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L57-2: Back in the old country

ɛl57-2: bæk ɪn ði əʊld ˈkʌntri

He always meant to go back one day, but not to stay. His roots and mine had 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 wʌn deɪ, bʌt nɒt tuː steɪ. hɪz ruːts ænd maɪn hæd 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.

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/f/：下唇轻触上齿，气流由唇齿间的缝隙中通过，引起摩擦；发音时，声带不振动；这个音标发音的关键在于上齿要咬住下唇，否则发出的声音一定是不准确的。

/v/：下唇轻触上齿，气流由唇齿间的缝隙中通过，引起摩擦；发音时，声带振动；这个音标发音的关键在于上齿要咬住下唇，否则发出的声音一定是不准确的。

练习感悟：今天这篇文章偏故事性，难度一般。比较不喜欢下午或者晚上练习新概念，还是喜欢中午练。