Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有礼的要求

叶凝云

原文

    If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car: 'sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a "No Parking" area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!

New words and expressions 生词和短语

park  v. 停放（汽车）
traffic  n. 交通
ticket)  n. 交通违规罚款单
note  n. 便条
area  n. 地段

sign  n. 指示牌
reminder  n. 提示
fail  v. 无视，忘记
obey  v. 服从

参考译文

    一旦你把汽车停错了地方，交通警很快就会发现。如果他没给你罚单就放你走了，算你走运。然而，情况并不都是这样，交通警有时也很客气。有一次在瑞典度假，我发现我的车上有这样一个字条：“先生，欢迎您光临我们的城市。此处是‘禁止停车’区。如果您对我们街上的标牌稍加注意，您在此会过得很愉快的。谨此提请注意。”如果你收到这样的恳求，你是不会不遵照执行的！