新概念第二册第四十九课

《新概念英语》第二册第49课:The end of a dream 　　【课文】 　　First listen and then answer the question. 　　听录音，然后回答以下问题。 　　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 miraculouslyunhurt. 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. 　　【课文翻译】 　　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. 　　【生词汇总】 　　spring n.弹簧 　　mattress n.床垫 　　gust n.一阵狂风 　　sweep v.扫，刮 　　courtyard n.院子 　　smash v.碰碎，摔碎 　　miraculous adj.奇迹般的 　　glance v.扫视 　　promptly adv.迅速地 　　【短语汇总】 　　be tired of厌倦，苦于，受够了，如：I am tired of your lies.我受够了你的谎言。 　　save up攒，存(钱) 　　for the first time第一次，首次 　　pick up捡起来，接走(某人)，如：my father will pick me up today. 今天我爸爸回来接我的。 感谢收听,期待你对本期节目的评论留言哦～