听写完了每天的VOA，是否还想再找点材料来培养一下“听感”？耳朵天天磨，听觉才会越来越灵敏哦~~~
让我们一同走进NPR的广阔世界，丰富盛宴等着你！快来叫醒你的耳朵吧！

一、主餐一道：泛听练习 20HY

 
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All Things Considered, September 5, 2005 · The Mississippi coastal city of Biloxi took a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina and nearly all the businesses, especially the casinos, are shut. Many workers say they aren't sure how long they'll keep getting paychecks. But some people see a silver lining -- they say Biloxi will have a chance to rebuild bigger and better, without the usual disputes over zoning and land use.

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词语提示：
Biloxi：密西西比州城市，属于Hurricane Katrina的重灾区
take the brunt：首当其冲
casino：娱乐场，赌场
tatter：扯碎，变得破烂
repeal：撤销，废除>

泛听建议：
1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。
2、继续听，特别注意材料连读和发音的特点。
3、碰到听起来似曾相识的词汇，马上记录下来。■隐藏■


泛听作业：请用一句话概括上面材料的内容。

二、点心一碟：填空练习（看看你的耳朵有多灵敏？）50HY


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这是从上面材料中截取的一段。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。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（文本为个人听写，欢迎指出错误^^）
By Mississippi law, the casinos had been on water which means they were ___(1)___ boats attached to big hotels. But being on water also may have ___(2)___ especially vulnerable to big storms, as Katrina vividly illustrated."The casinos are devastated. You know, the damages… are just unbelievable devastation."William M. is president of a large commercial construction company that helped build some of the casinos. His office was virtually destroyed by the storms, but by this weekend ____(3)___ were back at work using a generator for power in a building literally without walls. Only now, instead of building casinos, they've got contracts for ____(4)___ some of the ___(5)___ that line Biloxi streets.

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