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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^^）

Lesson5 A Lawn That Takes a Long Time To Make

Mr. Anderson lives in America, and last year he came to England to visit his father's hometown.
There was a big garden in the town with green grass 1 . A gardener was watering it, and Mr. Anderson said to him, "Good morning. 2 ?"
"No," answered the gardener, "it isn't mine, but I work here."
"How do people get such a beautiful lawn?' Mr. Anderson asked."Ours are never 3 .'
The gardener stopped his work and looked at Mr. Anderson. Then he said, "You are from America, aren't you?"
Mr. Anderson answered, "Yes, but my father came from here."
"Well,"the gardener said, "it's easy to grow lawns like this.
4 ."
Mr. Anderson went into the garden. 'My name's Anderson,' he said to the gardener, "What's yours?"
"My name's Gray," the gardener answered, "Now about the lawns.
First we sow our seeds; then when the grass appears, we pull all the weeds out; after that, we cut the grass every week. We water it every day 5 ."
"Oh," Mr. Anderson answered, "that's very interesting, Gray, and how long does it take before the lawn ends up like this?
The gardener thought for a few moments and then answered, 'Oh, about four hundred years."

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中文翻译和词汇注释

历时弥久长成的草坪

安德森先生住在美国，去年他到英国参观他父亲的家乡。
镇上有个大公园，中间是绿草地。
一个园丁正在浇水，安德森先生对他说：“早上好。这是你的花园吗？”
“不是，”园丁答道，“不是我的，不过我在这里工作。”
“怎么才能有这么漂亮的草地呢？”安德森问，“我们从没有这么好的草坪。”
园丁停下手中的活，看着安德森先生问：“你是美国人，对吗？”
安德森先生回答：“是的，不过我父亲原是英国人。”
“哦，”园丁说：“种一块这样的草地很容易，我现在就告诉你。”
安德森先生走进公园。“我叫安德森。”，他问园丁，“你叫什么？”
“格雷，”园丁说，“现在来说说草坪。首先我们播种，然后等小草长出来后，除掉野草，之后每周都修剪。天气干燥的时候每天都浇水。”
“噢，”安德森先生回道，“真有意思，格雷，不过长成一块像这样的草地要多长时间呀？”园丁想了一会，之后说：“呃，大约四百年。”

注释:

1.hometown
n. 家乡

例句与用法:
I can come back to my hometown some day.
总有一天我会回到家乡。
My hometown is in the upper reaches of the river.
我的家乡在这条河的上游地区。
I spent my early childhood in my hometown.
我在故乡度过了自己的孩提时代。

2.lawn

n. 草地,草坪

例句与用法:
Moles dug tunnels under the lawn.
鼹鼠在草地下面打洞.
It is more comfortable to lie on a lawn than (to) sit in the office.
躺在草坪上比坐在办公室里舒服。

3.sow

n. 母猪
v. 播种,散布

例句与用法:
Early sow, early mow.
【谚】早种早收。
Our sow had 15 at one farrow.
我们的母猪一胎下了15个小猪.

4.seed

n. 种子
vi. (植物)结实,播种
vt. 播种

例句与用法:
The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.
农夫把种子撒在田里。
Do you know about the evolution of a seed into a plant?
你知道从种子发展成为植物的过程吗？
Most plants propagate by seed.
大多数植物靠种子繁殖。

5.weed

n. 杂草,菸草
v. 除草

例句与用法:
The garden is choked with weeds.
花园杂草丛生.
There are so many weeds in his field!
他的田里有那么多野草！

6.end up

结束,告终

例句与用法:
If he carries on driving like that, he'll end up dead.
他照这样开车, 早晚得死於非命.
If you continue to steal you'll end up in prison.
你要是继续行窃终归得进监狱.
You could end up running this company if you play your cards right.
你要是处理得当, 到头来这个公司能归你掌管.