Lesson 49 The end of a dream 美夢告終 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然後回答以下問題： How did the dream end?
聽三遍錄音，然後對照附文再聽一遍，尤其是剛才沒有聽懂的句子，要特別留意
【原文】
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.
【譯文】
Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.
德黑蘭的一個人年輕人由於對睡地板感到厭倦，於是積蓄多年買了一張真正的床。
For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.
他平生第一次自豪地擁有了一張既有彈簧又帶床墊的床。
Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.
由於天氣很熱，他便把床搬到了他的屋頂上。
He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up.
頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了風暴。
A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
一陣大風把床從屋頂上颳了下來，把它摔碎在下面的院子裡。
The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.
那年輕人直到床撞到地上才醒了過來。
Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt
儘管床摔成了碎片，但年輕人卻奇蹟地沒有受傷。
When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
他醒來時，仍然躺在床墊上。
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.
年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，傷心地撿起了床墊，把它拿進了屋。
After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
他把床墊往地板上一放，很快又睡著了。
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語
★tired adj 厭煩的
be tired of sth/doing sth 討厭做某事
get tired of ...
★real adj 真正的 (強調東西不是假的)
true : 真摯, 真誠, 符合標準 (強調符合某個標準)
體會 “real man /true man” 的區別
★owner n 主人
own v. 擁有
★spring n. 彈簧
spring : 春天, 泉水
fountain 人工噴泉
★mattress n. 床墊
mat 墊子 (如杯墊)
cushion 座墊
★gust n. 一陣風
breeze : 微風
gale 大風, (突發的)一陣風
a gust of anger (一陣)無名火
★sweep n. 掃刮(swept/swept/,swept)
blow v. 吹
sweep sth away 把...颳走
★smash v. 碰碎, 摔碎
smash sth into pieces 把...摔成碎片
crash : 受擠壓而變碎
The egg is easy to crash.
break: 打碎
cut into pieces 切碎, 剪碎
tear into pieces 撕碎
crack : v. 破裂
cracker n. 薄餅乾
★courtyard n 院子
backyard 後院
court 院子,庭院
yard 院子
★unhurt adj 沒有受傷的
★glance v 掃視
glance at
glare at 瞪著(生氣的)
stare at 盯著
gaze at : 盯著(無限神往, 羨慕地看)
★promptly adv 迅速地 = at once
【課文講解】
*be tired of : 對......感到厭倦
如果一個名詞和一個代詞分別做主句和從句地主語, 能把事物說清楚地名詞習慣放在主句做主語
Tired of sleeping on the floor,... . . 用形容詞短語直接做狀語
I always go to bed hungry. 用形容詞直接做狀語
Worried about my daughter, Lucy, she went to London to visit Lucy.
I went home. I am tired. => I went home tired
I went home excited.
*for the first time in one's life平生第一次
*He became the proud owner of a bed.
He became the proud father of a baby. 譯為 : 我自豪的成為一個孩子的父親了.
*on to 類似與 in to: 不但有 “去” 的概念還有把它放到 “on上面” 或 “in 裡面” 的概念
Lift sth on to the cart.
*for the first two nights頭兩天晚上
I study hard for the first three days.
for the last three nights最後三天晚上
*blow up(adv)風越刮越大(程度在加深)
speak up大聲點
off = down from/away from
below : 直接放在被修飾詞之後作定語
一個句子中不能出現兩個動詞 :
如果出現了兩個動詞, 用and, but連接; 或者把其中一個作為非謂語動詞(to do(表目的); -ed(表被動); -ing(表主動))
*although 儘管 : though 雖然, 意義差不多, 以從句出現
*crash vi(不及物動詞)直接用主動形式, smash一般用作及物動詞
*glancing at＝be glancing
*bits = pieces
*lie (lay lain) vi (不及物動詞), 後面一定要加 “around” , 不能說成 “lay him”
只有謂語動詞才會把它變成幾種時態
動詞的ing形式一定強調某一個名詞之間的主動關係
【Key structures】 關鍵句型
主語從句
what she did .../ It is easy that we learn English.(It 形式主語)
賓語從句
間接引語
I am sorry (that) I am late.
定語從句 who,which,that
狀語從句
讓步狀語 although
原因狀語 because, as, since
條件狀語 if,
時間狀語until, after, before, as , as soon as
結果狀語 so......that.....
目的狀語 to, in order to
following his mom, he went there.(主動概念, 跟著他母親去了那兒)
followed by his mom, he went there. (被動概念, 被他母親帶著跟著去了那兒)
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