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# 49 · 美梦告终

### 第1段

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.

中文理解：德黑兰有个年轻人，再也不想睡地板了。他攒了好多年的钱，终于买了一张真正的床。他生平第一次拥有了带弹簧和床垫的床，心里十分得意。 天气太热，他把床搬上了屋顶。头两晚睡得很好，可第三晚刮起了暴风。 一阵狂风把床卷下屋顶，重重摔进下面的院子。直到床撞上地面，年轻人才醒过来。 床摔得粉碎，他却奇迹般地毫发无伤。醒来时，他仍躺在床垫上。 他看了看四周散落的木头和金属碎片，难过地抱起床垫，搬回屋里。把床垫往地上一铺，他很快又睡着了。

* **Tired of**：厌倦……；指厌烦；因某事疲劳常用tired from。

* **saved up**：攒钱；up突出一点点积攒，for说明要买什么。

* **For the first time**：第一次；修饰首次发生的经历；at first 说起初，意思不同。

* **A gust of wind**：一阵强风；gust是突然的一阵，不能当作持续的风。

* **smashed to pieces**：摔得粉碎；to pieces是破碎后的状态，不是动作方向。

* **picked up**：捡起；拿起；这里是从地上拿起床垫；up强调拿离原处，不表示接人。

#### Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.

简单句，主谓结构，句首是过去分词短语作原因状语，tired of 表示“厌倦……”，of 后接动名词 sleeping。可理解为 Because he was tired of sleeping on the floor 的简化表达；不能还原成 tired of being sleeping。

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

复合句，主句为主系表结构，后面有一个which 引导的定语从句修饰 bed，不是修饰 owner；有弹簧和床垫的是床，该从句为主谓宾结构.

\[关键句型] 本课复习复合句的语序，需要先复习第1课陈述句的语序，然后是第 25课并列句的语序.

#### Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，句首是because 引导的原因状语从句，主系表结构.

#### He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up.

并列句，前后两句都是主谓结构.

#### A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.

并列句，and 连接前后两个句子，前句为主谓宾结构；后句为主谓宾 + 宾补结构.

#### The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.

复合句，主句主谓结构，until 引导的时间状语从句为主谓宾结构.

#### Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt.

复合句，主句主系表结构，句首是although 引导的让步状语从句，为主谓结构.

#### When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.

复合句，主句主系表结构，句首是when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构.

#### 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.

并列句，前句为主谓宾结构，and 后面是省略了主语的主谓宾结构. 句首是状语之中额外有一个that 引导的定语从句，为主谓结构.

#### After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.

复合句，主句为主谓结构，句首是after 引导的时间状语从句，为主谓宾结构.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《美梦告终》：多年积蓄换来一张床 → 搬上屋顶睡觉 → 床被风吹落 → 床碎了，人却没事 → 又回到地板上。再借一个结构讲自己的事：先用短句介绍本课一个对象，再用关系从句补上识别它的重要细节。

[Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-2/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/)

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