hints: Louis Greenville 一个a是气音,注意写上 一处连字符
It was a bad night for Louis. His research in the neighboring town had taken longer than he expected. It was late and he was very tired when he drove home. He turned into his building's parking lot, but all the spaces were full. He drove back out onto the street looking for a parking space. The first block was full. The next block was almost empty. Louis didn't see a no-parking sign, but he suspected that if parking were allowed there, most of the spaces would be filled. Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. He was so glad to see them that he didn't even think to read the sign by the entrance. He drove in, parked, and hurried home to go to bed. The next morning he went back to the lot to get his car. It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen. It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened. His car had been on a private lot. It had been taken away by the police. Louis had to take a taxi to the city garage far from the center of town. He had to pay a fee of $40 to get his car back. In addition, he got a parking ticket -- his first one ever in Greenville.
对Louis来说,这是一个糟糕的夜晚。他在邻近小镇的调查比预期花了更长时间。当他开车回家的时候已经很晚了,而且他也很疲倦。他把车开进他们小区的停车场,但是所有车位都满了。他又开回到街上,想寻找一个停车位。第一个街区满了。第二个街区几乎是空的。Louis 没有看到不允许停车的标志,但是他怀疑这里是否允许停车,大部分的车位都会被填满。然后他看到一个有两车位的停车场。他太高兴了以至于他都没有想到去读一读入口处的通知。他开进去,停好车,赶紧回家睡觉。第二天早上,他又回到停车场去取他的车,却发现他的车不见了。他跑回家报警说他的车被偷了。警察只花了一分钟来告诉他发生了什么:他的车停在了私人停车场,所以已经被警察拖走了。Louis不得不打车去离市中心遥远的城市车库,并花了40美元的车费来拿回他的车。并且,他接到了他在Greenville的第一张罚单。 ——译文来自: 学英音