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^^）

　　To keep those gadgets going, the military is ___1___ methanol. Just a teacup of methanol can hold ___2___ energy: four or five times more than a battery of the same size and weight. Bolton works Ft. Belvoir near Washington, D.C., at his lab he ___3___ one methanol power pack he's been testing. It's a device size of an office phone-square and green. He___4___ plastic bottle of methanol “we screwed that onto the system. Then it has a simple little on-and-off switch. You hear some noise on ___5___, it's basically a little chemical plant."

　　答案：

　　1.taking a close look at

　　2.a huge amount of

　　3.shows off

　　4. picks up a

　　5.start up