练习材料:
Lesson 49 The end of a dream
How did the dream end?
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.
haʊ dɪd ðə driːm ɛnd?
ˈtaɪəd əv ˈsliːpɪŋ ɒn ðə flɔː, ə jʌŋ mæn ɪn Teheran seɪvd ʌp fə jɪəz tə baɪ ə rɪəl bɛd. fə ðə fɜːst taɪm ɪn ɪz laɪf, hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə praʊdˈəʊnər əv ə bɛd wɪʧ həd sprɪŋz ənd ə ˈmætrɪs. bɪˈkəz ðə ˈwɛðə wəz ˈvɛri hɒt, hi ˈkærid ðə bɛd ɒn tə ðə ruːf əv ɪz haʊs. hi slɛptˈvɛri wɛl fə ðə fɜːst tuː naɪts, bət ɒn ðə θɜːd naɪt, ə stɔːm bluː ʌp. ə gʌst əv wɪnd swɛpt ðə bɛd ɒf ðə ruːf ənd sɛnt ɪt ˈkræʃɪŋ ˈɪntə ðəˈkɔːtˌjɑːd bɪˈləʊ. ðə jʌŋ mæn dɪd nɒt weɪk ʌp ənˈtɪl ðə bɛd həd strʌk ðə graʊnd. ɔːlˈðəʊ ðə bɛd wəz smæʃt tə ˈpiːsɪz, ðə mæn wəz mɪˈrækjʊləsli ʌnˈhɜːt. wɛn hi wəʊk ʌp, hi wəz stɪl ɒn ðə ˈmætrɪs. ˈglɑːnsɪŋ ət ðə bɪts əv wʊd ənd ˈmɛtl ðət leɪ əˈraʊnd hɪm, ðə mænˈsædli pɪkt ʌp ðə ˈmætrɪs ənd ˈkærid ɪt ˈɪntə ɪz haʊs. ˈɑːftə hi həd pʊt ɪt ɒn ðə flɔː, hi ˈprɒmptli wɛnt tə sliːp əˈgɛn.
任务配置:L0+L4
知识笔记:mattress床垫,褥子,空气垫
gust of wind阵风
courtyard庭院,院子,天井
smashed破碎的,喝醉酒的
miraculously奇迹般地,神奇地,非凡地,出乎意料地
metal金属,合金,金属制的
promptly迅速地,敏捷地
练习感悟:自己听自己读的,感觉跟白开水一样,平淡-_-||(ง •̀_•́)ง