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1、Lesson 49 The end of a dream美梦告终 How did the dream end? 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 b
2、ed 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 smash
3、ed 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.参考译文德黑兰的一个人年
4、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。一、 单词讲解New words and expressionstired adj. 厌烦的real adj. 真正的owner n. 主人s
5、pring n. 弹簧mattress n. 床垫gust n. 一阵风sweep v. 扫,刮courtyard n. 院子smash v. 碰碎,摔碎miraculously adv. 奇迹般地unhurt adj. 没有受伤的glance v. 扫视promptly adv. 迅速地tired adj.厌烦的/ tire v.使疲劳,疲倦 sth tires sb.某事令某人累Eg: The long class tires me.这么长的课使我很累。/ Working all day tires him.工作一整天使他很累。Talking to you tired me.跟你说话可真累
6、啊。tire of sth 对某事感到疲倦 tire of doing sth tired adj. 厌烦的/疲倦的eg: Im extremely tired.我极度的疲倦/Im dead tired我累死了/Im tired to death.be tired of sb 对感到厌倦 be tired of sth/be tried of doing stheg: The young man was tired of sleeping on the floor.这个年轻人厌倦的睡在地板上了。/ Im tired of staying at home and doing nothing.我厌
7、倦呆在家里面无所事事。be tired from+n./doing因而感到累的Eg: Im very tired from running as fast as I can.尽力快跑令我很累。be tired out 筋疲力尽 be exhausted eg: After the long walk, I was tried out.走了那么久的路之后我筋疲力尽了。tiring adj. 令人疲倦的/tired 感到疲倦的/tireless 不易疲倦的,精力充沛的eg: Thanks to your tireless efforts多亏你的不懈努力tiresome adj. 令人厌烦的,讨厌的
8、,烦人的. troublesome, annoying eg: Selling your house can be a tiresome business.卖房子是一件很令人麻烦的事。/She is such a tiresome girl.她是一个如此讨厌的女孩。real1)adj真正的,衷心的,诚实的eg. Tell me the real reason 告诉我真正的原因。Is this real gold? 这是真金么?2)adj现实的,实际的,实质的反义词ideal,imaginary想象的,空想的A real experience 一次亲身的经历The real world 现实的世
9、界Real wage 实际的工资really adv.实质上,实际上,真正的,的确,确定.realism n.现实主义reality n.现实,真实realist n.现实主义的作家,画家,现实主义者realistic adj.现实主义的realize v.认识到,意识到;实现realization n.希望,计划等的实现ownl) v.拥有 (have, possess)eg. Who owns this land? 谁拥有这块地?belong to某物属于某人(无被动,无进行时)2) v,承认,供认eg. She owned her weakness。 她承认自己的缺点。He owned
10、to having told a lie 他承认说了谎。I own myself to be a loser 我承认自己是个失败者。3)adj, 自己的, 自己的东西my own idea 我自己的想法。with my own eyes 亲眼eg. Do so for your own sake 为了你自己就这样做吧。This bicycle is my own 这两自行车是我自己的。on one s own独自地(alone)the valentines day 情人节eg: He spent the valentines day on his own. /alone他独自过的情人节。He
11、runs a factory on his own 他独自经营一家工厂。springl)n春天,春季例: If winter comes, can spring be far behind?如果冬大來了,春天还会远么?spring chicken 年轻人例: She is no spring chicken, is she?她不是年轻人了,不是么?2)n泉,泉水a hot spring 溫泉a mineral spring 矿泉3)n弹簧,发条a watch spring 表的发条spring mattress 弹簧床垫springy adj有弹性的,有弹力的a spring bed 有弹力的
12、一张床gust1)n突然一阵狂风eg. The wind blew in gusts 刮起阵阵狂风。A gust of wind blew my hat off一阵风把帽子刮掉了。2)n感情的进发a gust of temper 大发脾气/hit the ceilingsweepl) v.扫,刮 (swept, swept)sweep the floorsweep the yardsweep the carpet例: Dont forget to sweep the kitchen clean.别忘了把厨房扫了。Its tiring to sweep all the rooms by myse
13、lf.我一个人扫了所有的房间真的很累。clean清洁 sweep清洗 mop拖,擦 wipe擦拭scrub擦洗 wash 洗 polish擦亮2)v(借推力,流动力等强劲而不停地)带走或移走(某人或某物)例: She was swept along by the crowd.她被人群推着向前走。Many bridges were swept away by the floods.很多桥被洪水冲走了。The tornado swept through the village.龙卷风扫过这个村庄。Some awful news has swept the country.一些可怕的消息很快就传遍了
14、全国。A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof.一阵风把床从床顶上掀了下来。sweeper n 打扫者,清洁工courtyard n院子,庭院,天井yard,courtcourt法院,法庭;宮廷,朝廷;球场tennis court网球场smash1)V (使某物)粉碎,破碎smash a window 把窗玻璃弄碎了smash all the furniture 砸碎家具eg. The bed was smashed to pieces 这张床被摔摔的粉碎She smashed (up) her new car in the fog.她在大雾里中把新车
15、给撞毁了。terrorism恐怖主义例: We are determined to smash terrorism.我们决定粉碎恐怖主义.2)V打破smash a record 破记录3) v殴打eg: He wanted to smash the rude man with his fist.他起初想用拳头打这个粗鲁的人。smash:hit (演出等的)大成功/卖座(口)miraculously adv奇迹般地miracle n奇迹,惊人或以外的奇事例: The doctor said that her recovery was a miracle.医生说她的康复是个奇迹。Its a miracle that you werent killed in that car cra