1、Lesson 49 The end of a dream 美梦告终美梦告终 Q: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
2、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
3、 pieces,the man was miraculously unhurt.TEXTTEXTWhen 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 ex
4、pressionstired 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 Text Analysis1.Tired of sleeping on the floor,a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.（1）tired引
5、导的分词短语省略了开头的being，其作用相当于原因状语从句：As he was tired of。sleeping为动名词，作介词of的宾语。（2）save up表示“储蓄”、“攒钱”I want to get married in one or two years,so Im trying to save(some money)up.我想一两年之间内结婚，所以我在设法攒钱。（3）to在这里用于表示目的，相当于in order to：I got up early to have a swim.为了游泳我起了个大早。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。2.Fo
6、r the first time in his life,he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.他平生第一次自豪地拥有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床。Spring作名词有“发条、弹簧”的意思。spring n.春天 泉水 hot springIf winter comes,can spring be far behind?v.跳跃He springs up to the table suddenly.3.Because the weather was very hot,he carried the b
7、ed on to the roof of his house.由于天气很热，他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上。介词onto可拼写成一个词，也可拼写成两个词（on to）。它用于表示动作方向而不用于表示静态静态的位置：I put the pen onto/on the table.我把笔放到桌子上。The pen is on the table.笔在桌子上。（不可用onto/on to）Mr.Thompson jumped onto the stage.汤普森先生跳上了台上。Mr.Thompson jumped on the stage.汤普森先生在台上跳了跳。4.He slept very well
8、for the first two nights,but on the third night,a storm blew up.头两天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了风暴。5.A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.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。gust表示“一阵强风”、“一阵狂风”，既可以单独使用，也可以用a gust of wind形式：一阵大风吹掉了我的帽子。She set off even though the wind w
9、as blowing in gusts.虽然当时阵阵狂风吹着，她还是出发了。A gust(of wind)blew my hat off.6.The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.那年轻人直到床撞到地上才醒了过来。notuntil表示“直到才”。until后面与表示某一点的时间状语连用。它前面没有not时，与表示一段时间的“持续动词”连用；有 not时，常用表示某一时间点的动词（或叫瞬间动词）连用：7.Although the bed was smashed to pieces,the man was
10、 miraculously unhurt.尽管床摔成了碎片，但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤。piece是“一张、一片”的意思，比如“a piece of paper”（一张纸）。smash v.砸，粉碎,经常与up,into pieces 连用：The plate dropped on the floor and smashed into little pieces.Miraculously来自于名词miracle（奇迹）Miraculously是副词，表示“奇迹般地”。盘子掉到了地上，砸成了小碎片。8.When he woke up,he was still on the mattress.他醒
11、来时，仍然躺在床垫上。9.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.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。Lay这里是lie的过去式。再次来复习lie和lay的区别：lie作“躺，卧、处于（位置）”解 时，过去式为：lay,过去分词为：lain；lie作“撒谎”解时，过去式为：lied,过去分词为：lied；lay可作“放，摆，搁；产卵”解，其过去式和过去
12、分词均为：laid。（1）glancing为现在分词，引导的短语相当于一个时间状语从句：After he glanced at（2）动词glance的主要含义为“看一眼”、“扫视”：John glanced at his watch and left the room.约翰看了一眼手表，然后离开了房间。Joe glanced through the newspaper while talking to me.乔一边和我聊天，一边浏览报纸。（3）that引导的关系从句修饰the bits of wood and metal,that在从句中作主语。10.After he had put it o
13、n the floor,he promptly went to sleep again.他把床垫往地板上一放，很快又睡着了。这里went to sleep也就相当于fell asleep（同样用的是过去式）。Phrasesbe tired of doing sth.对做某事感到厌倦对做某事感到厌倦 save up 储蓄，存钱储蓄，存钱 blow up 爆炸；给轮胎打气；吹气球；爆炸；给轮胎打气；吹气球；a gust of wind 一阵狂风一阵狂风smash into pieces 碎成片碎成片 pick up 拾起、捡起拾起、捡起 lie around 散落在四周散落在四周 Key to Multiple choice1.d 7.c2.a 8.a3.b 9.c 4.a 10.c5.b 11.b6.c 12.aThank You!
