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，歡迎指正^^）

Lesson52 A Lesson of Life

Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was very 1 and tried to do things by herself. She would go for long walks alone once a day and was able to find her way back by using her guiding stick. She had never lost her way until this day.

This day when she was out for a walk, she found the trees 2 missing because some villagers had cut them down. So she couldn't find her way back. Before she knew what to do, she heard the sound of water near her feet. "Water?" she said aloud to herself. "I must be on a bridge. I"ve been told that there's a river 3 , but I'm not familiar with its exact position. How can I get back from here?"

At once she heard a man's friendly voice near her. It said "excuse me, can I help you?

"How kind of you! Mrs. Hammond answered. "Yes, please. I'm afraid I've 4 . Can you please help me get home?
"Certainly," the man answered. And they began walking. The man took Mrs. Hammond to her house, and she invited him in and told the man how grateful she was that she had met him.

"Don't thank me," he answered. "I want to thank you."

"Thank me?" Mrs. Hammond said. "What for?"

"Well," the man answered, "I was trying to throw myself into
the river and 5 . But I'm not going to do it now."

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