一、课文内容

Lesson 16 A 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!

二、课文译文

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！