Lesson 49
第49課
The End of a Dream
美夢告終
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
How did the dream end?
夢是怎樣結(jié)束的？
Tired of sleeping on the floor,
德黑蘭的一個人年輕人由于對睡地板感到厭倦，
a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.
于是積蓄多年買了一張真正的床。
For the first time in his life,
他平生第
he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.
自豪地?fù)碛辛艘粡埣扔袕椈捎謳Т矇|的床。
Because the weather was very hot,
由于天氣很熱，
he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.
他便把床搬到了他的屋頂上。
He slept very well for the first two nights,
頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。
but on the third night, a storm blew up.
但第三天晚上起了風(fēng)暴。
A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
一陣大風(fēng)把床從屋頂上刮了下來，把它摔碎在下面的院子里。
The young man did not wake up
那年輕人直到床撞到地上才醒了過來。
until the bed had struck the ground.
盡管床摔成了碎片，
Although the bed was smashed to pieces,
但年輕人卻奇跡地沒有受傷。
the man was miraculously unhurt.
他醒來時，仍然躺在床墊上。
When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，
Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him,
傷心地?fù)炱鹆舜矇|，
the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.
把它拿進(jìn)了屋。
After he had put it on the floor,
他把床墊往地板上一放，
he promptly went to sleep again.
很快又睡著了。
第49課
The End of a Dream
美夢告終
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
How did the dream end?
夢是怎樣結(jié)束的？
Tired of sleeping on the floor,
德黑蘭的一個人年輕人由于對睡地板感到厭倦，
a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.
于是積蓄多年買了一張真正的床。
For the first time in his life,
他平生第
he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.
自豪地?fù)碛辛艘粡埣扔袕椈捎謳Т矇|的床。
Because the weather was very hot,
由于天氣很熱，
he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.
他便把床搬到了他的屋頂上。
He slept very well for the first two nights,
頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。
but on the third night, a storm blew up.
但第三天晚上起了風(fēng)暴。
A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
一陣大風(fēng)把床從屋頂上刮了下來，把它摔碎在下面的院子里。
The young man did not wake up
那年輕人直到床撞到地上才醒了過來。
until the bed had struck the ground.
盡管床摔成了碎片，
Although the bed was smashed to pieces,
但年輕人卻奇跡地沒有受傷。
the man was miraculously unhurt.
他醒來時，仍然躺在床墊上。
When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，
Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him,
傷心地?fù)炱鹆舜矇|，
the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.
把它拿進(jìn)了屋。
After he had put it on the floor,
他把床墊往地板上一放，
he promptly went to sleep again.
很快又睡著了。