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Lesson 49  The end of a dream  美梦告终

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.

 参考译文
   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.
 

【New words and expression_rs】 生词和短语
★tired adj 厌烦的
be tired of sth/doing sth 讨厌做某事
get tired of ...

★real adj 真正的 (强调东西不是假的)
true : 真挚, 真诚, 符合标准 (强调符合某个标准)
体会 “real man /true man” 的区别

★owner n 主人
own v

★spring n 弹簧
spring : 春天, 泉水
  fountain人工喷泉

★mattress n 床垫
mat垫子 (如杯垫)
cushion座垫

★gust n 一阵风
breeze : 微风
gale 大风, (突发的)一阵风
a gust of anger (一阵)无名火

★sweep n 扫刮(swept/swept/,swept)
blow
sweep sth away把...刮走

★smash v 碰碎, 摔碎
smash sth into pieces把...摔成碎片
crash : 受挤压而变碎
The egg is easy to crash.
break:打碎
cut into pieces切碎, 剪碎
tear into pieces撕碎
crack : 裂
cracker

★courtyard [] n 院子 (英音读音[]读成 “雀” )
backyard后院
court院子,庭院
yard院子

★unhurt adj 没有受伤的

★glance v 扫视
glance at
glare at瞪着(生气的)
stare at盯着
gaze at : 盯着(无限神往, 羡慕地看)

★promptly adv 迅速地
  promptly＝at once, immediately

★miraculously adv 奇迹般的

【课文讲解】
be tired of : 对......感到厌倦
如果一个名词和一个代词分别做主句和从句地主语, 能把事物说清楚地名词习惯放在主句做主语
Tired of sleeping on the floor,... . . 用形容词短语直接做状语
I always go to bed hungry.         用形容词直接做状语
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. 译为 : 我自豪的成为一个孩子的父亲了.
on to 类似与 in to: 不但有 “去” 的概念还有把它放到 “on上面” 或 “in 里面” 的概念
Lift sth on to the cart.
for the first two nights头两天晚上
I study hard for the first three days.
for the last three nights最后三天晚上
blow up(adv)风越刮越大(程度在加深)
speak up大声点
off = down from/away from
below : 直接放在被修饰词之后作定语
一个句子中不能出现两个动词 :
如果出现了两个动词, 用and, but连接; 或者把其中一个作为非谓语动词(to do(表目的); -ed(表被动); -ing(表主动))
although 尽管 : though 虽然, 意义差不多, 以从句出现
crash vi(不及物动词)直接用主动形式, smash一般用作及物动词
glancing at＝be glancing
bits = pieces
lie (lay lain) vi (不及物动词), 后面一定要加 “around” , 不能说成 “lay him”
只有谓语动词才会把它变成几种时态
动词的ing形式一定强调某一个名词之间的主动关系

【Key structures】　关键句型
主语从句
what she did .../ It is easy that we learn English.(It 形式主语)
宾语从句
间接引语
I am sorry (that) I am late.
定语从句 who,which,that
状语从句
让步状语 although
原因状语 because, as, since
条件状语 if,
时间状语until, after, before, as , as soon as
结果状语 so......that.....
目的状语 to, in order to

following his mom, he went there.(主动概念, 跟着他母亲去了那儿)
followed by his mom, he went there. (被动概念, 被他母亲带着跟着去了那儿)

【letter writing】书信写作
第二行如要退格是退5个字符, 现在西方都是顶格写.
写business letter, 参照范本

【Multiple choice questions】多项选择题
3、______ the hot weather, he couldn't sleep indoors.
a. Because b. Because of c. As d. For
because,  as,  for+句子 : 不能加词组
answer :B
because the weather is hot...
 5、How ______ did he sleep?
a. good  b. well  c. good  d. nice
how对形容词或者副词提问
He slept well.
how本题中, 对程度副词提问
answer:B
the tree is tall
how tall is the tree
he sang songs beautifully
how beautifully did he sing

6、Where was the courtyard?
Down.  b. Under.  c. Below.  d. Bottom.
Courtyard  院子
answer: C
down在......下(向下):go down, sit down
under prep. +宾语
below adv 下面, 表示一种状态
bottom n

★7、He looked at the bits of wood and metal ______ around him.
a. laying  b. laid  c. lying  d. lied
...that lay around him定语从句
laying(lay) vt 放; lay the egg(下蛋)
lying(lie)vi lie in bed
laid(lay)vt
lie, lied, lied撒谎
answer:C
过去分词属于非谓语动词, 做定语时与被修饰词形成被动关系
如把选择变为 : “a. lay b. lain c. lying d. lied” 再仔细考虑!

8 A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof. The wind blew very ______.
a. hard  b. fast  c. quickly  d. soon
a gust of wind 一阵风
hard修饰动词, 表示程度大
study hard: 努力学习

9 The bed crashed into the courtyard. It ______ the courtyard.
a. smashed  b. knocked  c. struck  d.exploded
crash vi (不及物)从上往下掉, 摔碎
smash vt (及物)敲击
knock v 敲击
explode v 爆炸
struck v 撞击
answer: C

11 He glanced at the bits of wood and metal. He ______ the bits of wood and metal.
a. looked quickly at  b. had a glimpse of  c. stared at  d.watched
glance at(漫不经心的)扫视,(主动的看)
look quickly at快速地看
had a glimpse of(无意识的)看
stare at 盯着看
watch 注视, 密切关注
answer: A