【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^^）

One night recently, I was driving down _____(1)____ at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we passed each other, I caught the other driver's eye for only a second.I wondered whether he might be thinking, as I was, how dependent we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall asleep, not to___(2)___ by a cell phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life suddenly to an end. And though we had never spoken a word to one another, he relied upon me in just the same way.Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world works. ___(3)___, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply to refrain from doing something like crossing over the double yellow line. And sometimes it requires us to act ...

詞匯:

1.approach

n. 途徑,方法
v. 靠近,接近,動手處理

例句與用法:
All the approaches to the palace were guarded by troops.
通往宮殿的所有道路都有部隊把守。
That's the nearest approach to a smile he ever makes.
那已算是他能做出的最近乎微笑的表示了。

2.rely on

vt. 依靠(信賴)

例句與用法:
You can rely on your solicitor's professionalism in dealing with the house purchase.
你盡可依靠律師處理購房事宜.
I rely on my brother's words absolutely.
我絕對相信我哥哥的話。
Charities rely on voluntary donations/contributions.
慈善事業依靠自愿捐贈.

3.refrain from

vt. 忍住(抑制,制止)

例句與用法:
I'm just trying to refrain from drowsing at work.
我只是試著別在工作時打瞌睡而已。
I wish he would refrain from scattering his ash all over the carpet.
我希望他不要將煙灰往地毯上亂彈。
Let's hope they will refrain from hostile actions.
希望他們不采取敵對行動。