听力练习

【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^^）

When I think about how my mother fed all seven of us, making us think that every day was a "different meal," I still appreciate how much a creative cook ___1___ a single potato.And it wasn't just in the kitchen. She would flip her old Singer sewing machine upright, study ___2___books and magazines, then make ethnic versions of those same dolls and stuffed animals to ___3___ church fundraisers. Without a TV in the house to distract us, we made the dolls come to life, ___4___ the hollow fabric sleeves one fistful of cotton at a time.
My mother made her own clothes and all my sisters' prom and wedding dresses. I always knew when she was making something, because she ___5___ or humming. She sang all the way through her home correspondence courses in floral design and interior decorating. She made being creative as normal as breathing and encouraged our participation by telling us that "idle hands and minds were the devil's workshop."

词汇解析

1.feed [fi:d]

n. 饲养,饲料,一餐
v. 喂,饲养,靠...为生

例句与用法:
The lake is fed by several small streams.
这湖是由几条小溪的水汇聚而成的。
Will you feed my cat for me?
请帮我喂我的猫好吗？
How many feeds a day does this dog get?
这只狗每天吃几顿？

2.appreciate [ə'pri:ʃieit]

v. 欣赏,感激,赏识
v.　增值
v. 领会，充分意识

例句与用法:
We all appreciate a holiday after a year of hard working.
经过一年辛苦工作之后，大家都能领略假期的乐趣。
We appreciate your helping us.
我们感谢你们的帮助。

3.flip [flip]

vt. 掷, 弹, 轻击
adj. 无礼的, 冒失的, 轻率的

例句与用法:
I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.
我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
A flip answer to a serious question.
对严肃问题的轻率回答

4.stuff [stʌf]

n. 材料,原料,东西
v. 填满,塞满

例句与用法:
Do you call this stuff beer?
你把这东西叫做啤酒吗?
There has been some really good stuff on TV lately.
近来电视上有些节目确实不错.
He stuffed the letter through (the door) and hurried away.
他把信塞进门里就匆匆离开了.

5.distract [dis'trækt]

v. 转移,分心

例句与用法:
It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.
那纯粹是障眼法, 用以分散人们对他真正意图的注意力.
Children are so easily distracted.
儿童的注意力很不容易集中.

6.all the way

一路上,自始至终,远道而...

例句与用法:
The two runners contested the race closely it was nip and tuck all the way.
那两个赛跑选手竞争激烈－－在赛程中一直不相上下。
Don't tell me how it ends I haven't read all the way through yet.
先别告诉我书的结尾－－我还没看完呢。
I'll back you up all the way.
我完全支持你
A merry heart goes all the way.
【谚】心情愉快，万事顺利。

7.creative [kri(:)'eitiv]

adj. 创造性的

例句与用法:
The school encourages free expression in art, drama and creative writing.
学校鼓励师生在艺术、 戏剧和文学创作上自由发挥.
He combines creative imagination and true scholarship.
他同时具有创造性想象力和真正的治学谨严学风。