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^^）

　　College students will spend the most more than ___1___dollars this year. Allen Davids of The National Retail Federation says that college students are expected to spend more than 10 billion dollars on consumer electronics, that’s ___2___ more than last year. “College students used to be buying extra long ___3___ and a couple of ___4___ for their wall. Today they includes___5___, Xboxes, cellphones, ___6___ and a variety of other electronics in their necessities for heading off to campus.”

　　Many students going off to college for the first time have ___7___ or money they’ve earned over the summer.

　　Ten year ago the retailers didn’t think about college students much at all. What most retailers want to do now is to be a back-to-college destination so that they can ___8___ for life. IKEA plans to be on campus with gifts ___9___ at the University of Washington and in the Philadelphia area IKEA is ___10___ for college students directly to and from campus.

　　答案：

　　1.36 billion

　　2.27 percent

　　3.twin sheets

　　4.posters

　　5.flat screen TVs

　　6.digital cameras

　　7.high school graduation money

　　8.gain customers

　　9.at freshmen orientation

　　10.offering free trips