课文对话 · The end of a dream 美梦告终（课本 Lesson 49，印刷页 232-235）
1Tired /'taɪəd/ adj. 厌烦的 of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real /rɪəl/ adj. 真正的 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。
2For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner /'əʊnə/ n. 主人 of a bed which had springs /sprɪŋz/ n. 弹簧 and a mattress /'mætrəs/ n. 床垫.
他平生第一次自豪地拥有了一张既有弹簧又有床垫的床。
3Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed 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。
4He slept very well 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。
5A gust /ɡʌst/ n. 一阵风 of wind swept /swept/ v. 扫，刮 the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard /'kɔːtjɑːd/ n. 院子 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。
6The 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。
7Although the bed was smashed /smæʃt/ v. 砸，摔碎 to pieces, the man was miraculously /mɪ'rækjələsli/ adv. 奇迹般地 unhurt /ˌʌn'hɜːt/ adj. 没有受伤的.
尽管床摔成了碎片，但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤。
8When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
他醒来时，仍然躺在床垫上。
9Glancing /'ɡlɑːnsɪŋ/ v. 扫视 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。
10After he had put it on the floor, he promptly /'prɒmptli/ adv. 迅速地 went to sleep again.
他把床垫往地板上一放，很快又睡着了。
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