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^^）

Lesson53 New York

Everyone has an image of New York — the Statue of Liberty, the skyscrapers,the beautiful shops on Fifth Avenue,or the Broadway theatres. This is America's cultural capital, and her biggest city, with a population of nearly 1 . In the summer it is hot, hot, and hot and in the winter it can be very cold.

There are five "boroughs" in New York: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Richmond. Only one of them, the Bronx, is not on 2 .

Manhattan, the smallest island in New York, is the real centre of the city. When people say "New York City" they usually mean Manhattan. Most of the interesting shops, 3 are here, and Manhattan is the scene of New York's busy night life.

In 1605 the first Europeans came to Manhattan from Holland.

They bought the island from the American Indians for a few glass necklaces, worth about $26 today.

Wall Street in Manhattan is the 4 heart of the USA and the most important banking centre in the world.
Like every big city, New York has its own traffic system.

Traffic jams can be terrible, and it's usually quickest to go by subway. The New York subway is easy to use and quite cheap.

Take a look at the map. The subway goes to almost every corner of Manhattan. But be careful. It's better not to go 5 late at night.

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中文翻译

纽约

每个人的脑子里都有一个纽约的形象——自由女神、摩天大楼、第五大道上的漂亮小店，或是百老汇的剧院。纽约是美国的文化中心、最大的城市，人口超过八百万。这里夏季酷热，冬季却又非常寒冷。

纽约有布鲁克林、布朗克斯、曼哈顿、皇后和里士满五个区，其中只有布朗克斯区不在岛上。

纽约最小的岛——曼哈顿，是纽约市真正的中心。人们说“纽约市”时，通常是指曼哈顿，好多吸引人的店铺、建筑和博物馆坐落于此，而纽约热闹的夜生活也在此上演。
一六零五年，第一批欧洲人从荷兰出发来到曼哈顿，他们用今日市值二十六美元的几串玻璃项链从美洲印第安人手中买下了这个岛屿。

位于曼哈顿的华尔街是美国的金融中心，也是世界最重要的银行业中心。

一如其他的大城市，纽约有着自己的交通系统。这里会有严重的交通拥堵，通常最快捷的出行方式是乘坐地铁。纽约的地铁很便利也很便宜，看看地图就知道，乘坐地铁可至曼哈顿的每一个角落。但是注意，深夜最好不要乘坐地铁。

词汇讲解

1. skyscraper 摩天大楼

A skyscraper built on a base of solid rock.
建筑在坚实岩石基础上的摩天高楼。

The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.
摩天大楼笼罩在云雾之中。

2. borough 自治的市镇,区

A borough of north-central England northeast of Manchester. Incorporated in1626, it is a major commercial, transportation, communications, and industrial center. Population, 718,100.
利兹英国英格兰中北部城市，在曼彻斯特的东北部。1626年被合并，它是一个主要商业、运输、通讯及工业中心。人口718，100。

He lives in the Borough of Brooklyn.
他住在布鲁克林区。

3.jam 拥塞之物,堵塞

How am I going to get out of this jam?
我怎样才能摆脱困境呢？

Traffic jams in the town happen everyday.
城里的交通天天堵塞。