Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.贾斯珀·怀特是少有的相信古代神话的人之一
★ who 引导的定语从句修饰 one, 由于 one 是单数 , 故后边动词 believe 在一般现在时第三人称单数后加 s; rare adj. 罕见的 ;rarity n. 罕见 稀有珍品；ancient adj. 古代的 古老的 古板的 ; myth n. 神话故事；mythical adj. 神话的 虚无的 ; believe in 信任 信仰 笃信；He has just bought a new house in the city,他刚在城里买下一所新房子，★ just 常与完成时连用，类似的词有：since, for, so far, up till now, already, yet ; buy-bought-bought v. 购买 ; city n. 城市 ;but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners.但自从搬进去后，就和汽车及车主们发生了摩擦
ever since = since, 自从，引导时间状语从句 ; move in 搬入 move out 搬出 ;★ have trouble with 在打交道或应付某事时有困难 ; has hadtrouble 现在完成时 [ have/has done]; own v. 拥有 ; owner 拥有者 ;When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate.当他夜里回到家时，总是发现有人把车停在他家大门外
return v. 返回 ;return home = go back home 回家； always adv. 总是 老是；park v. 停 ; outside prep. 在 ... 外边 ≠ inside ;Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.为此，他甚至一次也没能把自己的车开进车库
★ because of 由于 因为（跟名词或代词）, because 后面加句子 [ Because someone has parked a car...] ；this 指代 ：someone hasparked a car outside his gate.；★ be able to 有能力做 = can, 这个短语可以用在各种不同的时态中；even 用来修饰 once 加强语气；Jasper has put up ‘No Parking’signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect.贾斯珀曾把几块“禁止停车”的牌子挂在大门外边，但没有任何效果
put up 挂起 张贴；put out 灭火 put off 拖延 put forward 提出 建议 促进 ;park v. 停车 ; no 表示禁止 No smoking! ; sign n. 标牌 招牌；affect v. 影响 ; effect n. 结果 效果（不可数 ) have effect 有效果 ≠ have no effect ; have not had any effect =have had no effect 没有效果 ;Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.现在他把一个丑陋的石雕头像放在了大门上边，这是我见过的最丑陋的头像之一
ugly adj. 丑陋的 ≠ beautiful, pretty; over prep. 在 ... 上方 ; stone head 石雕头像 ; gate n. 门 entrance 入口 exit 出口 ; ★ one of 后要加可数名词复数 , one of 其中之一 ; ★最高级标志：of + 范围 , in+ 地点 ; 定语从句 I have ever seen，修饰 one, 引导词 that 被省略了 ;I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon.我问他那是什么？他告诉我那是蛇发女怪美杜莎
it 指 stone head; Medusa n. 美杜莎 Gorgon n. 希腊神话中的蛇发女怪 ( 见其貌者都会变成石头 );Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!贾斯珀希望她把汽车和车主们都变成石头
但到目前为止还没有一个人变成石头呢
turn ...to ... 把 ... 变成 ...., 把前者变成后者；hope + that 从句；★ none pron. 任何一个都没有 , 常指三个或更多的，作主语时，谓语动词用单数复数均可，如果谈到所有人的情况，动词多用复数，如果谈到每个人的情况，动词用单数 ; neither of 二者其一都没有，作主语时作单数看待；