英语文本

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^^）

Lesson62 The Echo in My Hometown

Twain and two friends once were sitting in a 1 ． One friend said that the air in the mountains of his hometown was very clear． In many places the echo of a voice 2 five times stronger than the original voice．
The second friend said that was nothing． In his hometown the echo of a voice spoken in the morning came back in the afternoon． Mark Twain laughed． Then he said：“Listen! The echoes which you have told about are very unusual． But in a small church in my hometown there is an echo more unusual 3 those．”
“What is so 4 about the echo there?” asked one of the men．
“Well， I'll tell you，” said Mark Twain． “The echo in that church is so unusual that if one asks in a 5 voice， ‘Good morning! How are you?’ the echo replies after a moment very clearly， ‘very well， thank you． And how are you?’”

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中文翻译和词汇注释

我家乡的回声

有一次，马克•吐温和两个朋友坐在一家餐馆。其中一个朋友说他家乡山上的空气很清洁。在许多地方，声音的回声以高于原来声音的五倍返回。
第二个朋友说这不算什么。在他的家乡，早晨发出的声音，其回声要在下午才能听到。马克•吐温大笑起来，然后他说：
“听着！你们说的回声是很不一般。但是在我家乡的一个教堂，甚至有比那更稀奇的回声。”
“那儿的回声有什么奇特之处？”
“好，我这就告诉你，”马克•吐温说，“那个教堂里的回声非常不寻常，如果有人大声问：
‘早上好！你好吗？’过一会儿，回声会很清楚的回答，‘我很好，谢谢。你怎么样？

注释:

1.echo ['ekəu]

n. 回声,回音,回波
v. 发回声,随声附和,摹仿
n.[计算机] DOS命令 :禁止(或允许)批处理命令行显示屏幕上

例句与用法:
Her performance was cheered to the echo.
她的表演获得长时间的喝采。
She shouted on the mountaintop and listened for the echo.
她在山顶上大声喊着，然后聆听着回声。

2.original [ə'ridʒənəl]

adj. 最初的,原始的,有独创性的,原版的
n. 起源,原件,原稿

例句与用法:
The original picture is in the British Museum.
这幅画的原作在大英博物馆内。
The original owner of the house moved out.
房子原先的主人搬出去了。