Comic﹕Library etiquette
【明報專訊】When you are in the public library, you have to comply with the library regulations. Can Eason stop acting mischievously and behave well for a little while?
“ Eason: Wow! My masterpiece is done! ”
“ Boy: I've been waiting for half an hour... ”
“ Eason: Just five more minutes... Don't bother me! ”
“ Eason: No money is spent. A well-spent day. Wowee! ”
“ Bill: Look at the defaced pages! ”
“ Eason: How... how can you tell it's my work? ”
“ MoMo: Your autograph's too easy to recognise! ”
■English highway﹕spend
＝ to use your money to pay for goods or services
e.g. I spent two hundred dollars on this new TV set.
＝ to use time doing a particular thing or pass time in a particular place
e.g. The train is gone. We'll have to spend the night in a hotel.
■Quiz
Rearrange the order of the words to form a correct sentence.
1. clothes / a lot of / spends / my sister / money / on
2. your / did / how / you / spend / weekend / last
3. building up / years / five / my / I've / collection / spent
(Answers on next text)
■Glossary
comply with (v phr) 遵守
masterpiece (n) 傑作
deface (v) 損壞
autograph (n) 親筆簽名
[Smarties' Power English 第228期]
