A polite request譯文和生詞

Lesson 16 A polite request

彬彬有禮的要求

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!

參考譯文

一旦你把汽車停錯了地方，交通警很快就會發現。如果他沒給你罰單就放你走了，算你走運。然而，情況並不都是這樣，交通警有時也很客氣。有一次在瑞典度假，我發現我的'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。如果您對我們街上的標牌稍加註意，您在此會過得很愉快的。謹此提請注意。”如果你收到這樣的懇求，你是不會不遵照執行的！

park v. 停放（汽車）

traffic n. 交通

ticket) n. 交通違規罰款單

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

If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!

cannot fail to雙重否定，加強語氣。

She will never fail to keep her promise.

她絕不食言。

However, this does not always happen.

not always部分否定

always的否定式："並非總是（並非一直）……" 例如：

He is not always so sad. 他並不是一直都這樣悲傷。

all the time 的否定式："並非一直……"、"未必老是……" 例如：

A foolish man doesn't make a mistake all the time.

笨人未必老是犯錯誤。