【练习材料】
(喜马拉雅新概念英音第二册)
☞原文
Lesson49 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.
☞音标
ˈlɛsən49 ði ɛnd əv ə drim
ˈtaɪərd əv ˈslipɪŋ ɑn ðə flɔr, ə jʌŋ mæn ɪn ˌtɛhəˈrɑn seɪvd ʌp fər jɪrz tə baɪ ə riəl bɛd. fər ðə fɜrst taɪm ɪn ɪz laɪf, hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə praʊd ˈoʊnər əv ə bɛd wɪʧ həd sprɪŋz ənd ə ˈmætrəs. bɪˈkəz ðə ˈwɛðər wəz ˈvɛri hɑt, hi ˈkærid ðə bɛd ɑn tə ðə ruf əv ɪz haʊs. hi slɛpt ˈvɛri wɛl fər ðə fɜrst tu naɪts, bət ɑn ðə θɜrd naɪt, ə stɔrm blu ʌp. ə gʌst əv wɪnd swɛpt ðə bɛd ɔf ðə ruf ənd sɛnt ɪt ˈkræʃɪŋ ˈɪntə ðə ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd bɪˈloʊ. ðə jʌŋ mæn dɪd nɑt weɪk ʌp ənˈtɪl ðə bɛd həd strʌk ðə graʊnd. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə bɛd wəz smæʃt tə ˈpisəz, ðə mæn wəz məˈrækjələsli ənˈhɜrt. wɛn hi woʊk ʌp, hi wəz stɪl ɑn ðə ˈmætrəs. ˈglænsɪŋ ət ðə bɪts əv wʊd ənd ˈmɛtəl ðət leɪ əˈraʊnd hɪm, ðə mæn ˈsædli pɪkt ʌp ðə ˈmætrəs ənd ˈkærid ɪt ˈɪntə ɪz haʊs. ˈæftər hi həd pʊt ɪt ɑn ðə flɔr, hi ˈprɑmptli wɛnt tə slip əˈgɛn.
【任务配置】
L0+L4
