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发表于 2016-7-11 22:52:48
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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
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