新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 49 The end of a dream
1 . A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.一陣大風把床從屋頂上刮了下來，把它摔碎在下面的院子裡。
2 . The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.那年輕人直到床撞到地上才醒了過來。
3 . After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.他把床墊往地板上一放，很快又睡著了。
4 . Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt.儘管床摔成了碎片，但年輕人卻奇跡地沒有受傷。
5 . but on the third night, a storm blew up.但第三天晚上起了風暴。
6 . the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.傷心地撿起了床墊，把它拿進了屋。
7 . Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.德黑蘭的一個人年輕人由於對睡地板感到厭倦，於是積蓄多年買了一張真正的床。
8 . Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.由於天氣很熱，他便把床搬到了他的屋頂上。
9 . When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.他醒來時，仍然躺在床墊上。
10 . Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him,年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，
11 . He slept very well for the first two nights,頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。
12 . For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.他平生第一次自豪地擁有了一張既有彈簧又帶床墊的床。