Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something?
Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
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.
dentist [ˈdentɪst] 牙医
pull out 退出;驶离路边，驶出;拔出;离开，撤出（协议、比赛或组织）
noise [nɔɪz] 噪音;噪声;声音;
search out 找出;查出;
wool [wʊl] 羊毛;
cotton wool 药棉;脱脂棉
tongue [tʌŋ] 舌头;说话方式;
meanwhile 同时;与此同时;
Teheran德黑兰
save up 积蓄、储蓄
spring 弹簧
mattress [ˈmætrəs] 床垫
blow up （风、暴风雨）大作; 引爆;（使）炸毁;
gust [ɡʌst] 一阵强风
sweep [swiːp] 打扫、吹走，冲走，带走; 过去式swept
smash [smæʃ] 粉碎;（哗啦一声）打碎，
courtyard [ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd] 庭院;
miraculously [mɪˈrækjələs] 神奇的;奇迹般的;
glance [ɡlæns] 一瞥;扫视;
a bit 一点儿，少量
metal [ˈmetl] 金属，合金
promptly [ˈprɑːmptli] 迅速;立即;
第49课很多生词、生词组，以及一些描述性的语句需要学习。花费了好些时间。今天继续复读前两天的课文。
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