全文 10 句（男女对话）· 7 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. Jasper White is one of those rare /reə/ adj. 罕见的 people who believe in ancient /ˈeɪnʃənt/ adj. 古代的，古老的 myths /mɪθs/ n. 神话故事.
作者2. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble /ˈtrʌbl/ n. 麻烦 with cars and their owners.
作者3. When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate.
作者4. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.
作者5. Jasper has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect /ɪˈfekt/ n. 结果，效果.
作者6. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate.
作者7. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.
作者8. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa /mɪˈdjuːzə/ n. 美杜莎（古希腊神话中 3 位蛇发女怪之一）, the Gorgon /ˈɡɔːɡən/ n. （古希腊神话中的）3 位蛇发女怪之一（凡见其貌者都会变成石头）.
作者9. Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone.
作者10. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!
作者1. 贾斯珀·怀特是那些少有的相信古代神话的人之一。
作者2. 他刚在城里买下一所新房子，但自从搬进去后，就一直和汽车及车主们发生着纠葛。
作者3. 当他夜里回到家时，总是发现有人把车停在他家大门外。
作者4. 因此，他一次也没能够把自己的车开进车库。
作者5. 贾斯珀曾把几块“禁止停车”的牌子挂在自己家大门外，但一点也不起作用。
作者6. 现在他在大门上方又挂了一个丑陋的石雕头像。
作者7. 那是我所见过的最丑陋的一张脸。
作者8. 我问那是什么东西，他告诉我说是美杜莎，三头蛇发女怪之一。
作者9. 贾斯珀希望她把汽车和车主们都变成石头。
作者10. 但到目前为止还没有一个人变成石头呢！