The End of a Dream

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Tired of sleeping on the floor,

德黑兰有个年轻人，他睡在地板上，感到厌倦，

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a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.

于是积蓄了好几年，买了一张真正的床。

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For the first time in his life,

他生平第一次

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he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.

拥有了一张带弹簧和床垫的床，他为此感到十分自豪。

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Because the weather was very hot,

因为天气很热，

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he carried the bed on to the roof of his house.

他便把床搬到了屋顶上。

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He slept very well for the first two nights,

头两晚他睡得很好，

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but on the third night, a storm blew up.

但第三天晚上，暴风雨突然降临。

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A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.

一阵狂风把床从屋顶上刮了下来，摔到了下面的院子里。

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The young man did not wake up

那个年轻人直到

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until the bed had struck the ground.

床撞到地上才醒过来。

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Although the bed was smashed to pieces,

尽管床摔成了碎片，

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the man was miraculously unhurt.

但那个人却奇迹般地没有受伤。

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When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.

他醒来时，仍然躺在床垫上。

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Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him,

他看了一眼周围的木头和金属碎片，

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the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.

伤心地抱起床垫，把它搬进了屋里。

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After he had put it on the floor,

他把床垫放到地板上，

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he promptly went to sleep again.

便很快又睡着了。