听力练习

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，欢迎指正^^）

Lesson32 Have a Nice Holiday!
Most British people take a 1 holiday in July or August, when the schools are closed, but shops, offices and factories do not usually close for the holidays. If people can afford it, they go abroad, to sunny Italy, Spain or Greece.

In the States, the school summer holidays are 2 in Britain (nearly three months in the States, six or seven weeks in Britain). American families often go out of town to the country for the hot summer months. Many stay at work in the cities or visit their families at weekends.

When some people are on holiday, they like just sitting in the sun, but others want a bit more. 'Special interest' holidays are very popular today. Do you like riding? Why not see the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, on horseback?
What about a winter holiday? There are hundreds of 3 in the mountains of the USA, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada and the Appalachians. You can ski in Britain too.

Perhaps you prefer to be 4 ? Try a painting holiday, or a musical holiday, or even a computer holiday. You get some hours of teaching every day, meet other people who share your special interest, and have time to 5 as well in a pleasant country hotel or college campus.

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中文翻译

假日愉快！
大多数英国人在七月或八月休假两周。这期间学校不上课，但商店、政府机关和工厂并不休息。如果能承担得起开销，他们就到国外度假，到阳光明媚的意大利、西班牙或希腊。

美国中小学的暑假比英国的长（美国有将近三个月，英国只有六到七周）。美国人经常全家到城外的乡村打发炎热的夏季。许多人留在城市工作，或在周末探访朋友。

暑假有些人只热衷晒晒日光浴，另有些人不满足于此。“特别爱好”假日现在很风行。喜欢骑马吗？何不骑马游览美国亚利桑那州的大峡谷？

寒假怎么过呢？美国落基山脉、内华达山脉和阿巴拉契亚山脉有几百个滑雪胜地，在英国你也可以滑雪。
或许你想要运动量小一点？尝试一下绘画假日，或者音乐假日，甚或计算机假日。每天你听课学习几小时，跟与你有同样特殊爱好的人碰面，且还有时间在令人愉快的乡村旅店或大学校园放松身心。

重点词汇

1. If people canaffordit, they go abroad, to sunny Italy, Spain or Greece.
如果能承担得起开销，他们就到国外度假，到阳光明媚的意大利、西班牙或希腊。


afford 承担，提供，例如：

I can'tafforda holiday this summer.
今年夏天我无法度假。

These treesafforda pleasant shade.
这些树提供了荫凉。

2. There are hundreds of skiresortsin the mountains of the USA, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada and the Appalachians.
美国落基山脉、内华达山脉和阿巴拉契亚山脉有几百个滑雪胜地，在英国你也可以滑雪。

resort度假胜地，例如：

This place has become a famous summerresort.
这个地方已成为一个避暑胜地。


Hawaii is an excellent touristresort.
夏威夷是极好的旅游胜地。


3. Try a painting holiday, or amusicalholiday, or even a computer holiday.
尝试一下绘画假日，或者音乐假日，甚或计算机假日。

musical 音乐的，例如：

Since he can play manymusicalinstruments, he may well be called a man of accomplishments.
他能演奏许多乐器，当然称得上是个多才多艺的人。

The mother found that her son had amusicaltalent.
母亲发现儿子有音乐天赋。