Lesson 49 The end of a dream

KeyWords

1. courtyard 院子 n.
2. smash 撞碎 v.
3. miraculously 奇迹般地 av.
4. promptly 讯速递 av.
5. sweep 扫、吹 v.
6. gust 一阵狂风 n. a gust of wind
7. mattress 床垫 n.
8. spring 弹簧 n.
9. blew up 刮起 v the wind blew up
10. 10.save up 攒钱 save some money up

Summary writing

A young man bought his first bed in his life.
becase the weather was hot, he carried his bed onto the roof of his house.
he slept well for first two nights. A storm blew up on third day.
A gust of wind swept his bed off the roof and crashing into courtyard.
He was not only unhurt, but still on his mattress.
The bed smashed to piece and he sadly carried his bed into his house.
As he put it onto floor,he went to sleep again.

Exercise

• A: ~

• B:

1. Tired of sleeping on the floor, he saved up for years to buy a real bed.
2. He became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.
3. Because the weather was hot, he carried his bed onto the roof of his house.
4. He young man did not wake up until the bed crashing into the courtyard below.
5. Although the bed was smashed to piece, the man was miraculously unhurt.
6. When he woke up, he was still on his mattress.
7. Glancing the bits of woods and metal that lay around him. He sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.
8. After put it on floor, he promptly went to sleep again.

Multiple choice question

D A B A B
C C A C C
A A

Sentence structure

A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof.

重点

• lay 的过去分词为 lying he looked at the bits of wood and metal lying around him
• straight away(立刻)he promptly went to sleep again. he went to sleep straight away