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(fā)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^^）

Lesson60 A Laconic Answer

In 1 times there was a race of people called the Spartans living in the southern part of Greece． They were noted for their simple habits and their bravery． The name of their land was Laconia， and so they were 2 called Lacons． One of the strange rules which the Spartans had was that they should speak briefly， and never use more words than were needed． So a short answer is often spoken of as being Laconic， that is， as being such an answer as a Lacon would be likely to give．
In the 3 part of Greece there was a land called Macedon， and this land was at a time ruled over by a warlike king named Philip．Philip of Macedon wanted to become the master of all Greece． So he raised a great army， and made war upon the other states， until nearly all of them were forced to call him their king． Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia， and said， “If I go down into your country，I will level your great city to the ground．”
4 ， an answer was brought back to him． When he opened the letter， he found only one word written there． That word was “IF”．It was 5 to say， “We are not afraid of you so long as the little word ‘if’ stands in your way．”

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