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49 The End of a Dream

Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground. Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.

德黑兰的一个年轻人由于对睡地板感到厌倦，于是积蓄多年买了一张真正的床。 他平生第一次，自豪地拥有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床。由于天气很热，他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上。 头两天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了风暴。一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来，把它摔碎在下面的院子里。 那年轻人直到床撞到地上，才醒了过来。尽管床摔成了碎片，但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤。 他醒来时，仍然躺在床垫上。年轻人看了一眼周围的碎木片和碎金属片， 伤心地捡起了床垫，把它拿进了屋。他把床垫往地板上一放，很快又睡着了。

Words

  • Tired /ˈtaɪɚd/ adj. 厌倦
    1. She is tired of working late every night.
    2. is/why/who/…
    3. I'm a little tired of pizza.
    4. Can we get something else?
    5. I’m tired of listening to his complaints.
    6. We got tired of the country and we moved into town.
  • up /ʌp/ 存钱
  • springs /sprɪŋz/ n. 弹簧
    1. If he found all the springs under the bed, I would eat it.（L40）
    2. I regretted buying all these springs.（L40）
    3. He was able to find all the springs at last.（L43）
  • mattress /ˈmætrəs/ n. 床垫
    1. I’m look forward to buying a new mattress.（L37）
    2. She couldn’t resist the temptation and bought the mattress.
    3. He used to sell mattresses in the shop.（L31）
  • storm /stɔrm/ 暴风雨
  • A /ə/ gust /ɡʌst/ of /ʌv/ wind /wɪnd/ v. 一阵风
    1. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof.
    2. Did a gust of wind sweep the bed off the roof?
    3. What did a gust of wind sweep off the roof.
  • swept /swɛpt/ 刮
  • crashing /ˈkræʃɪŋ/ 分词作宾补
  • courtyard /ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd/ n. 院子
    1. He explained everything to me in the courtyard last night.
    2. He had trouble parking his car in the courtyard.（L28）
  • smashed /smæʃt/ v. 砸碎
    1. The bed was smashed to pieces.
    2. was/what/why…
    3. They had a fight and he smashed the window to pieces.
    4. Why is he interested in smashing things to pieces?（L20）
  • pieces /ˈpisɪz/ 块
  • miraculously /məˈrækjələsli/ v. 奇迹般地
    1. He had a car crash yesterday and was miraculously unhurt.
    2. How was he unhurt?
    3. Miraculously, he made a big decision on the last day.（L3）
    4. Miraculously, he didn’t pay any attention.（L1）
  • Glancing /ˈɡlænsɪŋ/ v. 扫视
    1. 1: to take a quick look at something
    2. glanced at his watch/the menu/the hat…
    3. He glanced at the woman but quickly looked away.（L25）
    4. He glanced at his watch.
  • promptly /ˈprɑmptli/ adv. 迅速地
    1. He replied to the email promptly.（L14）
    2. He must have left the house promptly.（L17）
    3. He can’t have left the house promptly.（L17）
    4. He may have left the house promptly.（L19）

分词作状语

简化状语从句

The baby opened his eyes. The baby began to cry.

When the baby opened his eyes, he began to cry.

(When) opening his eyes, the baby began to cry.

Expressions

  • save up for years to buy sth. 攒了好几年钱买某物
    1. sb. saved up for years to buy sth.
  • for the first time in sb.’s life 某人一生中第一次
  • go to sleep 入睡
    1. I went to sleep very early last night.