Vicky的ScalersTalk第六轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da
练习材料：
L57—2 Back in the old country
重返故里
He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay. His roots and mine bad become too firmly embedded in the new land. But he wanted to see the old folk again and to visit my mother's grave. 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.
I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps, which I found most helpful on the cross-country journey, but which I did not think I should need on the last stage. It was not that I actually remembered anything at all. But my father had described over and over again what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town, so that I was positive I should recognize it as familiar territory.
hiː ˈɔːlweɪz mɛnt tuː gəʊ bæk ɒn deɪ, bʌt nɒt tuː steɪ. hɪz ruːts ænd maɪn bæd bɪˈkʌm tuː ˈfɜːmli ɪmˈbɛdɪd ɪn ðə njuː lænd. bʌt hiː ˈwɒntɪd tuː siː ði əʊld fəʊk əˈgɛn ænd tuː ˈvɪzɪt maɪ ˈmʌðəz greɪv. hiː bɪˈkeɪm ˈmɔːtəli ɪl ə fjuː mʌnθs bɪˈfɔː wiː hæd plænd tuː gəʊ ænd, wɛn hiː njuː ðæt hiː wɒz ˈdaɪɪŋ, hiː meɪd miː ˈprɒmɪs tuː gəʊ ɒn maɪ əʊn.
aɪ ˈhaɪəd ə kɑː ðə deɪ ˈɑːftə ˈlændɪŋ ænd bɔːt ə ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv bʊk ɒv mæps, wɪʧ aɪ faʊnd məʊst ˈhɛlpfʊl ɒn ðə ˈkrɒsˈkʌntri ˈʤɜːni, bʌt wɪʧ aɪ dɪd nɒt θɪŋk aɪ ʃʊd niːd ɒn ðə lɑːst steɪʤ. ɪt wɒz nɒt ðæt aɪ ˈækʧʊəli rɪˈmɛmbəd ˈɛnɪθɪŋ æt ɔːl. bʌt maɪ ˈfɑːðə hæd dɪsˈkraɪbd ˈəʊvər ænd ˈəʊvər əˈgɛn wɒt wiː ʃʊd siː æt ˈɛvri ˈmaɪlstəʊn, ˈɑːftə ˈliːvɪŋ ðə ˈnɪərɪst taʊn, səʊ ðæt aɪ wɒz ˈpɒzətɪv aɪ ʃʊd ˈrɛkəgnaɪz ɪt æz fəˈmɪliə ˈtɛrɪtəri.
他总想将来回国看看，但却不愿长期住下去，因为他与我一样已经把根深深地扎在异国的土地上。 但是，他想看一看家乡父老乡亲，为我的母亲扫墓。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。
我下飞机后租了一辆车，并买了一本详尽的地图册。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。这倒并非是我背熟了地图，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。因此，我相信这段路对我来说会是很熟悉的。
任务配置：L0、L3、L4
知识笔记：
单词与短语
meant to do sth想做某事
It was not that...,but 并非是...而是
describe over and over again详细讲了
recognize sth as sth ...对某人来说会是....
练习感悟：今天的精神还好，觉得自己发音越来越利落了。
