新概念英语第二册Lesson 49 The end of a dream 美梦告终 讲义

新概念英语第二册第49课 Lesson49 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. New words and expressions生词和短语 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 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。 课文解释 1.Tired of sleeping on the floor,a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. 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。 1)句中的短语save up是个习语，多用作不及物动词，表示“储 蓄、存钱”，有时也用作及物动词，指“攒钱”或“节约”。例 如： Julie wanted to put some of her money aside for holidays or save up for something special. 朱莉打算把她的钱拿出一部分用于度假或者存起来作特殊用 途。 You'd better save up some money for your old age. 你最好积蓄些钱以防老。 The reflected sunlight would allow these cities to save up electricity. 反射的阳光可使这些城市节约用电. 2)不定式短语to buy a real bed在这里用来表示目的（积蓄的 目的是为了买床)，因此也可以写成in order to buy a real bed。in order to do sth.可以表示“为了做某事”。例如： In order to hang the picture,he had to hammer a nail. 为了挂那幅画，他必须钉枚钉子。 They had