新概念2 lesson 49

1、猜一猜 1. busboy 2. blind date 3. pull ones leg 4. Greek gift 5. black stranger 6. under the weather餐馆勤杂工（不是“公车售票员”）由别人安排的男女初次会面（不是“盲目约会”或“瞎约会”）开玩笑，（不是“拉后腿”）存心害人的礼物（不是“希腊人的礼物”）完全陌生的人（不是“陌生的黑人”）身体不舒服，生病Unit 3Lesson 49the end of a dream美梦告终Key words and expressions Tired adj. 疲劳的；厌烦的 His father was tired

2、 from long working. 他父亲因长时间工作感到疲劳。 Im tired of your stupid words. 我听厌了你的愚蠢的话。 Tireless adj. 不觉得累的，不厌倦的 A tireless worker 孜孜不倦地工作的人 2.spring n. 弹簧，发条 the spring of a carriage 马车的弹簧 the spring of a clock 钟表的发条 源泉，春天，温泉 The custom has its spring in another country. 这个习俗起源于另一个国家。 Your birthday comes in

3、spring. 你的生日在春天。 3.sweep v. 扫，清扫；（风）刮，（浪）冲 The room has been swept clean. 房间已打扫干净。 She swept the dirt into the street. 她把灰尘扫到街上。 The wind swept his hat off. 风刮走了他的帽子。 The boat was swept out to sea. 小船被冲到海里去了。 4. smash v. 摔碎，摧毁 The boy smashed the beautiful vase with a hammer. 男孩用锤子把那个漂亮的花瓶打碎了。 The c

4、up dropped on the floor and smashed into little pieces. 杯子掉在地上，摔得粉碎。 5. miraculously adv. 奇迹般地 She miraculously recovered herself from her illness. 她的病奇迹般地康复了。 Miraculous adj. 奇迹般的，惊人的 She made a miraculous recovery from her illness. 她生病后奇迹般地康复了。 Miraculous beauty 惊人的美丽Text analysis 1. Tired of slee

5、ping 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。 Be tired of Be tired from Save up: 攒钱 ,储蓄 He has saved up $1,000,000 dollars. 他已经攒了1000000美金。 We are saving up to get married. 我们正存钱准备结婚。 Save for 除之外 Save sb. from doing 挽救某人 Save on

6、节省 Save up 存储 2. For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of bed which had springs and a mattress. 他平生第一次自豪地有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床。 1）For the first time 第一次 For the first time, he lost the game. 第一次，他失败了。 2）owner n. 拥有者 Own adj. V. 拥有，承认 That is my own book. 那是我（自己）的书。 Who owns this house?

7、谁拥有这幢房子？ When the teacher asked us who had taken the book, John owned up. 当老师问我们谁拿了那本书时，约翰承认是他拿的。 On ones own 独立，靠自己 She lives on her own. 她一个人过。 3）be proud of 自豪，高兴 The teacher was proud of her students. 老师为她的学生感到自豪。 3. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his hous

8、e. 由于天气很热，他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上。 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 使充气，爆炸，放大，（风雨等）出现，加剧 Finally， it blew up . 最后，它爆炸了。 The matter was blown up in the press. 这件事的重要性在报上被夸大了。 It looks as though it may blow up a storm. 看来要有暴风

9、雨了。 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。面的院子里。 1）a gust of 一阵一阵 2）sweepoff 把把从从上扫下来（吹下来）上扫下来（吹下来） sweep up 打扫干净，收拾干净打扫干净，收拾干净 You must sweep up the kitchen before 8 oclock. 你必须在八点之前把厨房打扫干净。你必须在八点之

10、前把厨房打扫干净。 3）crash into 撞上，闯入（撞上，闯入（break into） The car crashed into a tree. 汽车撞在一棵树上。汽车撞在一棵树上。 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过来。 1）Wake vt. vi. 叫醒，激发 Wake up 醒来 Dont wake up the children. 别叫醒孩子。 2) notuntil 直到才， 在之前 He did not stop until the polic

11、eman walked to him. 直到警察走向他，他才停下来。 He did not go until midnight. 他直到午夜才走。 He did not find her until the next day. 他直到第二天才找到她。 We wont start until Jody comes. 我们要等乔迪来了才开始。 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。 1) smash to 碎成，粉碎 After the e

12、arthquake, the windows on the building were smashed to pieces. 地震之后，建筑物上的玻璃窗都变成了碎片。 2）although 是连词，“虽然，尽管”，although还可以翻译成“然而”，相当于“but 或however” Although he is poor, he is well contented. 他虽穷却能知足常乐。 He is pooralthough he is well contented. 他很穷，然而却能知足常乐。 8. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that

13、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，伤心地拾起了床垫，把它拿进了屋。 Pick up 拿起，拾起 He picked up his hat and left quickly. 他拿起帽子，很快离开了。 We picked up the work where we had left off. 我们接着做中途放下的工作。 Translation 1. I had no idea of it until you told me. 在你告诉我之前，我对此一无所知。在你告诉我之前，我对此一无所知。 2. Oh, you made me tired. 哎呦，你真让我讨厌。哎呦，你