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^^）

Lesson43 American Homes

Many young Americans do not 1 their families, but in apartment blocks or residential areas where everyone is more or less of the same age.

Young people often move away from home when they leave school into shared apartments or smaller apartments. They do their own 2 , and go to the family home perhaps for the weekend.

Young married couples may move to new suburbs where most people have 3 . In the country, some even build their houses themselves.

If a family's income goes up, they often move to another suburb, where the houses are bigger, with two or even three garages, a swimming pool, a games room for the children, and everything a family could want.

Old people often do not live with their grown up children.

Many live in old people's homes. Some live in special towns, built for old people, where there are no young children and the atmosphere is quiet.

Americans are always on the move, and some families 4 their homes every few years. Every year, 5 of Americans move house. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz could start life in an apartment in New York, go on to a white painted wooden home in New England, with small windows to keep out the cold in winter, and end their life in a sunny house in California, where oranges grow in the garden, and big windows give a wonderful view of the swimming pool and the sea.

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中文翻译

美国家庭

很多年轻的美国人不和自己的家人住在一起，而是住在和自己年龄相仿的人聚集的公寓区或住宅区。
年轻人离开学校后，就从家里搬到合租的公寓或小一点的公寓。他们自己做饭，打扫房间，可能回家度周末。
年轻的新婚夫妇可能会搬到新人聚集的新开发的郊区居住。在乡村，不少人甚至自己盖房子。

家庭收入增加后，他们常搬到其他郊区，那里的房子更大些，有两到三个车库，带泳池、儿童游戏室，具备一切家庭需要的设施。

老人通常不与他们的成年子女住在一起。许多老人住在老年之家里。有些老人住在专为老年人修建的小镇上，那里没有小孩，非常安静。

美国人总是在搬家，一些家庭隔几年就会搬一次。每年有百分之二十的美国人改变居所。舒尔兹夫妇可能在纽约的公寓里开始他们的婚姻生活。继而搬到新英格兰一幢白色的小木屋中，窗户很小，这是为了抵御冬日的严寒。最后在佛吉尼亚阳光灿烂的家中安享晚年，这里的花园栽有柑桔，宽敞的窗外就是泳池和大海的美景。

词汇讲解

1. Many young Americans do not live with their families, but in apartment blocks or residential areas where everyone is more or less of the same age.
很多年轻的美国人不和自己的家人住在一起，而是住在和自己年龄相仿的人聚集的公寓区或住宅区。

residential 住宅的,与居住有关的，如：

A village of northeast Illinois, a residential and industrial suburb of Chicago. Population32,058.
艾迪生美国伊利诺斯州东北部一村落，芝加哥的居住区及工业区。人口32，058


2. Young married couples may move to new suburbs where most people have young families.
年轻的新婚夫妇可能会搬到新人聚集的新开发的郊区居住。

suburbs 郊外，如：

Many blank spaces are still left in the suburbs.
郊区仍留有许多空地。

3. Many live in old people's homes. Some live in special towns, built for old people, where there are no young children and the atmosphere is quiet.
有些老人住在专为老年人修建的小镇上，那里没有小孩，非常安静。

atmosphere 大气,气氛，如：

The peoples are in a festal atmosphere.
各族人民都沉浸在节日的气氛之中。