Lesson 49 The end of a dream 时长：84s
Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.
ˈtaɪəd ɒv ˈsliːpɪŋ ɒn ðə flɔː, ə jʌŋ mæn ɪn tehə'ræn seɪvd ʌp fɔː jɪəz tuː baɪ ə rɪəl bɛd.
For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.
fɔː ðə fɜːst taɪm ɪn hɪz laɪf, hiː bɪˈkeɪm ðə praʊd ˈəʊnər ɒv ə bɛd wɪʧ hæd sprɪŋz ænd ə ˈmætrɪs.
Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.
bɪˈkɒz ðə ˈwɛðə wɒz ˈvɛri hɒt, hiː ˈkærid ðə bɛd ɒn tuː ðə ruːf ɒv hɪz haʊs.
He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up.
hiː slɛpt ˈvɛri wɛl fɔː ðə fɜːst tuː naɪts, bʌt ɒn ðə θɜːd naɪt, ə stɔːm bluː ʌp.
A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
ə gʌst ɒv wɪnd swɛpt ðə bɛd ɒf ðə ruːf ænd sɛnt ɪt ˈkræʃɪŋ ˈɪntuː ðə ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd bɪˈləʊ.
The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground.
ðə jʌŋ mæn dɪd nɒt weɪk ʌp ənˈtɪl ðə bɛd hæd strʌk ðə graʊnd.
Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt.
ɔːlˈðəʊ ðə bɛd wɒz smæʃt tuː ˈpiːsɪz, ðə mæn wɒz mɪˈrækjʊləsli ʌnˈhɜːt.
When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
wɛn hiː wəʊk ʌp, hiː wɒz stɪl ɒn ðə ˈmætrɪs.
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.
ˈglɑːnsɪŋ æt ðə bɪts ɒv wʊd ænd ˈmɛtl ðæt leɪ əˈraʊnd hɪm, ðə mæn ˈsædli pɪkt ʌp ðə ˈmætrɪs ænd ˈkærid ɪt ˈɪntuː hɪz haʊs.
After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
ˈɑːftə hiː hæd pʊt ɪt ɒn ðə flɔː, hiː ˈprɒmptli wɛnt tuː sliːp əˈgɛn.
任务配置：L0+L1+L4
知识笔记：Teheran 德黑兰(伊朗的首都)
springs 弹簧
mattress 床垫
A storm blow up 起了风暴
miraculously 奇迹般的
/ɪə/发音
1）学习该音发音方法请先学习/ɪ/和/ə/这两个单元音。
2）首先短发/ɪ/的音，嘴唇扁平，嘴不要张得太大。
3）然后很快的滑向/ə/音，发音过程中口型始终是半开的。
注意：/ɪə/是个"集中双元音"，发音时口型由小到大，从合到开。前一个成分要短一些，模糊一点，而后一个成分要长一些，清晰一点。英式音标中/ə/要扁平，没有卷舌音。美式音标/r/要卷舌。
练习感悟：今天的文章生词挺多，很多搭配也很好，可以记下来