Lesson 28 — No parking · 新概念英语第二册

原文

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.

译文

贾斯珀·怀特是少数相信古代神话的人之一。他刚刚在城里买了一套新房子。但自从搬进来后，他在汽车和车主方面就遇到了麻烦。晚上回到家，他总是发现有人把车停在自家门外。

正因为如此，他一次也没能把自己的车开进车库。贾斯珀在门外竖起了禁止停车标志，但并没有产生任何效果。现在他在门上放了一个丑陋的石头头。这是我见过的最丑陋的面孔之一。

我问他那是什么，他告诉我那是蛇发女妖美杜莎。贾斯珀希望她能把汽车和车主变成石头。但它们还没有变成石头。