To the lover of Salisbury Plain as it was, the sight of military camps, with white tents or zinc houses, and of bodies of men in khaki marching and drilling, and the sound of guns, now informs him that he is in a district which has lost its attraction, where nature has been dispossessed.（A Shepherd’s Life by W. H. Hudson）注：military camps =軍事演習場
英文を前から読んでいくために、語句のかたまりを作ります。こんな具合に課題文をスラッシュ（斜め線）で区切ります（スラッシュリーディング）。語句のかたまりを意識すると、リスニングで英語の意味をつかむのが楽になります。
To the lover of Salisbury Plain as it was,／（主部が文頭にないときの主部の前）the sight of military camps, with white tents or zinc houses,／（接続詞の前）and of bodies of men in khaki marching and drilling,／（接続詞の前）and the sound of guns,／（コンマの後）now informs him／（接続詞の前）that he is in a district／（関係代名詞の前）which has lost its attraction,／（関係副詞の前）where nature has been dispossessed.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
To the lover of Salisbury Plain as it was,
かつてのソールズベリー平原を愛していた人にとって
the sight of military camps, with white tents or zinc houses,
白いテントや亜鉛を使った建物がある軍事演習場の光景
and of bodies of men in khaki marching and drilling,
そして行進し、訓練を受けるカーキ色の制服の兵士たちの姿の（光景）
and the sound of guns,
そして銃声
now informs him
今や告げている
that he is in a district
自分が土地にいるのだと
which has lost its attraction,
魅力を失ってしまった
where nature has been dispossessed.
自然が土地を奪われた
To the lover of Salisbury Plain as it was, the sight of military camps, with white tents or zinc houses, and of bodies of men in khaki marching and drilling, and the sound of guns, now informs him that he is in a district which has lost its attraction, where nature has been dispossessed.
men in khaki marching and drilling→ in khaki（カーキ色の制服の）と marching and drilling（行進し、訓練を受ける）はどちらも men を後ろから修飾しています。
a district which has lost its attraction, where nature has been dispossessed→ which〜と where〜はどちらも a district の補足説明になっています。
To the lover of Salisbury Plain as it was, the sight of military camps, with white tents or zinc houses, and of bodies of men in khaki marching and drilling, and the sound of guns, now informs him that he is in a district which has lost its attraction, where nature has been dispossessed.
かつてのソールズベリー平原を愛していた人が、白いテントや亜鉛を使った建物がある軍事演習場を目にしたり、行進し、訓練を受けるカーキ色の制服の兵士たちの姿を見たり、銃声を聞いたりすると、自然が土地を奪われ、魅力を失ってしまった場所に自分がいるのだと知らされる。
To the lover of Salisbury Plain as it was, the sight of military camps, with white tents or zinc houses, and of bodies of men in khaki marching and drilling, and the sound of guns, now informs him that he is in a district which has lost its attraction, where nature has been dispossessed.
今回の課題文は読み進めていっても、なかなか文章の「骨格」（中心部分）としての動詞が出てきません。後半部分になってようやく informs が出てきます。その前にあるのは修飾語句「To the lover of Salisbury Plain as it was」と長い主部です。
主部の構成は：
・the sight of military camps, with white tents or zinc houses,
・（the sight）of bodies of men in khaki marching and drilling
・the sound of guns,
the sight（見たり）、the sound（聞いたり）すると、informs（知らされる）というわけです。
動画の後半部分でリスニング用音声が流れます。
