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.
tired adj.厌恶的 be/get tired of sth./doing sth. 讨厌做某事
real adj.真正的(强调东西不是假的) true adj.真挚，真诚，符合标准(强调符合某个标准)
real man 真人； true man 男子汉，好汉
spring n.春天；泉水；弹簧 fountain n.人工喷泉
mattress n.床垫 mat n.垫子(如杯垫) cushion n.座垫
gust n.一阵风 a gust of anger (一阵)无名火 breeze n.微风 gale n.大风，(突发的)一阵风(风力强于gust) wind n.风的总称
sweep (swept,swept) n.扫刮 vt.扫，打扫 vt.(风)吹；刮——sweep sth. away 把......刮走
例句：The newspaper has been swept away by the wind. 风刮走报纸。
blow v.刮
smash v.碰碎，摔碎
例句：The cup smashed on the floor. 茶杯碎了一地。
smash sth. into pieces 把......摔成碎片
The bed was smashed to pieces.=Smashing the bed into pieces.
crash v.受挤压而变碎 The egg is easy to crash. 轻松捏碎一个鸡蛋。
cut sth. into pieces tear 切碎 sth. into pieces 撕碎
break v.打碎 crack v.裂开而不碎(碎了但没完全碎)
例句：A car smashed into the wall. 车撞墙上了。
courtyard n.院子 court n.院子，庭院；法庭 yard n.院子 backyard n.后院
glance v.扫视
glance at (有意)扫了一眼 glare at (生气地)瞪着 stare at 盯着 glaze at (羡慕憧憬地)盯着
promptly=at once、immediately adv.迅速地