Lesson 1 The end of a dream
美梦告终

一、词汇部分

1.tired /taɪrd/ adj. 厌烦的
表达：tired/exhausted/beat 疲惫的
例句：I’ve been working like 18 hours in a row. I’m exhausted. 我已经连续工作了18个小时了。我累死了。

2.real /ˈriː.əl/ adj. 真正的

3.owner /ˈoʊ.nɚ/ n. 主人

4.spring /sprɪŋ/ n. 弹簧
备注：in spring/summer/autumn/fall/winter

5.mattress /ˈmæt.rəs/ n. 床垫
6.gust /ɡʌst/ n. 一阵风
搭配：a gust of wind 一阵风

7.sweep /swiːp/ v. 扫，刮
8.courtyard /ˈkɔːrt.jɑːrd/ n. 院子
9.smash /smæʃ/ v. 碰碎，摔碎
搭配：smashed potato 土豆泥

10.miraculously /məˈræk.jə.ləs/ adv. 奇迹般地
单词助记：miracle 奇迹

11.unhurt /ʌnˈhɝːt/ adj. 没有受伤的
12.glance /ɡlæns/ v. 扫视
13.prompt /prɑːmpt/ adv. 迅速地

文章讲解

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.

文章精讲：
1.Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.

1）句型：be (sick and) tired of sth/doing sth对某件事情很厌烦
例：I’m sick and tired of being ignored. 我已经受不了这样被忽视了。
例：I’m sick and tired of working here. 我已经受不了在这继续工作了。

形容词短语，可以做状语。

2）sleep on the floor 谁在地板上
扩展：crash at someone’s place
表达：sleep 5个高频用法

1.Sleepy adj. 困的，想睡觉的；
2.Sleep on it 考虑；
3.Oversleep v.睡过头；
4.I didn't sleep a wink last night. 我昨晚一夜没合眼；
5.Heavy/light sleeper 睡觉沉/轻

3）知识点：后置定语
结构：名词＋后置定语

1.名词＋非谓语动词（done/to do/doing）
2.名词 +短语（介词短语＋形容词性短语）
3.名词+定语从句

2.For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.

1）搭配：for the first time in one’s life 某人第一次
例句：I kissed a girl for the first time in my life yesterday. 我昨天人生第一次亲了一个女生。
例句：For the first time in my life, I called 110 but I didn’t get through. 我人生第一次，打110，但是没打通。


2）搭配：be proud of 对…很自豪
例句：I’m very proud of you son. 儿子我们对你很自豪。

3）语法：定语从句
he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.