精聽建議：

先完整地把一條新聞聽一到三遍，爭(zhēng)取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精聽，力爭(zhēng)每句話都聽明白。遇到實(shí)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(jiǎn)單，不過是一些值得注意的連讀或者典型的美式發(fā)音哦，有些語速比較快。試試看，你能不能全部寫對(duì)？

（參考文本，歡迎指出錯(cuò)誤^^）

Lesson35 Peanut Butter

Americans love to eat peanut butter, but what is it? It is a thick,creamy paste. You buy it in a jar at the grocery store. Manufacturers roast peanuts and take off the skin. Then they grind them into a thick paste — that's peanut butter!
The peanut is not really a nut, but a pea. It is a strange pea because it grows 1 . But peanut plants also have green vines with yellow flowers. These vines or stems grow above the ground and are quite long. Peanuts are very 2 for you. They have more protein than a steak and they have many 3 , too.
The peanut 4 South America, but peanut butter is a food that is truly “American.” Peanut butter started in 1890 in St. Louis. A doctor made some peanut butter. He gave it to patients who could not eat regular food. Later, peanut butter was popular as a healthy food.
Peanut butter is very popular with children in the United States. Perhaps their 5 to eat it is in a sandwich. Many children add jelly to their peanut butter sandwiches. This makes a favourite snack or lunchtime meal.

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