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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 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
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
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.
跟你说话可真累啊。
tire
of sth
对某事感到疲倦
tire of doing sth
tired adj.
厌烦的
/
疲倦的
eg: I’m
extremely tired.
我极度的疲倦
/I’m dead
tired
我累死了
/I’m
tired to death.
be tired of
sb
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.
令人疲倦的
/tired
感到疲倦的
/tireless
不易疲倦的
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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
,
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。
real
1)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
，
< br>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
,
的确
,
确定
.
realism n.
现实主义
reality n.
现实
,
真实
realist n.
< br>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
< br>;
实现
realization n.
希望
,
计划等的实现
own
l)
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 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 runs
a factory on his own
．
他独自经营一家工厂。
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
myself.
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
< br>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
，
court
court
法院，
法庭；宮廷，朝廷；球场
tennis
court
网球场
smash
1)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。
It's
a miracle that you weren't killed in that car
crash.
在车祸中你没有丧生真是个奇迹。
It will be a miracle if he can give up
smoking.
如果他能戒烟真是个奇迹。
Pigs might fly.
It was a
miracle that the girl survived the plane crash.
这个女孩在空难中幸存下来真是个奇迹。
miraculous
adj
．
奇迹般的
make a
miraculous recovery
奇迹般地康复
hurt
1)v (hurt,
hurt)
使（肉体或精神情感上）受伤，伤害
eg. He felt hurt at your
words
．你的话令他受伤害了。
He jumped from the top of the wall and
hurt his leg.
My shoes
hurt
．
我的鞋子穿了很疼
2)n
．伤
slight hurt
轻伤
serious hurt
重伤
例
: Did you suffer any hurt
in the accident?
在这次事故中你受伤了么？
This
failure was a great hurt to me.
这次失败对我来说很人的打击。
I
mean no hurt to her
feelings.
我没打算伤伤害她的感情。
injure v
．伤害（比
hurt
正式，指损害健康，成就，容貌等，强调功能的损失）
eg. Drinking and smoking can injure
one's health.
喝酒和吸烟有害人的健康。
harm
v
．伤害（用于肉体或精神
上的伤害均可，有时可指引起不安或不便，还可以用于抽象事物，尤指不道德的
事物）<
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