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^^）

Lesson20 Time Off
Working hours are shorter, holidays are longer, and people have 1 now than ever before. What do they do with it?
In both Britain and America, people watch TV for many hours every week. In America there is 2 . Many cities have twenty or more channels, sometimes going for twenty-four hours a day. In Britain there are four channels, but many people now have satellite or digital TV, offering hundreds more. Many well-off Americans have a 'camper' or 'trailer' which they can use for weekends away. Some have holiday houses in the country, and spend as much time as possible on 3 like fishing and water-skiing.
Fewer British people have caravans or second homes, but many have gardens, where they spend a lot of their free time. Home owners often 4 round the house. They paint, put wallpaper, build cupboards and even make furniture. There are a lot of DIY (Do It Yourself) shops all over the country selling everything they need.
For some, time off means music and dancing. In London and New York, one or two new discos open every week. Some close again 5 , but some, like Tramp in London, go on, and on, and on ...

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