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^^）

　　The night has just begun. Anna V, her husband David, ___(1)___daughter Clausier have just ____(2)___another mother with her infant . "Now is when people start going out in Spain." Anna says,"We are going to have a beer now and then dinner."Like most Spaniards Anna and David see no problem with ___(3)___even on weekdays. In fact they don't have much choice. Most spanish restaurants ___(4)___before 9 pm. Such a life style was easier to handle when people slept the siesta. But these days few workers ___(5)___to their homes for a snooze,even though shops and offices still closed in the afternoons.So there are increasing calls to aborlish the siesta. One of the worst affected groups is working women.

　　答案：

　　1.and their four year old

　　2.met up with

　　3.staying out late

　　4.won't serve you

　　5.can get back