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. Becau the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his hou. 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 nt 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 hou. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
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德黑兰的一个人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。他终生第—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，仍旧躺在床垫上。年轻人看了一眼周围的碎木片和碎金属片，难过地捡起了床垫，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 expressions
tired adj. 厌烦的 real adj. 真正的 owner n. 主人 spring 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 |
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tired adj.厌烦的
/ tire v.使劳累,疲乏
sth tires X.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.跟你说话可真累啊。
tire of sth 对某事感到疲乏 tire of doing sth
tired adj. 厌烦的/疲乏的
eg: I’m extremely tired.我极度的疲乏
/I’m dead tired我累死了
/I’m tired to death.
be tired of X 对…感到厌倦
be tired of sth/be tried of doing sth
eg: The young man was tired of sleeping on the floor.
这个年轻人厌倦的睡在地板上了。
/ I’m tired of staying at home and doing nothing.
我厌倦呆在家里面无所事事。
be tired from+n./doing因…而感到累的
Eg: I’m 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. 令人疲乏的
/tired 感到疲乏的
/tireless 不易疲乏的,精力充分的
eg: Thanks to your tireless efforts
多亏你的不懈努力
tiresome adj. 令人厌烦的,讨厌的,烦人的.
troublesome, annoying
eg: Selling your hou 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。
real
1)adj．真正的，衷心的，老实的
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 现实的世界
Real wage 实际的工资
really adv.实质上,实际上,真正的,确实,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;完成
realization n.期望,方案等的完成
own
l) v.拥有 (have, posss)
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，成认，供认
eg. She owned her weakness。 她成认自己的缺点。
He owned to having told a lie． 他成认说了谎。
I own mylf to be a lor． 我成认自己是个失败者。
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单独地(alone)
the valentines’ day 情人节
eg: He spent the valentines' day on his own. /alone
他单独过的情人节。
He runs a factory on his own． 他单独经营一家工厂。
spring
l)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 有弹力的一张床
gust
1)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 ceiling
sweep
l) v.扫,刮 (swept, swept)
sweep the floor
sweep the yard
sweep the carpet
例: Don't forget to sweep the kitchen clean.
别忘了把厨房扫了。
It's tiring to sweep all the rooms by mylf.
我一个人扫了全部的房间真的很累。
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.
一些恐怖的消息很快就传遍了全国。
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． 清扫者，清洁工
courtyard n．院子，庭院，天井yard，court
court法院，法庭；宮廷，朝廷；球场
tennis court网球场
