精听建议：

　　先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

　　下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

　　（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

　　Here is your vocabulary word for the morning. Ready? It’s rootkit. “It’s ___(1)___of the computer that's where the term rootkit comes from.” Arish Shwards is an associated director of the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington D.C. If you’re already ___(2)___ the snooze button, stop. Shwards believes that you might ___(3)___ that rootkit-codes creat secret spaces ___(4)___ where all kinds of things might happen. “They can potentially be used to mine for information. They can potentially be used to take over your computer, take all the information on your computer.” Traditionally, rootkits were used by hackers ___(5)___ viruses. That’s why Mark Recniwitch was surprised when he discovered a rootkit like program on his computer not long after popping a CD by the group-The Van Zants- into his hard drive.

　　答案：

　　1.at the root

　　2.stretching for

　　3.care to know

　　4.within your computer

　　5.to hide