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^^）

Lesson50 The Land of Dreams
In the 1840's, California was almost uninhabited. There were a few Spanish missions, some ranchers and farmers, and of course, bandits who stole anything they could find.
In 1848, everything changed. Gold was discovered, and people from 1 rushed to California. They all 2 making their fortunes by finding gold. Mining towns were built anywhere gold was found. As a rule, these towns had 3 a saloon, a hotel, a stable, a jail — and a cemetery.
Almost a century later people again rushed to California. This time, they dreamed of making their fortunes not in gold, but in the movies. Los Angeles, a large city that was not even there in 1848, had become the movie capital of the world.
These were the days of the great movie stars — actors and actresses like Cary Grant and Rita Hayworth — heroes and heroines like John Wayne and Susan Hayward. 4 would-be stars dreamed of being a Hollywood prince or princess.
Few people look for gold now, and Los Angeles is no longer a movie city. It's a factory town where time is money and TV companies control the time. The California scenery has changed, too. A century or so ago there were unclimbed, snow-topped mountains, uninhabited deserts, and unspoiled beaches with high surf. The scenery is still there, but so are thousands of miles of highways, millions of cars, 5 suburbs — and smog. Most films are now made inside, and the best place to find gold is in a jewelry store.

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中文翻译

梦想的土地
十九世纪四十年代，加利福尼亚几乎是个不毛之地。那里只有几个西班牙传教士、一些牧场主和农民，当然还有强盗，他们偷窃一切他们所能找到的东西。
1848年，一切都变了。人们在这里发现了黄金，全国各地的人涌向加利福尼亚。他们都梦想可以找到黄金发财。只要哪儿找到黄金，哪儿就立刻出现一个小镇，并且无一例外，这些小镇不过是一个酒吧，一个客栈，一个马厩，一座牢房和一块墓地而已。
大约一个世纪以后，人们再次涌向加利福尼亚。这次，他们不是梦想通过黄金而是通过电影发财。在一八四八年还不存在的洛杉矶现在已经成为了世界电影中心。这是电影明星辈出的时代——像卡里•格莱特和丽塔•海华斯那样的男女演员——像约翰•韦恩和苏珊•海沃德那样的男女主人公。成千上万的未来明星们梦想成为好莱坞的王子或公主。
现在没人再来找黄金了，洛杉矶也不再是一个电影城市了，它成为了一个工业城市，在那里时间就是金钱，电视公司控制着一切。加利福尼亚的景象也已经完全改变了。大约一个世纪前，那里有未经攀登、山顶积雪覆盖的山脉，无人居住的沙漠和未经破坏的海浪拍打着的海滩。如今，自然景物仍在，但也出现了数千公里的高速公路，数百万的汽车，大片大片的郊区——和烟雾。如今的电影大多都在室内拍摄，能找到黄金的最好的地方是在珠宝商店里。

词汇讲解

1.uninhabited无人居住的
2.rancher牧场主
3.bandit强盗
4.saloon酒吧
5.cemetery墓地