内容正文:
Lesson 16
A polite request
policeman
get a ticket
no parking area
Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
What happens if you park your car in the wrong place?
He usually gives you a parking ticket, doesn’t he?
Are you lucky if he lets you go without one?
Do the traffic police always give parking tickets?
Traffic police are sometimes very polite, aren’t they?
Where were you spending a holiday?
What did you find on your car?
Did it welcome you to the city?
Were you in a “No Parking” area?
What did the note ask you to pay attention to?
Retell the story:
1. Park--- wrong --- policeman ---find
2. Lucky --- lets you go--- ticket
3. However --- doesn’t always
4. Holiday --- Sweden --- note --- my car
5. “Sir --- welcome --- city”
6. “No Parking”area
7. Enjoy --- pay attention --- signs
8. Note--- a reminder
9. A request like this --- cannot fail --- obey it
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 out 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!
Summary writing
Traffic police usually give you a ticket if you park you car in the wrong place. The writer found a police note on his car during a holiday in Sweden. The traffic police wanted him to pay attention to their street signs. No one can fail to obey a polite request. (50 words)
allow & let
allow sb. to do sth. (较为正式)
sb. is allowed to do sth.
let sb. do sth. (通常不用于被动语态)
1. 我们不允许大家在教室里吸烟。
2. 我会让你用我的字典的。
We don’t allow people to smoke in the classroom.
I will let you use my dictionary.
Compare:
Please allow me to buy you a drink.
请让我