身在异国他乡，谁都有迷路的时候，谁都有找不到目的地而犯愁的时候。只要你会使用恰当的问路表达方式，前途肯定会是光明的。
让我们来看看下面这段典型的问路的对话。
A:Excuse me, could you tell me how to the Cross Bakery building?(打扰了，请问Cross Bakery大厦怎么走？)
B:The Cross Bakery building? Oh sure. You’re actually walking in the opposite direction.(Cross Bakery大厦？你正好走反了。)
A:Oh, you’re kidding! I thought I was heading east.(哎呀，你在开玩笑吧！我还以为我在向东走呢。)
B:No, east is the other direction. To get to the Bakery, you need to turn around and go three blocks to Broadway.
When you get to the intersection of Broadway and Elm, you hang a left. Go straight down that street for half a block and then you’ll see building on your left.
(不是的，正好相反。要到Cross Bakery，你需要转身往东走，穿过三个街区到Broadway。到了Broadway和Elm的交叉口之后，左转，一直沿着路走大概半个街区，你就能在左边看到那座大厦了。
A:Okay, let me see if I’ve got that. I need to go to down Elm until I hit Broadway, then I make a left and building is on my left hand side.
Is that right?(好的，让我想一下有没有问题。我需要沿着Elm一直走，直到走到Broadway，然后左转，大厦就在我左手边。对吧？)
B:Yeah, you’ve got it. Do you want me to show you the way?(嗯，没错。需要我给你带路吗？)
A:Thanks for the offer, but I think I’ve got it. Hopefully, I won’t get lost again on my way there!(谢谢你的好意，我想我已经明白了。我应该不会再迷路了。)
外国那些不熟悉的街名和地名，可能只听一遍并不能在你脑子里形成深刻的印象。这时不要不好意思，把自己抓到那些信息点重复一遍，再让老外听一遍自己说的对不对。
在异国他乡要记住代表的不仅仅是你自己，还是整个中国人的形象，所以问完路后的礼貌是必不可少的（thanks for your kind help）。即使对方不知道路，也要礼貌地说：Thank you all the same.
