Lesson 24 No parking
禁止停车

parking lot
parking space
what took you so long?

一、词汇部分
1.rare /rer/ adj. 罕见的
牛排熟读：rare/medium rare/ medium well/well-done
问法：How would you like your steak?
2.ancient /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/ adj. 古代的，古老的
3.myth /mɪθ/ n. 神话故事
扩展：Greek myth 希腊神话
4.trouble /ˈtrʌb.əl/ n. 麻烦
搭配：have trouble doing sth 做某事有麻烦
Never trouble troubles until trouble troubles you.
What seems to be the problem?
5.effect /əˈfekt/ n. 结果，效果
扩展：affect v. 影响
6.Medusa n. 美杜莎（古希腊神话中3位蛇发女怪这一）
7.Gorgon n. （古希腊神话中的）3位蛇发女怪这一（凡见其貌者都会变成石头）

文章讲解
Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. he has just boughta 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!

文章精讲：
1.Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.
1）one of …什么之一
用法：one of + 名词复数
例句：Japan is one of my favorite countries I’ve ever been to. 日本是我去过最喜欢的国家之一。
2）Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.
核心语法点：定语从句
概念：定语——形容词
句子——谓语动词