Lesson 49The end of a dream美夢告終First listen and then answer the question.

聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。How did the dream end?

夢是怎麼結束的？

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。

參考譯文

德黑蘭的一個年輕人由於對睡地板感到厭倦，於是積蓄多年買了一張真正的床。他平生第一次自豪地擁有了一張既有彈簧又帶床墊的床。由於天氣很熱，他便把床搬到了他的屋頂上。頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了風暴。一陣大風把床從屋頂上颳了下來，把它摔碎在下面的院子裡。那個年輕人直到床撞到地上才醒了過來。儘管床摔成了碎片，但年輕人卻奇蹟般地沒有受傷。他醒來時，仍然躺在床墊上。年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，傷心地撿起了床墊，把它拿進了屋。他把床墊往地板上一放，很快又睡著了。

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

tired adj. 厭煩的

be tired of sth/doing sth 討厭做某事

get tired of 。。。

real adj. 真正的

true ： 真摯， 真誠， 符合標準 （強調符合某個標準）

體會 “real man /true man” 的區別

owner n. 主人

own v。擁有；有（尤指買來的東西）；承認

adj。/pron。（用於強調）自己的；本人的；自己做的；為自己的

spring n. 彈簧

spring ： 春天， 泉水

fountain人工噴泉

mattress n. 床墊

mat墊子 （如杯墊）

cushion座墊

gust n. 一陣風

breeze ： 微風

gale 大風， （突發的）一陣風

a gust of anger （一陣）無名火

sweep v. 掃，刮

blow

sweep sth away把。。。颳走

courtyard n. 院子

backyard後院

court院子，庭院

yard院子

smash v. 碰碎，摔碎

smash sth into pieces把。。。摔成碎片

crash ： 受擠壓而變碎

The egg is easy to crash。

break：打碎

cut into pieces切碎， 剪碎

tear into pieces撕碎

crack ： 裂

cracker

miraculously adv. 奇蹟般地

unhurt adj. 沒有受傷的

glance v. 掃視

glance at

glare at瞪著（生氣的）

stare at盯著

gaze at ： 盯著（無限神往， 羨慕地看）

promptly adv. 迅速地

promptly＝at once， immediately 馬上， 立刻