新概念英语第二册 Lesson 49 The end of dream 讲义

lesson 49 The end of dream

🌻Part 1: Text

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.

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 tired ['taiəd] a.厌烦的

2 real [riəl] a.真正的

3 owner ['əunə] n.主人

4 spring [spriŋ] n.弹簧

5 mattress ['mætris] n.床垫

6 gust [gʌst] n.一阵风

7 sweep [swi:p] v.扫，刮

8 courtyard ['kɔ:tjɑ:d] n.院子

9 smash [smæʃ] v.碰碎，摔碎

10 miraculously [mi'rækjuləsli] ad.奇迹般地

11 unhurt [ʌn'hə:t] a.没有受伤的

12 glance [glɑ:ns] v.扫视

13 promptly['prɔmptli] ad. 迅速地

★Tire N&V

1.[v] (使)疲倦，疲劳

Sth tires sb  …使某人疲倦

The long class tires me.

Working all day tires him.

2.tireless:不觉得累的，不厌倦的

a tireless worker 一个孜孜不倦工作的人

 

be tired of sth / sb / doing sth 对...感觉厌倦

I am tired of my boyfriend.

我的妈妈厌倦和我爸爸吵架了

My mom was tired of quarrelling with my dad.

3.be tired from doing.. 因...感到累

be tired out 筋疲力尽

After the long walk, I was tired out.

包了一天的饺子让我很累

I was tired from making dumplings the whole day.

在去北京长途旅行后，他精疲力竭

He was tired out after his long trip to Beijing.

 

★real     adj. 实际的，真实的，实在的

❤️real与true的区别：

real指客观上存在,并非想象和虚构,与“无(virtual)”相对应.

true真正的,真实的,强调符合事实,不是编造的,与"假(false)"相对而言.

real man               真人

true man               男子汉，好汉

谚语：不到长城非好汉

He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. 

🍂延伸：

really      adv.真正地，确实

reality     n.现实

realize    v.实现    ~ one's dream

★on one’s own独自的(=alone)

1.own: adj. 自己的 // v.拥有

He spent the Valentines’ Day on his own.

 =He spent the Valentines’ Day alone.

2. of one's own 某人自己的

3. owner:所有者，物主   

the o wner of ....某人自己的

shop owner 店主

★spring   n. 春天；泉水; 弹簧

 hot spring 温泉

fountain    n. 人工喷泉

★mattress     n. 床垫弹簧床垫

spring mattress

mat    n. 垫子 (如杯垫)

 

a gust of wind一阵风                 

a gust of anger 一阵无名火

breeze     n. 微风