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^^）

　　___1___ this feeling: You notice some everyday phenomenon -- something that always happens -- and search for the word that defines it. Only to realize -- no such word exists. While word maven Barbara Wallraff rustles up what she calls these "word fugitives" in her column in the The Atlantic Monthly. Her readers supply their ideas for word fugitives and the words thought.

　　For example, "My husband and I are in search of a word for the fear of throwing a party and having no one ___2___." "Oh, fatalism. Here's another. When I stand __3___, I always think the line next to me is moving faster. What's the word that describes my think?" "How about misalignment? What's the word that describes the process of going through the dirty clothes ___4___ to find something clean enough to wear?" "Dry leaning. What about a word for people who send e-mails, and then follow up saying: 'Did you get my e-mail message?'" That would be redundances. All ___5___ examples are in Barbara Wallraff's book Word Fugitives: In Pursuit of Wanted Words.

　　参考答案：

　　1. Haven't you known

　　2. show up

　　3. in line（排队）

　　4. hamper（有盖的大篮子）

　　5. those