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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^^）

Lesson46 A Family Sees America Together

The Graham family did something very 1 last year. Mr. and Mrs. Graham did not go to work, and their children did not go to school.

Instead, the family travelled together in a van and drove across America for a whole year.First, they sold their family businesses in real estate and a small newspaper. Then they sold their large house. 2 , the children said good-bye to classmates. And their dream trip started on July 4th,Independence Day.They visited big cities and small towns in all 50 states.

They also visited the 3 of all the United States' Presidents.They visited many interesting places, parks, and zoos, and also interviewed people on their way. Many people were very 4 . Some invited the family to stay in their home with them. Almost all the people they met signed their “guest book.”

Each day, the mother and the daughter wrote stories of their trips for newspapers or their internet homepage. Schoolchildren from all over the United States followed the Graham family's trip by using computers at home and in school. Some children wrote letters to the Graham family.After the trip the family wrote a book about their travels to describe everything they 5 their country and its people.

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中文翻译和词汇注释

一个走遍美国的家庭

去年，格雷厄姆一家做了一件不寻常的事。格雷厄姆先生与太太没有去工作，他们的孩子也没有去上学，而是全家一起花了一年时间开车周游了美国。

首先，他们卖掉了自己的房地产买卖和一家小报馆，然后又卖掉了大房子，最后，孩子们和同学们道别。他们的梦之旅从七月四日——美国独立日开始了。他们游览了五十个州的大小城镇。他们还拜访了所有总统的出生地。他们参观了许多有趣的地方、公园、动物园，沿途还采访了许多人。人们都很友好。有人邀请他们回家小住，几乎所有他们遇到的人都在他们的“访客留言”上签名。

每天，母亲和女儿写下他们旅途的故事，寄给报社或贴在他们的网页上。全美国的孩子们通过家里或学校里的电脑，跟随着格雷厄姆一家旅游。一些孩子还写信给格雷厄姆一家。

旅行结束后，一家人写了一本游记，书中描写了他们了解到的祖国与人民。

注释：

van 面包车
estate 不动产
sign签名于