新概念英语第二册（49）上

【New words and expressions】生词和短语（13）

tired                              adj. 厌烦的

real                                adj. 真正的

owner                           n. 主人

spring                           n. 弹簧

mattress                        n. 床垫

gust                               n. 一阵风

sweep                           v.  扫，刮

courtyard                     n. 院子

smash                           v.  碰碎，摔碎

miraculously                adv. 奇迹般地

unhurt                          adj. 没有受伤的

glance                           v. 扫视

promptly                      adv. 迅速地

★tired            adj. 厌烦的

be/get tired of sth./doing sth.       讨厌做某事

★real            adj. 真正的 (强调东西不是假的)

true adj. 真挚, 真诚, 符合标准 (强调符合某个标准) real man 真人；true man 男子汉，好汉

★spring n. 弹簧spring n. 春天；泉水fountain n. 人工喷泉

★mattress n. 床垫mat n. 垫子 (如杯垫) cushion n. 座垫

★gust         n. 一阵（阵）风

a gust of anger (一阵)无名火breeze n. 微风

gale           n.  大风，（突发的）一阵风（风力比 gust 强）

wind           n. 风的总称

★sweep (swept[swept],swept)        n. 扫刮

① vt. 扫，打扫

She sweeps the floor/the room every morning.

② vt. （风）吹；刮

A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof. sweep sth. away 把……刮走

The newspaper has been swept away by the wind.

blow       v. 刮

★smash         v. 碰碎, 摔碎

① vt.&vi.  打碎，摔碎，（使）碎裂

The cup smashed on the floor.

smash sth. into pieces              把……摔成碎片

The bed was smashed to piece. crash v. 受挤压而变碎

The egg is easy to crash.

cut sth. into pieces              切碎, 剪碎

tear sth. into pieces            撕碎

break           v. 打碎

crack           v. 裂开不碎

② vt.&vi. 重击，殴打，猛砸/撞

Why didn’t you smash the man with your fist? A car smashed into the wall.

★courtyard n.  院子court n. 院子，庭院；法庭yard n. 院子

backyard         n. 后院

★glance       v. 扫视

glance at           扫了一眼（有意识地看）

glare at 瞪着(生气的) stare at 盯着

gaze at           盯着(无限神往, 羡慕地看)

★promptly            adv. 迅速地

promptly＝at once, immediately

【Text】

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.

参考译文

德黑兰的一个年轻人由于对睡地板感到厌倦, 于是积蓄多年买了一张真正的床. 他平生第一次自豪地拥有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床. 由于天气很热, 他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上. 头两天晚上, 他睡得非常好. 但第三天晚上起了风暴. 一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来, 把它摔碎在下面的院子里. 那年轻人直到床撞到地上才醒了过来. 尽管床摔成了碎片, 但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤. 他醒来时, 仍然躺在床垫上. 年轻人看了一眼周围的碎木片和碎金属片, 伤心地捡起了床垫, 把它拿进了屋. 他把床垫往地板上一放, 很快又睡着了.

【课文讲解】

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

be tired of              对……感到厌倦，在这句话里省略了现在分词 being，用形容词短语直接做原因状语，

其作用相当于原因状语从句 as he was tired of…。

I always go to bed hungry.                                                 （用形容词直接做状语） Worried about my daughter, Lucy, she went to London to visit Lucy. I went home. I am tired. => I went home tired

I went home excited. save up 攒钱，储蓄

I want to get married in one or two years, so I’m trying to save (some money) up.

2、For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress. for the first time in one's life                                                             平生第一次

He became the proud father of a baby.            我自豪的成为一个孩子的父亲了.

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

on to（onto） 类似与 in to（into），用于表示动作方向而不用于表示静态的位置，不但有“去”的概念

还有把它放到“on”（上面）的概念。onto/on to 有时可用 on 代替，但表示位置的 on 不可用 onto 代替： Lift sth. on to the cart.

I put the pen onto/on the table.

The pen is on the table. （不能用 onto/on to）

Mr. Thompson is jumped onto the stage.        汤普森先生跳上了台上。

Mr. Thompson jumped on the stage.          汤普森先生在台上跳了跳。

4、He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up. for the first two nights                                            头两天晚上

I study hard for the first three days.

for the last three nights          最后三天晚上

blow up         风越刮越大(程度在加深)，（指暴风雨）出现并加剧；刮起

speak up       大声点

5、A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below. gust 表示“一阵强风，一阵狂风”，既可单独使用，也可用 a gust of wind 形式：

A gust (of wind) blew my hat off.

She set off even though the wind was blowing in gusts.

虽然当时阵阵狂风吹着，她还是出发了。

off = down/away from

below 直接放在被修饰词之后作定语

crashing into the courtyard below 是现在分词短语，作宾语补足语。crash （不及物动词）直接用主动形

式，smash（及物动词）可用被动

一个句子中不能出现两个动词，如果出现了两个动词，要用 and 或 but 连接；或者把其中一个作为非

谓语动词 to do(表目的)，-ed(表被动)，-ing(表主动)。

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

not…until  表示“直到……才”，until  前面没有 not  时，与表示一段时间的“持续动词”连用；有 not

时，常用表示某一时间点的动词（或瞬间动词）连用：

I’ll stay here until Monday.       我要在这儿呆到星期一。

I won’t leave until Monday.       我要到星期一才离开。

7、Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. although 尽管；though 虽然，意义差不多，以从句出现

to pieces              粉碎地，成碎片地

The cup was broken to pieces.

8 、 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.

glancing 为现在分词，引导的短语相当于一个时间状语从句 after he glanced at…。动词的 ing 形式一定强调某一个名词之间的主动关系。

glance              v. 看一眼，扫视

Joe glanced through the newspaper while talking to me.

乔一边和我聊天，一边浏览报纸。

bits = pieces

lie (lay，lain)    不及物动词，后面一定要加“around”，不能说成“lay him”

【letter writing】

大多数书信都以“dear”开头，后接姓名，“dear”这个词一定要在信纸的左手边顶格。第二行如要退

格是退 5 个字符, 现在西方都是顶格写。