【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]