新概念英语第二册第49课【课文讲解】

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Lesson 49 The end of a dream 美梦告终

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

（1）tired引导的分词短语省略了开头的being，其作用相当于原因状语从句：As he was tired of…。sleeping为动名词，作介词of的宾语。

（2）save up为固定短语，表示“储蓄”、“攒钱”：
I want to get married in one or two years, so I'm trying to save(some money)up.
我想一两年之间内结婚，所以我在设法攒钱。

（3）to在这里用于表示目的，相当于in order to：
I got up early to have a swim.
为了游泳我起了个大早。

2. 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拥有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床。

Spring作名词我们知道有“春天”的意思。那句有名的西风颂（Ode to the West Wind written byPercy Bysshe Shelley）中的诗句：, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?（冬天来了，春天还远吗？）
Spring作名词时还有“发条、弹簧”的意思。课文中就是这种用法。

Mattress n. 床垫

3. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.
由于天气很热，他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上。

介词onto可拼写成一个词，也可拼写成两个词（on to）。它用于表示动作方向而不用于表示静态的位置（与into相似）：

I put the pen onto/ on the table.
我把笔放到桌子上。
The pen is on the table.
笔在桌子上。（不可用onto/ on to）

Mr. Thompson 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.
头两天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了风暴。

Blow up
1. 爆炸
The plane blew up in midair.
2. 给轮胎打气；吹气球
Stop at the gas station and we’ll blow up the tyres.
Jane’s blowing up the balloon.
3. 放大照片
how much would it cost to have this photo blown up?
4. 坏天气的突然来临
It looks as though there’s a storm blowing up.
5. 生气、发怒
Jenny’s father blew up when she didn’t come home last night.

5. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
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。

gust表示“一阵强风”、“一阵狂风”，既可以单独使用，也可以用a gust of wind形式：

A gust(of wind) blew my hat off.
一阵大风吹掉了我的帽子。
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。

sweep vt.
（1）扫，打扫：
She sweeps the floor/ the room every morning.
她每天早上扫地／打扫房间。
The room is swept clean.
房间被打扫干净了。

（2）（风）吹，刮：
A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof.
一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来。
The newspaper has been swept away by the wind.
报纸被风吹走了。

此外，我们常说的“新官上任三把火”英语中就是“A new broom sweeps clean.”。

crashing into the courtyard below是现在分词短语，作宾语补足语。

Crash v.
1. 汽车、飞机等的相撞（事故）
The plane crashed shortly after take-off.
2. 计算机死机
My computer crashed yesterday, so I haven’t been able to do anything.
3. 股票的暴跌
The stock market crashed this morning.

6. The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.
那年轻人直到床撞到地上才醒了过来。

Until后面动词使用了过去完成时，表明一种动作的前后性。

not…until表示“直到……才”。until后面与表示某一点的时间状语连用。它前面没有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（或叫瞬间动词）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。
I won’t be here until tomorrow.
我明天才来这儿。

7. Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt.
尽管床摔成了碎片，但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤。

Piece是“一张、一片”的意思，比如“a piece of paper”（一张纸）。

smash v. 砸，粉碎, 经常与up, into/to pieces 连用：

The plate dripped on the floor and smashed into little pieces.
盘子掉到了地上，砸成了小碎片。
He had an accident and smashed up his car.
他出了车祸，把汽车撞得粉碎。

Miraculously来自于名词miracle（奇迹）。Miraculously是副词，表示“奇迹般地”。

8. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
他醒来时，仍然躺在床垫上。

9. 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.
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。

Lay这里是lie的过去式。再次来复习lie和lay的区别：
①lie作“躺，卧、处于（位置）”解 时，过去式为：lay,过去分词为：lain；
②lie作“撒谎”解时，过去式为：lied,过去分词为：lied；
③lay可作“放，摆，搁；产卵”解，其过去式和过去分词均为：laid。

（1）glancing为现在分词，它引导的短语相当于一个时间状语从句：After he glanced at…

（2）动词glance的主要含义为“看一眼”、“扫视”：

John glanced at his watch and left the room.
约翰看了一眼手表，然后离开了房间。
Joe glanced through the newspaper while talking to me.
乔一边和我聊天，一边浏览报纸。

（3）that引导的关系从句修饰the bits of wood and metal, that在从句中作主语。

10. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
他把床垫往地板上一放，很快又睡着了。

这里went to sleep也就相当于fell asleep（同样用的是过去式）。

此刻必须掌握的词组：

be tired of doing sth. 对做什么事情感到厌倦
save up 储蓄，存钱
blow up 爆炸；给轮胎打气；吹气球；放大照片；坏天气的突然来临
A gust of wind 一阵风
glance at 扫视，匆匆看一眼
Smash to pieces碎成片
Pick up 拾起、捡起
Lie around 散落在四周

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