(完整版)裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记第49课

Lesson 49 The end of a dream美梦告终

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 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.

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。

一、单词讲解New words and expressions

tired adj.厌烦的

/ tire v.使疲劳,疲倦

sth tires sb.某事令某人累

Eg: The long class tires me.这么长的课使我很累。

/ Working all day tires him.工作一整天使他很累。

Talking to you tired me.跟你说话可真累啊。

tire of sth 对某事感到疲倦tire of doing sth

tired adj. 厌烦的/疲倦的

eg: I’m extremely tired.我极度的疲倦

/I’m dead tired我累死了

/I’m tired to death.

be tired of sb 对…感到厌倦

be tired of sth/be tried of doing sth

eg: The young man was tired of sleeping on the floor.

这个年轻人厌倦的睡在地板上了。

/ I’m tired of staying at home and doing nothing.

我厌倦呆在家里面无所事事。

be tired from+n./doing因…而感到累的

Eg: I’m very tired from running as fast as I can.

尽力快跑令我很累。

be tired out 筋疲力尽be exhausted

eg: After the long walk, I was tried out.

走了那么久的路之后我筋疲力尽了。

tiring adj. 令人疲倦的

/tired 感到疲倦的

/tireless 不易疲倦的,精力充沛的

eg: Thanks to your tireless efforts

多亏你的不懈努力

tiresome adj. 令人厌烦的,讨厌的,烦人的.

troublesome, annoying

eg: Selling your house can be a tiresome business.卖房子是一件很令人麻烦的事。/She is such a tiresome girl.她是一个如此讨厌的女孩。

real

1)adj．真正的，衷心的，诚实的

eg. Tell me the real reason．告诉我真正的原因。

Is this real gold? 这是真金么？

2)adj．现实的，实际的，实质的

反义词ideal，imaginary想象的，空想的

A real experience 一次亲身的经历

The real world 现实的世界

Real wage 实际的工资

really adv.实质上,实际上,真正的,的确,确定.

realism n.现实主义

reality n.现实,真实

realist n.现实主义的作家,画家,现实主义者

realistic adj.现实主义的

realize v.认识到,意识到;实现

realization n.希望,计划等的实现

own

l) v.拥有(have, possess)

eg. Who owns this land? 谁拥有这块地？

belong to某物属于某人（无被动，无进行时）

2) v，承认，供认

eg. She owned her weakness。她承认自己的缺点。

He owned to having told a lie．他承认说了谎。

I own myself to be a loser．我承认自己是个失败者。

3)adj，自己的，自己的东西

my own idea 我自己的想法。

with my own eyes 亲眼

eg. Do so for your own sake．为了你自己就这样做吧。This bicycle is my own．这两自行车是我自己的。

on one' s own独自地(alone)

the valentines’ day 情人节

eg: He spent the valentines' day on his own. /alone 他独自过的情人节。

He runs a factory on his own．他独自经营一家工厂。

spring

l)n．春天，春季