人们不喜欢别人支配他们去做事情，因此有时想直接得到你想要的可不是那么简单。换掉那些听起来是命令的语句，例如"Give me the newspaper"，而使用"Can you pass me the newspaper?"

　　Could you give me five minutes? vs Go away。

Dear Sirs,

We have learned from Smith and Company of Birmingham that you manufacture a range of high-fashion handbags in a variety of leathers.

　　Dear Sir/Madam,

　　I am going to graduate from School of Physics in Peking University in
July next year. I am very eager to enter the Graduate School of your
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我们今天要讲的几个习惯用语表示同一种社会行为: 为了社交或开展业务的需要而与他人交际。我们要学的第一个习惯用法是: hobnob with。Hobnob不是个新词。它在四百来年前就已经有了。当初的意思是和他人开怀对饮，但是现在hobnob with这个习惯用语的意义广泛多了，不只是喝酒，也可以指跟好朋友一起谈心，看电影或者吃饭等等，总之是进行各种密切交往的活动，包括那些不拘礼的非正式的交往活动。例如：

1、这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill.

人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。

求职信是简历很重要的一部分。一份好的求职信可以让你的简历增色不少，加大你成功的砝码。跟我来，教你打造一份精彩的求职信！

1. To explain where the applicant has got the information about the vacancy. For example, he can learn it from his friends, or by advertisement, or in papers, or he just wants to try his luck.

今天我们要讲的几个习惯用语里都是以night这个词为主的。

1. as different as night and day 完全不同
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1. 我很喜欢。

错误：I very like it

正确：I like it very much.

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. That is the crucial first step if we are to have good relationships with others. How can we have good relationships with others if we don't even have good relationship with ourselves?

1、这山望着那山高 The grass is always greener on the other hill.

人都是这山望着那山高，对自己的状况没有满意的时候。