【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^^）

David Reuben is chief of geriatrics at UCLA. He is president of the American Geriatrics Society.
Clearly he is___1___, but that does not make his job any easier. In fact doing a good job as Reuben sees it reflects a lot more ___2___than it might at first seem.
Stella is a petite woman with a sweet face. And Reuben, with a sparkle in his eye and a snap to his step is a picture of mirth.
I was thinking about this while I talking about it to my wife. When I going to an examining room, It’s ___3___going on stage. It’s a performance not that is insincere. But it needs to be optimistic, you have to ___4___with your attention and be ___5___anything was going on with them.