新概念英语第二册

LESSON 49

The End of a Dream

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原文

Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Tehran 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 onto 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.

译文

德黑兰的一名年轻人厌倦了睡在地板上,多年来攒钱买了一张真正的床。他有生以来第一次自豪地拥有一张带有弹簧和床垫的床。由于天气很热,他把床搬到了自家的屋顶上。前两晚他睡得很好,但第三晚却刮起了暴风雨。

一阵风把床从屋顶上吹下来,摔到下面的院子里。直到床铺落地,年轻人才醒过来。虽然床被砸成了碎片,但男子却奇迹般地毫发无伤。当他醒来时,他还在床垫上。

看了一眼周围的木头和金属碎片,男人悲伤地拿起床垫,搬进了自己的房子。把它放在地板上后,他很快又睡了。