新概念第二册第二十八课

1、Lesson 28No parking1Medusa It was believed that Medusa used to a beautiful girl, who was deeply loved by Poseidon. She was too proud and she even tried to compete her beauty with the goddess in the Pathenon. Athena was exasperated. She cast a spell on Medusa, turned her fair hair into vipers. The ho

2、rrible thing is, Medusas eyes have shocking lights. Anyone who see her in the eyes will turn to stone status.2MythMedusa (神话故事)12Gorgon MedusaGorgon n. 三位蛇发女妖之一 美杜莎曾是一位美丽的 少女，一头乌黑的头发使她容光照人。但是她胆敢跟战争女神雅典娜比美，女神将她的鬈发变成嘶嘶作响的毒蛇。她变成了一头面目可憎的怪物，任何有生命的东西只要看到她就立刻变成石头。3New wordsrareancientmythtroubleeffectgarag

3、e 罕见的古代的，古老的神话故事麻烦结果，效果车库4Vocabularyrare adj. Rarity n.珍稀鸟类a rare birdrare animal 稀有动物 疑难杂症 rare illnessJay很少迟到。It is rare for Jay to be late. 5Waiter: How would you like your steak to be cooked? 牛排几分熟： 三分-rare; 四分-medium rare; 五分-medium; 七分-medium well; 全熟-well done;6ancient adj. 古代的, 古老的古埃及 ancien

4、t Egypt 古代中国/印度/希腊ancient historyn. 古代史, 家喻户晓的故事7trouble n. 麻烦He has no trouble in doing his homework.v. 麻烦，找麻烦Why trouble yourself?Dont trouble the trouble until the trouble troubles you!Let sleeping dogs lie.8effect n. 结果, 效果have an effect 有效果have no effect 没有效果have effect on 对.有效果那个建议对我没效。The adv

5、ice has no effect on me.effective adj. 高效的，有效果的9Jasper White is one of those rare people who believe 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.他是少有的愿意周末加班的人，但是自从他到另一家公司上班后，他在平衡家庭和工作方面老是遇到麻烦。He is one of the

6、se rare people who is willing to work overtime on weekends, but ever since he goes to another company, he has had trouble in balancing family and work.10When 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

7、 car into his garage even once. 他放假回来后，发现他已经被其他人取代了，因为他的懒惰，他甚至连一份工作都没有。When he comes back from holiday, he finds that he has been taken place by someone else, because of his laziness, he has not been able to get a job.11Jasper has put up No Parking signs outside his gate, but these have not had any

8、effect.他在商店外贴了一个招聘广告，但没有什么效果。He has put up a recruiting ad outside the shop, but it has not had any effect.12Now 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.他是我见过的最聪明的人。He is one of the smartest person I have ever met.13 Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!常年累月地做一种单调的工作，能把你变成机器。 Years of doing the same dull job can turn