20190519 周日 Day217
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[Day 217 2019-05-19]
L57-1: Back in the old country
I stopped to let the car cool off and to study the map. I had expected to be near my objective by now, but everything still seemed alien to me. I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that was 18 years ago. When my mother had died after a tragic accident, he did not quickly recover from the shock and loneliness. Everything around him was full of her presence, continually reopening the wound. So he decided to emigrate. In the new country he became absorbed in making a new life for the two of us, so that he gradually ceased to grieve. He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman's care; but I lacked for nothing, for he was both father and mother to me.
2019-05-19]
ɛl57-1: bæk ɪn ði əʊld ˈkʌntri
aɪ stɒpt tuː lɛt ðə kɑː kuːl ɒf ænd tuː ˈstʌdi ðə mæp. aɪ hæd ɪksˈpɛktɪd tuː biː nɪə maɪ əbˈʤɛktɪv baɪ naʊ, bʌt ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ stɪl siːmd ˈeɪliən tuː miː. aɪ wɒz ˈəʊnli faɪv wɛn maɪ ˈfɑːðə hæd ˈteɪkən miː əˈbrɔːd, ænd ðæt wɒz 18 jɪəz əˈgəʊ. wɛn maɪ ˈmʌðə hæd daɪd ˈɑːftər ə ˈtræʤɪk ˈæksɪdənt, hiː dɪd nɒt ˈkwɪkli rɪˈkʌvə frɒm ðə ʃɒk ænd ˈləʊnlɪnəs. ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ əˈraʊnd hɪm wɒz fʊl ɒv hɜː ˈprɛzns, kənˈtɪnjʊəli ˌriːˈəʊpənɪŋ ðə wuːnd. səʊ hiː dɪˈsaɪdɪd tuː ˈɛmɪgreɪt. ɪn ðə njuː ˈkʌntri hiː bɪˈkeɪm əbˈsɔːbd ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə njuː laɪf fɔː ðə tuː ɒv ʌs, səʊ ðæt hiː ˈgrædjʊəli siːst tuː griːv. hiː dɪd nɒt ˈmæri əˈgɛn ænd aɪ wɒz brɔːt ʌp wɪˈðaʊt ə ˈwʊmənz keə; bʌt aɪ lækt fɔː ˈnʌθɪŋ, fɔː hiː wɒz bəʊθ ˈfɑːðər ænd ˈmʌðə tuː miː.