If you come up with an idea and hope to do it, you usually have to ask permission for it! Whether it is with your family or at school or work, you will often have to ask to get what you want because other people cannot guess what you desire. In these cases, how can you ask for permission? Below are several ways – and the situations in which to use them – that you can ask to do something.

如果你想出了一个主意，并希望去做，你通常必须征得许可！无论是和你的家人在一起，还是在学校或工作中，你常常不得不要求得到你想要的，因为别人猜不出你想要什么。在这种情况下，你怎么能请求许可？下面是几种你可以要求做某事的方法以及使用它们的情况。

1. You have an idea of what you want to do and want to be polite

你知道你想做什么，想有礼貌

All three phrases have the same meaning, but each of them has a slightly different effect when it comes to how polite you are being.

这三个短语的意思都是一样的，但是每一个都有一个稍微不同的效果，当谈到你有多礼貌的时候。

May I (please)…?

我能...吗？

This is usually very polite, and used when you are asking someone who has authority over you for something. To make it even more polite, add the please after asking it.

这通常是非常有礼貌的，当你向对你有的人要东西的时候使用。为了更加礼貌，请在询问后加上“请”。