NPR边听边练11:咖啡? 毒品?

 　　【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。

　　精听建议：

　　先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

　　下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

　　（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

　　People who love coffee say it’s more than just a drink. The morning coffee is---1----, part pick-me-up. At Washington¹ coffee shop, Rich Warwinsky enjoys his. “It’s a habit. It’s a little bit of Jones. Sort of---2----. And if I manage it well, I drink 2 and 3 times a day, half and half, I am not too crazed. Not too crazed when he manages it well, with that description sounds like he could be talking about a drug. But caffeine, a drug? Absolutely, says researcher Laura Juliano. She’s ----3----at a coffee shop near her lab. “Caffeine is a drug that can affect our central nerve² system and----4---- some pretty important parts of our lives. Juliano runs a caffeine research lab at American University. She says after years of relation ships with caffeine, she‘s still trying to figure out exactly how much she can-----5-----

　　答案：

　　1.part ritual³

　　2.gives me a lift

　　3.taking a break

　　4.have effects on

　　5.personally tolerate

1 Washington   

n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)

参考例句：

• His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿，但住在旧金山。
• They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。

2 nerve   

n.神经；勇气，胆量，沉着，果断

参考例句：

• Did he have the nerve to say that?他竟有脸说这话吗？
• He never got up enough nerve to meet me.他从没有足够的胆量来见我。

3 ritual   

adj.例行的，老规矩的，惯常的

参考例句：

• This was the monthly ritual.这是每月一次的例规。
• I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises.我意识到此时按照惯例我应该说些客套话。