A young man, well known and generally liked, son of a small farmer, died with tragic suddenness, and the little stone farm-house being situated away on the borders of the parish, the funeral procession had a considerable distance to walk to the village.（A Traveller in Little Things by W. H. Hudson）
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。
A young man,／（コンマの後）well known and generally liked,／（コンマの後）son of a small farmer,／（長い主部の後）died with tragic suddenness,／（接続詞の前）and the little stone farm-house being situated away on the borders of the parish,／（主語が文頭にないときの主語の前）the funeral procession had a considerable distance to walk to the village.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
A young man,
若い男が
well known and generally liked,
顔が広く、たいていの人に好かれていた
son of a small farmer,
小規模な農家の息子
died with tragic suddenness,
突然、悲劇的な死に見舞われた
and the little stone farm-house being situated away on the borders of the parish,
そして、彼の石造りの小さな農家は教区の端にあったので
the funeral procession had a considerable distance to walk to the village.
葬列は村までかなりの距離を歩かなければならなかった
A young man, well known and generally liked, son of a small farmer, died with tragic suddenness, and the little stone farm-house being situated away on the borders of the parish, the funeral procession had a considerable distance to walk to the village.
well known and generally liked→ 過去分詞（known と liked）が前にある名詞 A young man を後ろから修飾しています。
son of a small farmer→ A young man と同格の名詞句です。A young man を補足説明しています。
A young man, well known and generally liked, son of a small farmer, died with tragic suddenness, and the little stone farm-house being situated away on the borders of the parish, the funeral procession had a considerable distance to walk to the village.
小規模な農家の息子で、顔が広く、たいていの人に好かれていた若い男が突然、悲劇的な死に見舞われた。彼の石造りの小さな農家は教区の端にあったので、葬列は村までかなりの距離を歩かなければならなかった。
A young man, well known and generally liked, son of a small farmer, died with tragic suddenness, and the little stone farm-house being situated away on the borders of the parish, the funeral procession had a considerable distance to walk to the village.
the little stone farm-house being situated away on the borders of the parish
この部分は分詞構文になっています。分詞構文の主語は通常、主節の主語と同じですが、ここでは the little stone farm-house が現在分詞の前に主語として置かれています。主節の主語とは違う主語をもつ分詞構文は独立分詞構文と言います。
この部分は「〜なので」（理由）と訳せます。
動画の後半部分でリスニング用音声が流れます。
