新概念英语的16-20课，从21课开始，每天一课的速度更新，方便你能快速跟上。
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!
彬彬有礼的要求
一旦你把汽车停错了地方，交警很快就会发现。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！
Polite /pəˈlaɪt/ - 彬彬有礼的
Request /rɪˈkwɛst/ - 请求
Park /pɑːrk/ - 停车；公园
Wrong /rɔŋ/ - 错误的
Traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ - 交通
Ticket /ˈtɪkɪt/ - 票；罚单
Happen /ˈhæpən/ - 发生
Sweden /ˈswiːdən/ - 瑞典（国名）
Area /ˈɛriə/ - 区域
Reminder /rɪˈmaɪndər/ - 提醒
Request /rɪˈkwɛst/ - 请求
Fail /feɪl/ - 失败
Obey /oʊˈbeɪ/ - 服从
My aunt Jennifer is an actress.
She must be at least thirty-five years old.
In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl.
Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.
This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.
Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress.
If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, ‘Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!’
青春常驻
我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”
Aunt /ænt/ - 姑妈
Jennifer /ˈdʒɛnəfər/ - 珍妮弗（女子名）
Actress /ˈæktrəs/ - 女演员
Spite /spaɪt/ - 恶意
Appears /əˈpɪrz/ - 出现
Stage /steɪdʒ/ - 舞台
Seventeen /ˌsɛvənˈtin/ - 十七
Stockings /ˈstɑːkɪŋz/ - 长筒袜
Orange-coloured /ˈɔrɪndʒˌkʌlərd/ - 橙色的
Terrible /ˈtɛrəbl/ - 可怕的
After I had had lunch at a village pub, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn’t there! As I was looking for it, the landlord came in.
‘Did you have a good meal?’ he asked
‘Yes, thank you,’ I answered, ‘but I can’t pay the bill. I haven’t got my bag.’
The landlord smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.
‘I’m very sorry,’ he said. ‘My dog had taken it into the garden. He often does this!’
他经常干这种事!
我在一家乡村小酒店吃过午饭后，就找我的提包。我曾把它放在门边的椅子上，可这会儿不见了!当我正在寻找时，酒店老板走了过来。
“您吃的好吗?”他问。
“很好，谢谢。”我回答，“但我付不了帐，我的提包没有了。”
酒店老板笑了笑，马上走了出去。一会儿工夫他拿着我的提包回来了，把它还给了我。
“实在抱歉，”他说，“我的狗把它弄到花园里去了，他经常干这种事!”。
Village /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ - 村庄
Pub /pʌb/ - 酒吧
Beside /bɪˈsaɪd/ - 旁边
Landlord /ˈlændˌlɔrd/ - 房东
Meal /mil/ - 餐
Immediately /ɪˈmiːdiətli/ - 立即
Taken /ˈteɪkən/ - 被采取
Garden /ˈɡɑrdən/ - 花园
‘The play may begin at any moment,’ I said.
‘It may have begun already,’ Susan answered.
I hurried to the ticket office. ‘May I have two tickets please?’ I asked.
‘I’m sorry, we’ve sold out,’ the girl said.
‘What a pity!’ Susan exclaimed.
Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.
‘Can I return these two tickets?’ he asked.
‘Certainly,’ the girl said.
I went back to the ticket office at once.
‘Could I have those two tickets please?’ I asked.
‘Certainly,’ the girl said, ‘but they’re for next Wednesday’s performance. Do you still want them?’
‘I might as well have them,’ I said sadly.
票已售完
“剧马上就要开演了，”我说。
“也许已经开演了呢，”苏珊回答说。
我匆匆赶到售票处，问：“我可以买两张票吗?”
“对不起，票已售完。”那位姑娘说。
“真可惜!”苏珊大声说。
正在这时，一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。
“我可以退掉这两张票吗?”他问。
“当然可以，”那姑娘说。
我马上又回到售票处。
“我可以买那两张票吗?”我问。
“当然可以，不过这两张票是下星期三的，您是否还要呢?”
“我还是买下的好，”我垂头丧气地说。
Pity /ˈpɪti/ - 同情，怜悯
Susan /ˈsuːzən/ - 苏珊（女子名）
Exclaimed /ɪkˈskleɪmd/ - 惊叫，呼喊
Certainly /ˈsɜːrtənli/ - 当然，毫无疑问
Might /maɪt/ - 可能，也许
Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything–not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. ‘You must give up fishing!" my friends say. "It’s a waste of time.’ But they don’t realize one important thing. I’m not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!
独坐孤舟
钓鱼是我最喜欢的一项运动。我经常一钓数小时却一无所获，但我从不为此烦恼。有些垂钓者就是不走运，他们往往鱼钓不到，却钓上来些旧靴子和垃圾。我的运气甚至还不及他们。我什么东西也未钓到过——就连旧靴子也没有。我总是在河上呆上整整一上午，然后空着袋子回家。“你可别再钓鱼了!”我的朋友们说“这是浪费时间。”然而他们没有认识到重要的一点，我并不是真的对钓鱼有兴趣，我感兴趣的只是独坐孤舟，无所事事！
Boat /boʊt/ - 船
Favourite /ˈfeɪvərɪt/ - 最喜欢的
Fishermen /ˈfɪʃərmən/ - 渔民，捕鱼者（复数）
Instead /ɪnˈstɛd/ - 代替，而不是
Rubbish /ˈrʌbɪʃ/ - 垃圾
Waste /weɪst/ - 浪费
Realize /ˈriəˌlaɪz/ - 实现，认识到
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