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 Washington 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 nerve 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 ritual

　　2.gives me a lift

　　3.taking a break

　　4.have effects on

　　5.personally tolerate