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^^）

Lesson60 The Dishonest Desk Clerk

About a year ago, I registered at a Detroit hotel. I had just cashed a check. I didn't want to carry too much money with me, so I asked the desk clerk to put 1 in the safe for me.

The next morning the clerk denied any 2 of my money. I had neither areceipt nor any other proof that I had given the man my money. It was his word against mine. There was nothing I could do but go to 3 .

The lawyer advised me to return to the hotel with him and give another hundred-dollar bill to the clerk. This we did. An hour later I went back to the desk and claimed my money. Since I had the lawyer as aneyewitness to the second hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not look innocent and say he knew nothing about it.

Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer"s plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the hotel. I asked for the hundred-dollar bill, and then the clerk insisted he had already given it to me, I 4 it. The lawyer said, "I saw this man give you a hundred dollars. If you don't 5 immediately, I'll be forced to call the police." The clerk realized he had beentricked, but he knew he had to face the music. He gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.

"I don't know how to thank you for getting my money back," I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered?

The lawyer said, "Oh, don"t thank me. That will be a hundred dollars please."



　
　　

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