NPR邊聽邊練11:咖啡? 毒品?

【NPR邊聽邊練】致力于提供新鮮有趣、饒有意味的時訊資料，致力于通過精聽的方式促進聽力提高，致力于不斷開闊眼界和深入了解美國觀點。

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(fā)音哦，有些語速比較快。試試看，你能不能全部寫對?

(參考文本，歡迎指出錯誤^^)

People who love coffee say it’s more than just a drink. The morning coffee is---1----, part pick-me-up. At Washington coffee shop, Rich Warwinsky enjoys his. “It’s a habit. It’s a little bit of Jones. Sort of---2----. And if I manage it well, I drink 2 and 3 times a day, half and half, I am not too crazed. Not too crazed when he manages it well, with that description sounds like he could be talking about a drug. But caffeine, a drug? Absolutely, says researcher Laura Juliano. She’s ----3----at a coffee shop near her lab. “Caffeine is a drug that can affect our central nerve system and----4---- some pretty important parts of our lives. Juliano runs a caffeine research lab at American University. She says after years of relation ships with caffeine, she‘s still trying to figure out exactly how much she can-----5-----

答案：

1.part ritual

2.gives me a lift

3.taking a break

4.have effects on

5.personally tolerate