As soon as I knew he was coming I was very eager to see him, for I heard our father tell our mother that there was scarcely a part of the world he had not visited, and that he was looked upon as a first-rate navigator, and a most scientific seaman. (A Voyage round the World by W.H.G. Kingston）
動画の後半部分でリスニング用音声が流れます。
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。
As soon as I knew he was coming／（主語が文頭にないときの主語の前）I was very eager to see him,／（接続詞の前）for I heard our father tell our mother／（接続詞の前）that there was scarcely a part of the world／（関係代名詞［省略］の前）he had not visited,／（接続詞の前）and that he was looked upon as a first-rate navigator, and a most scientific seaman.
語句のかたまりを前から訳していきます。
As soon as I knew he was coming
私は彼が来ると知ってすぐに
I was very eager to see him,
彼に会いたくてたまらなくなった
for I heard our father tell our mother
なぜなら、父が母に話すのを聞いたからだ
that there was scarcely a part of the world
世界で〜の地域はほとんどなかった
he had not visited,
彼が訪れたことのない
and that he was looked upon as a first-rate navigator, and a most scientific seaman.
それに、彼は一流の航海者で、科学に非常に詳しい船乗りとみなされていた
As soon as I knew he was coming I was very eager to see him, for I heard our father tell our mother that there was scarcely a part of the world he had not visited, and that he was looked upon as a first-rate navigator, and a most scientific seaman.
I was very eager to see him→ be eager to〜 = 〜することを強く望んでいる
there was scarcely a part of the world he had not visited→ scarcely = ほとんど〜ない→「彼が訪れたことがない地域は世界にほとんどなかった」→「彼は世界中のほとんどあらゆる地域を訪れていた」
私は彼が来ると知ってすぐに、彼に会いたくてたまらなくなった。なぜなら、彼は世界中のほとんどあらゆる地域を訪れていたし、一流の航海者で、科学に非常に詳しい船乗りとみなされていると、父が母に話すのを聞いたからだ。
今回の課題文では、２つの that が一組の接続詞として使われています。
our father tell our mother that there was scarcely a part of the world he had not visited, and that he was looked upon as a first-rate navigator, and a most scientific seaman
that there was scarcely a part of the world〜
our father tell our mother＜and
that he was looked upon as〜
後ろの and that〜 が our father tell our mother につながっていることを見落とすと、意味がわからなくなります。
