NPR边听边练03:特别万圣夜

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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^^）

　　The devastation¹ of hurricane Katrina ___(1)___ some gulf² coast residents from marking Halloween last night. New Orleans had always been the perfect backdrop, the home of costumes, graveyards³ and voodoo. NPR's Loop Banberk ___(2)___ this yearThere was no real point this year in ___(3)___ fake spider webs or cupboard cutouts of witches. Because even two months after Katrina, New Orleans is an eerie⁴, eerie place all on its own. Piles of muddy debris⁵ are everywhere. ___(4)___ lie in the streets like above ground tombs and the wind whistles to the broken panes⁶ of glass. And yet every ___(5)___ you head a street like Pipe Drive, which actually seems pretty normal and comes complete with trick-or-treaters.

　　答案：

　　1. did not stop

　　2. reports on the festivities

　　3. putting up

　　4. Rotten refrigerators

　　5. once in a while

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