【明報專訊】The Smarties have just had pizza and spaghetti for lunch in Venice (威尼斯), and they are going to do some sightseeing there.

「 MoMo: I am overjoyed that we are in Venice! 」

「 Dr Panda: Let's go take the "bus"! 」

「 Eason: They will wait for a bus here forever! 」

「 Pat: Look! That is a bus stop! 」

「 Dr Panda: Hm...this is strange. 」

「 Dr Panda: This bus stop is bogus! This sign has a misspelling. 」

「 MoMo: Eason must have been here! 」

■ Culture tips

Most modern cities have good transport systems. There people usually drive or travel by bike, bus, train, tram or taxi. Venice (in northeastern Italy) is the largest car-free city in Europe. There you travel either on foot or by boat. Venice's public transport operates on sea and canals. In the city there are water buses, water taxis and gondolas (traditional Venetian rowing boats) that serve locals and tourists.

■ English highway﹕

Prefixes

Over- is a prefix (前綴). It is added to the front of a word to form another word. Prefixes most commonly used include re-, dis-, over-, un-, mis- and out-. Words formed with them include reappear, dislike, overjoyed, undo, mislead and outrun.

e.g. Eason tried to mislead the Smarties.

■ Glossary

bogus (adj) 假冒的

canal (n) 運河

gondola (n) 貢多拉 (威尼斯運河中的船)

Venetian (adj) 威尼斯的