最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit2-Part3

[00:00.00]Eventually, the winds lessened 1

[00:03.28]and the Captain was able to

[00:04.81]set his sights towards America

[00:06.46]and become ably steering 2 the ship

[00:09.41]on an even course.

[00:11.27]Eight weeks later, plus one day,

[00:14.33]the Hannah made landfall

[00:16.19]and the Love family disembarked

[00:18.38]in America and became

[00:19.69]American newest immigrants.

[00:22.54]Gazing at the mainland

[00:24.84]after so many days of sailing

[00:26.91]was indeed a glorious sight.

[00:29.65]The difficult days aboard ship

[00:32.60]seemed worthwhile.  Porters hurried

[00:36.32]along the docks pushing baggage.

[00:38.29]Little girls with ribbons

[00:40.26]in their hair scanned the ship’s decks

[00:42.45]hoping to get a first glimpse

[00:44.74]of their father arriving.

[00:46.60]It seemed to Lily that

[00:49.01]it took forever to register

[00:50.77]and to pass through immigration.

[00:52.73]John said that he would

[00:56.01]go ahead to scout 3 out some land

[00:57.44]in the far west of the state.

[00:59.63]He would push on to the frontier

[01:02.47]with a bunch of other Irish chaps.

[01:04.55]Lily and the children

[01:07.07]could follow more slowly,

[01:09.04]harnessing the horse and cart

[01:10.67]to convey their scanty 4 possessions.

[01:13.08]The stuff in the cart

[01:15.27]would include a kettle,

[01:16.69]dishes, blankets, a chair,

[01:19.43]a bucket and an axe 5.

[01:22.18]There was a perception

[01:25.47]by the government

[01:26.45]at this time that

[01:27.77][the feisty Irish would

[01:29.41]resist any hostile natives

[01:31.27]refusing to retreat and thus

[01:33.56]maintaining the western boundary.

[01:36.30]The Irish, too, were pleased

[01:39.03]to settle as far away

[01:40.79]from the government as possible.

[01:42.87]Instead of purchasing land,

[01:45.05]they would “squat” on the property

[01:48.52]erecting only a temporary,

[01:49.95]humble shelter to stave off the weather.

[01:53.01]Once their families arrived,

[01:55.85]they would inspire the men

[01:58.04]to build proper cabins.

[01:59.79]Neither fancy nor elegant,

[02:02.31]these log structures would

[02:04.82]be their first real homes.

[02:07.01]Property boundaries at this time

[02:09.86]were not marked out

[02:11.27]with iron rods or stakes

[02:13.25]in a standard fashion,

[02:14.56]but rather designated

[02:16.09] by natural objects such as

[02:18.17]rocks, trees and creeks 6.

[02:21.01]Confusion and disputes must often

[02:24.74]have followed later,

[02:26.05]when these survey points disappeared.

[02:28.67]After exploring the area around Shirleysburg,

[02:33.81]John and his sons rode

[02:36.00]over Sandy Ridge 7 to survey

[02:37.75]the property below Black Log Mountain.

[02:40.27]It was here in a long narrow valley

[02:43.88]they decided 8 to settle.

[02:46.07]The valley became known then,

[02:48.47]and is still called Love’s Valley today