练习材料：

L57-3: Back in the old country

Well, I had been wrong, for I was now lost.

I looked at the map and then at the millimeter.

I had come ten miles since leaving the town, and at this point,

according to my father,

I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley,

with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.

I could see no valley, no farms, no cottages and no church spire -- only a lake.

I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere.

So I drove back to the town and began to retrace the route,

taking frequent glances at the map.

I landed up at the same corner.

The curious thing was that the lake was not marked on the map.

I left as if I had stumbled into a nightmare country,

as you sometimes do in dreams.

And, as in a nightmare, there was nobody in sight to help me.

Fortunately for me,

as I was wondering what to do next,

there appeared on the horizon a man on horseback, riding in my direction.

I waited till he came near,

then I asked him the way to our old village.

He said that there was now no village.

I thought he must have misunderstood me,

so I repeated its name.

This time he pointed to the lake.

The village no longer existed because it had been submerged, and all the valley too. The lake was not a natural one, but a man-made reservoir.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：millimeter/mɪləˌmitər    retrace/riˈtreɪs    frequent/frikwənt    horizon/həˈraɪzən    misunderstood/mɪsəndərˈstʊd    submerged/səbˈmɜrʤd    reservoir/rɛzəˌvwɑr

练习感悟：用时1小时17分钟。这个篇幅略长。资料上的少了一大段，在网上搜了完整版，跟着原音及完整版完成了此次作业。