Lesson 1 The end of a dream
美夢(mèng)告終

一、詞匯部分

1.tired /taɪrd/ adj. 厭煩的
表達(dá)：tired/exhausted/beat 疲憊的
例句：I’ve been working like 18 hours in a row. I’m exhausted. 我已經(jīng)連續(xù)工作了18個(gè)小時(shí)了。我累死了。

2.real /ˈriː.əl/ adj. 真正的

3.owner /ˈoʊ.nɚ/ n. 主人

4.spring /sprɪŋ/ n. 彈簧
備注：in spring/summer/autumn/fall/winter

5.mattress /ˈmæt.rəs/ n. 床墊
6.gust /ɡʌst/ n. 一陣風(fēng)
搭配：a gust of wind 一陣風(fēng)

7.sweep /swiːp/ v. 掃，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. 奇跡般地
單詞助記：miracle 奇跡

11.unhurt /ʌnˈhɝːt/ adj. 沒(méi)有受傷的
12.glance /ɡlæns/ v. 掃視
13.prompt /prɑːmpt/ adv. 迅速地

文章講解

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.

文章精講：
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對(duì)某件事情很厭煩
例：I’m sick and tired of being ignored. 我已經(jīng)受不了這樣被忽視了。
例：I’m sick and tired of working here. 我已經(jīng)受不了在這繼續(xù)工作了。

形容詞短語(yǔ)，可以做狀語(yǔ)。

2）sleep on the floor 誰(shuí)在地板上
擴(kuò)展：crash at someone’s place
表達(dá)：sleep 5個(gè)高頻用法

1.Sleepy adj. 困的，想睡覺(jué)的；
2.Sleep on it 考慮；
3.Oversleep v.睡過(guò)頭；
4.I didn't sleep a wink last night. 我昨晚一夜沒(méi)合眼；
5.Heavy/light sleeper 睡覺(jué)沉/輕

3）知識(shí)點(diǎn)：后置定語(yǔ)
結(jié)構(gòu)：名詞＋后置定語(yǔ)

1.名詞＋非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞（done/to do/doing）
2.名詞 +短語(yǔ)（介詞短語(yǔ)＋形容詞性短語(yǔ)）
3.名詞+定語(yǔ)從句

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. 我昨天人生第一次親了一個(gè)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，但是沒(méi)打通。


2）搭配：be proud of 對(duì)…很自豪
例句：I’m very proud of you son. 兒子我們對(duì)你很自豪。

3）語(yǔ)法：定語(yǔ)從句
he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.