司的总裁萨姆先生，以及派洛特公司的格里芬女士。
B: We’ll have the board meeting at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, won’t we?/我们明天下午2点30分开董事会，是吗？
A: Yes./是的。
B: But the sales manager of Lee Brothers’ , Mr. Lee, Just called and insisted on seeing you tomorrow afternoon./但是李氏兄弟公司销售部经理李先生刚来过电话，还坚持说明下午要见你。
A: The board meeting will be finished at about 3:30. You could arrange his appoinment after that./董事会大概3点半结束。你可以把他安排在这个时间之后。
B: He said that he would leave for Guangzhou at 4:00 p. m. tomorrow./他说他明天下午4点要去广州。
A: All right. Please tell Johnson to meet him tomorrow afternoon./那好吧。就让约翰明天下午接待他。
B: Yes, sir./好的。先生。
A: Gould you give me the shedule before 4 o’clock this afternoon?/今天下午4点之前能将日程表给我吗？
B: No problem, sir./没问题，先生。
