【NPR邊聽邊練】致力于提供新鮮有趣、饒有意味的時訊資料，致力于通過精聽的方式促進聽力提高，致力于不斷開闊眼界和深入了解美國觀點。

精聽建議：
先完整地把一條新聞聽一到三遍，爭取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精聽，力爭每句話都聽明白。遇到實在不懂的地方，再聽寫。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的詞都很簡單，不過是一些值得注意的連讀或者典型的美式發音哦，有些語速比較快。試試看，你能不能全部寫對？

（參考文本，歡迎指出錯誤^^）
It is autumn and in much of the country leaves are changing color and falling. But if you think that’s a peaceful event, you are not thinking like a tree. In recent years the research ___(1)___ the colorful autumn leaves that ___(2)___ some trees make life for other trees miserable. That’s because these leaves are ___(3)___ chemicals that can be deadly to other plants. To find out more, NPR’s John Neilson ___(4)___ botanist on Virginia’s Skyline Drive for ___(5)___ the woods.