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Lesson 28 No parking 禁止停車
一 聽音頻磨耳朵(美音)
二 文章內容與解釋
Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. he has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners.
[ 賈斯珀.懷特是少有的相信古代神話的人之一。他剛在城裡買下一所新房子，但自從搬進去後，就和汽車及車主們發生了摩擦。 ]
When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.
[當他夜裡回到家時，總是發現有人把車停在他家大門外。為此，他甚至一次也沒能把自己的車開進車庫。 ]
Jasper has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect.
[ 賈斯珀曾把幾塊「禁止停車」的牌子掛在大門外邊，但沒有任何效果。]
Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.
[ 現在他把一個醜陋的石雕頭像放在了大門上邊，這是我見過的最醜陋的頭像之一。]
I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!
[我問他那是什麼？他告訴我那是蛇發女怪美杜莎。賈斯珀希望她把汽車和車主們都變成石頭。但到目前為止還沒有一個變成石頭呢！]
三 New Word and expressions & 生詞和短語
rare adj. 罕見的；ancient adj. 古代的，古老的；myth n. 神話故事；trouble n. 麻煩；effect n. 結果，效果；Medusa n. 美杜莎（古希臘神話中3位蛇發女怪這一）；Gorgon n. （古希臘神話中的）3位蛇發女怪這一（凡見其貌者都會變成石頭）；
四 Notes on the text & 課文注釋
[1] It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. 這是我見過最醜陋的頭像之一。
定語從句I have ever seen. 引導詞that省略。
五 Word study & 詞彙學習
[1]rare adj. 罕見的（指世界上都少有）
[1-1]rare animal 稀有動物
[1-2]rare bird 珍稀鳥類
[1-3]rare illness 疑難雜症
[2]ancient adj. 古代的, 古老的
[2-1]ancient Egypt 古埃及
[2-2]antique 古代的,古玩,古董, 古老而有價值的:antique furniture 古董家具
[3]effect n. 結果, 效果
[3-1]have an effect 有效果
[3-2]have no effect 沒有效果
[3-3]have effect on 對...有效果
eg: The advice has no effect on me.
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