Lesson 1 The end of a dream
美夢告終

一、詞匯部分

1.tired /taɪrd/ adj. 厭煩的
表達：tired/exhausted/beat 疲憊的
例句：I’ve been working like 18 hours in a row. I’m exhausted. 我已經連續工作了18個小時了。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/wineter

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

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.


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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 對某件事情很厭煩
例：I’m sick and tired of being ignored. 我已經受不了這樣被忽視了。
例：I’m sick and tired of working here. 我已經受不了在這繼續工作了。

2）sleep on the floor 誰在地板上
擴展：crash at someone’s place
表達：sleep 5個高頻用法

1.Sleepy adj. 困的，想睡覺的；
2.Sleep on it 考慮；
3.Oversleep v.睡過頭；
例：I overslept this morning because my alarm clock was broken.
4.I didn't sleep a wink last night. 我昨晚一夜沒合眼；
5.Heavy/light sleeper 睡覺沉/輕

3）知識點：后置定語
結構：名詞＋后置定語

1.名詞＋非謂語動詞（done/to do/doing）
2.名詞 +短語（介詞短語＋形容詞性短語）
3.名詞+定語從句

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，但是沒打通。

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

3）語法：定于從句
he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.

3.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.

1）句型：sunny, warm, hot, mild, cool, chilly, cold, freezing, icy, frosty;
例句：it is …. (天氣詞)
表達：I’m hot. 我很性感。I’m sweating.我一直在出汗。

2）搭配：How was your sleep last night? Did you sleep well?

3）表達：on the third night
1.介詞on
2.on the third night 中定冠詞的使用。
3.blow-dry 吹干；blow-dryer；You’d better blow-dry your hair before you go to sleep. 你睡覺之前最好把頭吹干？

4.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.

1）搭配：a gust of wind一陣大風

2）語法：wake up 叫醒
例句：I woke up at five and didn’t get up until 11 o’clock.

5.Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.

1）搭配：although 引導的讓步狀語從句，不能和but連用
擴展搭配：even though 即使＝ even if

2）語法：get up 起床，stay in bed 賴床

6.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.

1）搭配：分詞做狀語 + 定語從句
Doing sth, 句子。

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

第一：glance的邏輯主語是the man
第二：the man 和glance 之間是主動發生的

可以拆分為兩個句子：
第一個句子：The man glanced at the bits of wood and metal that lay around them.
第二個句子：The man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.

延伸閱讀

A new study revealed that almost one third of cancer deaths among Americans over 35 are due to smoking cigarettes.

分子：基數詞
分母：序數詞

1/3-——one third
1/5 --- one fifth
2/3--- two thirds
2/5---- two fifths

The rate is a lot higher in the South, perhaps due to their lax smoking laws.
Patricia Folan of the Center for Tobacco Control at Northwell Health said, “States with underfunded tobacco-control programs have the highest prevalence of smoking, as well as the highest proportion of cancer deaths attribute to cigarette smoking.”

The study found that cancer deaths affected men more than women.

一項新的研究顯示，35歲以上的美國癌癥死亡人數中近三分之一與吸煙有關。
南方的比率更高，可能與他們寬松的吸煙法有關。
煙草控制中心的帕特麗夏•科蘭表示，煙草控制計劃資金不足的州最盛行吸煙，以及最高的吸煙引起的癌癥死亡比例。
研究發現，癌癥死亡對男性的影響高于女性。