练习材料：

Lesson 49 The end of a dream

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.

ði ɛnd ʌv ə drim

ˈtaɪərd ʌv ˈslipɪŋ ɑn ðə flɔr, ə jʌŋ mæn ɪn ˌtɛhəˈrɑn seɪvd ʌp fɔr jɪrz tu baɪə riəl bɛd. fɔr ðə fɜrst taɪm ɪn hɪz laɪf, hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə praʊd ˈoʊnər ʌv ə bɛd wɪʧ hæd sprɪŋz ænd əˈmætrəs. bɪˈkʌz ðəˈwɛðər wʌz ˈvɛri hɑt, hi ˈkærid ðə bɛd ɑn tu ðə ruf ʌv hɪz haʊs. hi slɛpt ˈvɛri wɛl fɔr ðə fɜrst tu naɪts, bʌt ɑn ðəθɜrd naɪt, ə stɔrm blu ʌp. ə gʌst ʌv wɪnd swɛpt ðə bɛd ɔf ðə ruf ænd sɛnt ɪt ˈkræʃɪŋˈɪntu ðəˈkɔrˌtjɑrd bɪˈloʊ. ðə jʌŋ mæn dɪd nɑt weɪk ʌp ənˈtɪl ðə bɛd hæd strʌk ðə graʊnd. ˌɔlˈðoʊðə bɛd wʌz smæʃt tu ˈpisɪz, ðə mæn wʌz məˈrækjələsli ənˈhɜrt. wɛn hi woʊk ʌp, hi wʌz stɪl ɑn ðəˈmætrəs. ˈglænsɪŋæt ðə bɪts ʌv wʊd ænd ˈmɛtəl ðæt leɪəˈraʊnd hɪm, ðə mæn ˈsædli pɪkt ʌp ðəˈmætrəs ænd ˈkærid ɪt ˈɪntu hɪz haʊs. ˈæftər hi hæd pʊt ɪt ɑn ðə flɔr, hi ˈprɑmptli wɛnt tu slip əˈgɛn.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

mattress 床垫

sweep swept  扫除

smash 碰碎；摔碎

miraculouly 奇迹般地

promptly 迅速地；准时地

become the owner of sth. 拥有

a gust of …  一阵……

练习感悟：

miraculously、promptly 着重练习，太绕口了。