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^^）

Lesson61 Life in the Army

Sam and Jack often talk about their days in the 1 ． It was a hard life． The men had to get up early in the morning and do a lot of physical labour． They had to learn how to use a gun， and they had to march 2 ten miles a day． There wasn't much entertainment； they had to do without television or radio． The only form of recreation they had was sports．
They only made about $40 a month， so they didn't have to worry about where to spend their money． 3 ， they didn't have to pay any bills since the army paid their expenses． And they didn't have to do their own cooking； the army 4 that， too． In fact， the army took care of everything． The men never had to plan what they were going to do each day since the army did it for them．
They had very little freedom in the beginning， but after the first six weeks the situation started to improve． The men didn't have to stay at the base all the time． They could go out on the weekends and see their girlfriends — something Sam and Jack did 5 ． Jack didn't like being in the army since he didn't like taking orders． But Sam never complained． He thought being in the army was a good experience， and that every man should serve his country．

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