Lesson 49 The end of a dream（课件）新概念英语第二册

Lesson 49 The end of a dream First watch the vedio and then answer the following questions 1. What did the young man buy for the first time in his life? 2. What happened on the third night? 3. What happened to the young man at the end of the story? pre-reading 1. What did the young man buy for the first time in his life? This young man bought a bed which has springs and a matress. 2. What happened on the third night? A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below. 3. What happened to the young man at the end of the story? Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. Questions on the Text 1. Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. be tired of 对...感到厌倦 sentence analysis:  A young man in Teheran was tired of sleeping on the floor.  He saved up for years to buy a real bed. tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. language points Was Being Exercise. Join the following sentences into one. 1. I felt tired. I went to bed earlier than usual. Feeling tired, I went to bed earlier than usual. 2. He is a hard-working young man. He is praised by all his fellow workers. Being a hard-working young man. He is praised by all his fellow workers. 3. The car was damaged in an accident. The car has been repaired. Damaged in an accident, the car has been repaired. language points 1. Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. save up: 攒钱 ,储蓄 eg. 1. 他已经攒了1000000美金。 He has saved up $1,000,000 dollars. 2. 我想买一个iPad, 所以我在设法攒钱。 I want to buy an iPad, so I'm trying to save up. language points 2. For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress. for the first time in one's life 平生第一次 3. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. on to