新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 28 No parking
1 . I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon.我問他那是什麼？他告訴我那是蛇發女怪美杜莎。
2 . It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.這是我見過的最醜陋的頭像之一。
3 . Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate.現在他把一個醜陋的石雕頭像放在了大門上邊，
4 . 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。
5 . he has just bought a new house in the city,他剛在城裡買下一所新房子，
6 . but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners.但自從搬進去後，就和汽車及車主們發生了磨擦。
7 . When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate.當他夜裡回到家時，總是發現有人把車停在他家大門外。
8 . But none of them has been turned to stone yet!但到目前為止還沒有一個變成石頭呢！
9 . Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.賈斯珀。懷特是少有的相信古代神話的人之一。
10 . Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.為此，他甚至一次也沒能把自己的車開進車庫。
11 . jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone.賈斯珀希望她把汽車和車主們都變成石頭。