最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit2-Part3（在线收听）

[00:00.00]Eventually, the winds lessened 

[00:03.28]and the Captain was able to 

[00:04.81]set his sights towards America 

[00:06.46]and become ably steering 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 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 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.

[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. 

[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 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 to settle. 

[02:46.07]The valley became known then, 

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