课文
The end of a dream「美梦告终」
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 miraculouslyunhurt. 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.
译：
德黑兰的一个年轻人由于对睡地板感到厌倦, 于是积蓄多年买了一张真正的床. 他平生第一次自豪地拥有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床. 由于天气很热, 他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上. 头两天晚上, 他睡得非常好. 但第三天晚上起了风暴. 一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来, 把它摔碎在下面的院子里. 那年轻人直到床撞到地上才醒了过来. 尽管床摔成了碎片, 但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤. 他醒来时, 仍然躺在床垫上. 年轻人看了一眼周围的碎木片和碎金属片, 伤心地捡起了床垫, 把它拿进了屋. 他把床垫往地板上一放, 很快又睡着了.
词
smash：**v.碰碎，摔碎**
smash sth. to/into pieces「摔成碎片」
v.重击，殴打
Why didn’t you smash the man with your fist?「你为什么不用拳头狠狠揍那人一顿」
A car smashed into the wall.「一辆车撞到了墙上」
miracle「n.奇迹」
miraculous「adj.奇迹般的」
句子
分词作状语
分词：现在分词「doing」和过去分词「done」
作状语：状语修饰动词/句子，表示描述性的信息
doing分词，作状语「修饰句子」，表示主动
done分词，作状语「修饰句子」，表示被动
1.Because he was tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man saved up for years to buy a real bed.
省略后:
Being tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man saved up for years to buy a real bed.
2.After the man glanced at the bits of wood and metal, the man sadly picked up the mattress.
省略后:
Glancing at the bits of wood and metal, the man sadly picked up the mattress.
总结：主语相同可以省「不同不能省」，谓语变成合适的就行了
分词作定语和作状语区别
相同点：doing表示主动，done表示被动
不同点：作定语，修饰名词，作状语修饰句子「参照句子主语」
分词作定语
a passing plane「一架过往的飞机」
a used car「一辆被使用的车」
分词作状语
Talking with me, he broke his cup carelessly.「他和我谈话，他不小心摔坏了杯子」
Punished, she burst into tears.「她被惩罚了， 她流出了眼泪」
非谓语动词
动词不作谓语，如上面的动词的现在分词和过去分词作状语和定语
一个句子只能有一个谓语动词，多的动词只能做非谓语动词
使用地方：doing「主动/动名词「当成名词来用」」/done「被动」/to do「目的」，这三个单独出现才叫非谓语动词，与be，have构成时态是作谓语动词
eg：
The teacher went into the classroom,
holding(hold) a book in his hand,
followerd(follow) by five students,
to teach(teach) Chinese.
课文
In answer to these question I either nodded or made strange noise.「作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音」
in answer to为固定短语，这里表示「作为对…的回答」，另一个含义是「响应…的请求」：
In answer to my request, he wrote a letter to George.「应我的请求，他给乔治写了封信」