課文
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. 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. Jasper has put up' No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. 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!
rare
adj. 罕見的，稀有的
rare species 稀有物種
it is rare to do sth.
It is rare to find such an interesting group of people.
steak:牛排
blue rare →只有外面一層是熟的
rare →75%是生的
medium rare →50%是生的
medium →25%生的
medium well →基本全熟了
well done →全熟了
ancient
adj.古代的，古老的
the ancient civilizations：古代文明
ancient myth：古代神話
antique：adj. 古董的
an antique rosewood desk：古董紅木桌子
myth
n. 神話
myth and fairy-tale：神話故事和童話故事
mystery：n. 迷，神秘事物
a mystery phone call / lover …
trouble
n. 麻煩
'Trouble is a friend but trouble is a foe.'
foe
n. 敵人, 仇敵
have trouble doing sth.
I never have any trouble getting to sleep.
get into trouble
Don't copy my paper or we'll both get into trouble.
be in trouble with
My son's in trouble with the police again.
the trouble with …：過錯，不足
*The trouble with you is that you have no sense of humor. *
v. 麻煩
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
May I trouble you?
Sorry to trouble you
effect
n. 效果，結果，影響
have an effect on：對 … 產生影響
put / bring sth. into effect：落實計劃
It won't be easy to put the changes into effect.
in effect：實際上；事實上
effective：adj. 有效的
affect：v. 影響
How do you think the changes will affect you?
課文講解
Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.
定語從句，定語后置
先行詞：定語從句所修飾的詞
關系詞：引導定語從句的詞
There is a young man who likes adventure.
這里關系詞who做了主語
I like the people who I work with.
這里的關系詞who做了介詞的賓語
做賓語的關系詞可以省去
The flowers that I love best are roses. = The flowers I love best are roses.
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.
ever since：自從（語氣比since強烈）
have trouble with：與 … 有糾紛，起摩擦
I have trouble with one of my roommates.
When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate.
in the morning
in the afternoon
at night
Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.
because & because of
I couldn't go out because I had a cold.
because：連詞，后跟句子(a subject and a verb)
I couldn't go out because of my cold.
I couldn't go out because of having a cold.
because of：介詞短語，后跟名詞性質的成分 / 動名詞
Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.
even once - even 起強調作用
It is one of the ugliest faces (that )I have ever seen.
It's one of the + 最高級 + 要修飾部分 + I have ever ...
這是我所見 / 聽 / 遇到過的最 … 之一
He's one of the most interesting boys I've ever met.
Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone.
hope (that) …
hope to do sth.
hope for sth.
I hope you're coming to the party.
Catherine's hoping to study Law at Harvard.
I hope so. 希望如此。
turn A to B：把A變成B
The handsome prince was turned to a frog.
句型演練
What has happened? - 現在完成時
主語 + 助動詞have / has + 動詞過去分詞
標志詞：
just, already, recently, yet, so far, since, etc.
作文
My wife drives a car. She has driven a car for many years and she says that women drivers do not deserve their bad reputation（壞名聲）. Yet, on the road, she often criticizes other women drivers.
*To draw water with a sieve. *
draw 提取, 汲取, 領取
sieve /s?v/濾網
竹籃打水一場空
