Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有禮的要求 What was the polite request? 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! 一旦你把汽車停錯了地方，交通警很快就會發(fā)現(xiàn)。如果他沒給你罰單就放你走了，算你走運。然而，情況并不都是這樣，交通警有時也很客氣。有一次在瑞典度假，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我的車上有這樣一個字條：“先生，歡迎您光臨我們的城市。此處是‘禁止停車’區(qū)。如果您對我們街上的標(biāo)牌稍加注意，您在此會過得很愉快的。謹(jǐn)此提請注意?！比绻闶盏竭@樣的懇求，你是不會不遵照執(zhí)行的！ park v. 停放（汽車） traffic n. 交通 ticket) n. 交通違規(guī)罰款單 note n. 便條 area n. 地段 sign n. 指示牌 reminder n. 提示 fail v. 無視，忘記 obey v. 服從