Lesson 57 Back in the old country 歌词

歌曲	Lesson 57 Back in the old country
歌手	英语听力
专辑	新概念英语(第三册)
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[00:01.080]	--- lesson 57 Back in the old country
[00:06.600]	--- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:12.160]	--- Did the narrator find his mother's grave?
[00:17.760]	I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map.
[00:22.360]	I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me.
[00:28.720]	I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that was eighteen years ago.
[00:35.400]	When my mother had died after a tragic accident, he did not quickly recover from the shock and loneliness.
[00:43.040]	Everything around him was full of her presence, continually reopening the wound.
[00:49.160]	So he decided to emigrate.
[00:51.720]	In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve.
[01:00.120]	He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care;
[01:05.160]	but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me.
[01:10.280]	He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay.
[01:14.440]	His roots and mine bad become too firmly embedded in the new land.
[01:19.640]	But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother's grave.
[01:24.800]	He became mortally ill a few months before we had planned to go and, when he knew that he was dying, he made me promise to go on my own.
[01:34.400]	I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps,
[01:40.040]	which I found most helpful on the cross-country journey, but which I did not think I should need on the last stage.
[01:47.640]	It was not that I actually remembered anything at all.
[01:50.960]	But my father had described over and over again what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town,
[01:59.680]	so that I was positive I should recognize it as familiar territory.
[02:04.480]	Well, I had been wrong, for I was now lost.
[02:09.480]	I looked at the map and then at the milometer.
[02:13.240]	I had come ten miles since leaving the town,^从小镇出来，我走了10英里。
[02:16.640]	and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley,
[02:23.360]	with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.
[02:28.040]	I could see no valley, no farms, no cottages and no church spire -- only a lake.
[02:36.360]	I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere.
[02:40.640]	So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map.
[02:47.800]	I landed up at the same corner.
[02:51.000]	The curious thing was that the lake was not marked on the map.
[02:55.840]	I felt as if I had stumbled into a nightmare country, as you sometimes do in dreams.
[03:02.160]	And, as in a nightmare, there was nobody in sight to help me.
[03:06.720]	Fortunately for me, as I was wondering what to do next, there appeared on the horizon a man on horseback, riding in my direction.
[03:16.320]	I waited till he came near, then I asked him the way to our old village.
[03:22.160]	He said that there was now no village.
[03:25.600]	I thought he must have misunderstood me, so I repeated its name.
[03:30.480]	This time he pointed to the lake.
[03:33.600]	The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the valley too.
[03:41.000]	The lake was not a natural one, but a man-made reservoir.

[00:01.080]	lesson 57 Back in the old country
[00:06.600]	Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:12.160]	Did the narrator find his mother' s grave?
[00:17.760]	I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map.
[00:22.360]	I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me.
[00:28.720]	I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that was eighteen years ago.
[00:35.400]	When my mother had died after a tragic accident, he did not quickly recover from the shock and loneliness.
[00:43.040]	Everything around him was full of her presence, continually reopening the wound.
[00:49.160]	So he decided to emigrate.
[00:51.720]	In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve.
[01:00.120]	He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman' s care
[01:05.160]	but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me.
[01:10.280]	He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay.
[01:14.440]	His roots and mine bad become too firmly embedded in the new land.
[01:19.640]	But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother' s grave.
[01:24.800]	He became mortally ill a few months before we had planned to go and, when he knew that he was dying, he made me promise to go on my own.
[01:34.400]	I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps,
[01:40.040]	which I found most helpful on the crosscountry journey, but which I did not think I should need on the last stage.
[01:47.640]	It was not that I actually remembered anything at all.
[01:50.960]	But my father had described over and over again what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town,
[01:59.680]	so that I was positive I should recognize it as familiar territory.
[02:04.480]	Well, I had been wrong, for I was now lost.
[02:09.480]	I looked at the map and then at the milometer.
[02:13.240]	I had come ten miles since leaving the town, cong xiao zhen chu lai, wo zou le 10 ying li.
[02:16.640]	and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley,
[02:23.360]	with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.
[02:28.040]	I could see no valley, no farms, no cottages and no church spire only a lake.
[02:36.360]	I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere.
[02:40.640]	So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map.
[02:47.800]	I landed up at the same corner.
[02:51.000]	The curious thing was that the lake was not marked on the map.
[02:55.840]	I felt as if I had stumbled into a nightmare country, as you sometimes do in dreams.
[03:02.160]	And, as in a nightmare, there was nobody in sight to help me.
[03:06.720]	Fortunately for me, as I was wondering what to do next, there appeared on the horizon a man on horseback, riding in my direction.
[03:16.320]	I waited till he came near, then I asked him the way to our old village.
[03:22.160]	He said that there was now no village.
[03:25.600]	I thought he must have misunderstood me, so I repeated its name.
[03:30.480]	This time he pointed to the lake.
[03:33.600]	The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the valley too.
[03:41.000]	The lake was not a natural one, but a manmade reservoir.

[00:01.080]	lesson 57 Back in the old country
[00:06.600]	Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:12.160]	Did the narrator find his mother' s grave?
[00:17.760]	I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map.
[00:22.360]	I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me.
[00:28.720]	I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that was eighteen years ago.
[00:35.400]	When my mother had died after a tragic accident, he did not quickly recover from the shock and loneliness.
[00:43.040]	Everything around him was full of her presence, continually reopening the wound.
[00:49.160]	So he decided to emigrate.
[00:51.720]	In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve.
[01:00.120]	He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman' s care
[01:05.160]	but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me.
[01:10.280]	He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay.
[01:14.440]	His roots and mine bad become too firmly embedded in the new land.
[01:19.640]	But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother' s grave.
[01:24.800]	He became mortally ill a few months before we had planned to go and, when he knew that he was dying, he made me promise to go on my own.
[01:34.400]	I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps,
[01:40.040]	which I found most helpful on the crosscountry journey, but which I did not think I should need on the last stage.
[01:47.640]	It was not that I actually remembered anything at all.
[01:50.960]	But my father had described over and over again what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town,
[01:59.680]	so that I was positive I should recognize it as familiar territory.
[02:04.480]	Well, I had been wrong, for I was now lost.
[02:09.480]	I looked at the map and then at the milometer.
[02:13.240]	I had come ten miles since leaving the town, cóng xiǎo zhèn chū lái, wǒ zǒu le 10 yīng lǐ.
[02:16.640]	and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley,
[02:23.360]	with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.
[02:28.040]	I could see no valley, no farms, no cottages and no church spire only a lake.
[02:36.360]	I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere.
[02:40.640]	So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route, taking frequent glances at the map.
[02:47.800]	I landed up at the same corner.
[02:51.000]	The curious thing was that the lake was not marked on the map.
[02:55.840]	I felt as if I had stumbled into a nightmare country, as you sometimes do in dreams.
[03:02.160]	And, as in a nightmare, there was nobody in sight to help me.
[03:06.720]	Fortunately for me, as I was wondering what to do next, there appeared on the horizon a man on horseback, riding in my direction.
[03:16.320]	I waited till he came near, then I asked him the way to our old village.
[03:22.160]	He said that there was now no village.
[03:25.600]	I thought he must have misunderstood me, so I repeated its name.
[03:30.480]	This time he pointed to the lake.
[03:33.600]	The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the valley too.
[03:41.000]	The lake was not a natural one, but a manmade reservoir.

[00:01.080]	重返故里
[00:06.600]	^听录音，然后回答以下问题。
[00:12.160]
[00:17.760]	^我停下车，让汽车发动机冷却一下，同时查看一下地图。
[00:22.360]	^我本想离目的地已经不远，但周围一切对我仍很陌生。
[00:28.720]	^我5岁那年，父亲就带我出了国，那是18年前的事了。
[00:35.400]	^当时我母亲在一次事故中惨死，父亲未能很快从悲痛与孤独中恢复过来。
[00:43.040]	^他身边的一切都有母亲的影子不断地勾起他的伤感。
[00:49.160]	^于是他决定移居他国。
[00:51.720]	^在这个新的国家里，父亲专心致志地为我们俩开创一种新的生活，慢慢地不伤心了。
[01:00.120]	^父亲没有再娶，因此，我在没有母亲的环境里长大成人。
[01:05.160]	^但我却什么都不缺，他既当父亲又当母亲。
[01:10.280]	^他总想将来回国看看，但却不愿长期住下去，
[01:14.440]	^因为他与我一样已经把根深深地扎在了异国的土地上。
[01:19.640]	^但是，他想看一看家乡父老乡亲，为我的母亲扫墓。
[01:24.800]	^就在他计划回国的前几个月，他突然身患绝症。他知道自己已奄奄一息，于是他要我答应一定单独回故乡一趟。
[01:34.400]	^我下飞机后租了一辆车，并买了一本详尽的地图册。
[01:40.040]	^在乡间行车途中，我觉得它非常有用，但快到家了，我倒觉得它没什么用了。
[01:47.640]	^这倒并非是我背熟了地图，
[01:50.960]	^而是父亲曾详细给我讲了，在过了离故乡最近的那个小镇后，在每一个路标处可见到些什么。
[01:59.680]	^因此，我相信这段路对我来说会是很熟悉的。
[02:04.480]	^唉，实际我错了，我现在迷路了。
[02:09.480]	^我看了看地图，又查了一下里程表。
[02:13.240]	^从小镇出来，我走了10英里。
[02:16.640]	^照父亲的说法，我面前应是一个山谷，有农场与村舍，
[02:23.360]	^还可远远望见老家村子里的教堂的尖顶。
[02:28.040]	^可现在我却看不出山谷，看不见农舍，也看不见教学尖顶，看见只是一片湖泊。
[02:36.360]	^我想一定是什么地方拐错了弯儿。
[02:40.640]	^于是我驾车返回小镇，重新按路线行驶。
[02:47.800]	^结果又来到刚才那个拐弯处。
[02:51.000]	^奇怪的是那个湖没有在地图上标出。
[02:55.840]	^我感到自己就像平时作梦那样迷迷糊糊地闯进了恶梦境地。
[03:02.160]	^就像在恶梦里一样，见不到一个人可以帮助我。
[03:06.720]	^不过，我是幸运的，正当我走投无路之时，从天边出现一个骑马的人向我骑来。
[03:16.320]	^等他走近了，我问他去老家的路。
[03:22.160]	^他说那村子已经没有了。
[03:25.600]	^我想他一定误解了我的意思，于是又说一遍村庄的名字。
[03:30.480]	^这次他用手指了一下那个湖。
[03:33.600]	^村庄已不复存在，因为已经为水所淹，山谷也被水淹没了。
[03:41.000]	^这不是一个天然湖泊，是一座人工修建的水库。
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