练习材料：
L57—4 Back in the old country
重返故里
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.
ðə ˈkjʊərɪəs θɪŋ wɒz ðæt ðə leɪk wɒz nɒt mɑːkt ɒn ðə mæp. aɪ lɛft æz ɪf aɪ hæd ˈstʌmbld ˈɪntuː ə ˈnaɪtmeə ˈkʌntri, æz juː ˈsʌmtaɪmz duː ɪn driːmz. ænd, æz ɪn ə ˈnaɪtmeə, ðeə wɒz ˈnəʊbədi ɪn saɪt tuː hɛlp miː. ˈfɔːʧnɪtli fɔː miː, æz aɪ wɒz ˈwʌndərɪŋ wɒt tuː duː nɛkst, ðeər əˈpɪəd ɒn ðə həˈraɪzn ə mæn ɒn ˈhɔːsbæk, ˈraɪdɪŋ ɪn maɪ dɪˈrɛkʃən. aɪ ˈweɪtɪd tɪl hiː keɪm nɪə, ðɛn aɪ ɑːskt hɪm ðə weɪ tuː ˈaʊər əʊld ˈvɪlɪʤ. hiː sɛd ðæt ðeə wɒz naʊ nəʊ ˈvɪlɪʤ. aɪ θɔːt hiː mʌst hæv ˌmɪsʌndəˈstʊd miː, səʊ aɪ rɪˈpiːtɪd ɪts neɪm. ðɪs taɪm hiː ˈpɔɪntɪd tuː ðə leɪk. ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ nəʊ ˈlɒŋgər ɪgˈzɪstɪd bɪˈkɒz ɪt hæd biːn səbˈmɜːʤd, ænd ɔːl ðə ˈvæli tuː. ðə leɪk wɒz nɒt ə ˈnæʧrəl wʌn, bʌt ə ˈmænˈmeɪd ˈrɛzəvwɑː.
奇怪的是那个湖没有在地图上标出。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。就像在恶梦里一样，见不到一个人可以帮助我。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。等他走近了，问他去老家的路。他说那村子已经没有了。我想他一定误解了我的意思，于是又说一遍村庄的名字。这次他用手指了一下那个湖。村庄已不复存在，因为已经为水所淹，山谷也被水淹没了。这不是一个天然湖泊，是一座人工修建的水库。
任务配置：L0、L3、L4
知识笔记：
单词与短语
Fortunately for sb某人是幸运的
wonder what to do next走投无路
练习感悟：12点前交作业，越写越精神。我在想，我每天投入的时间是不是不够，所以成果显示得不明显。
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