NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練21:小問(wèn)題大改觀--老年病學(xué)

【NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練】致力于提供新鮮有趣、饒有意味的時(shí)訊資料，致力于通過(guò)精聽(tīng)的方式促進(jìn)聽(tīng)力提高，致力于不斷開(kāi)闊眼界和深入了解美國(guó)觀點(diǎn)。

精聽(tīng)建議：

先完整地把一條新聞聽(tīng)一到三遍，爭(zhēng)取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精聽(tīng)，力爭(zhēng)每句話都聽(tīng)明白。遇到實(shí)在不懂的地方，再聽(tīng)寫(xiě)。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的詞都很簡(jiǎn)單，不過(guò)是一些值得注意的連讀或者典型的美式發(fā)音哦，有些語(yǔ)速比較快。試試看，你能不能全部寫(xiě)對(duì)?

(參考文本，歡迎指出錯(cuò)誤^^)

David Reuben is chief of geriatrics at UCLA. He is president of the American Geriatrics Society.

Clearly he is___1___, but that does not make his job any easier. In fact doing a good job as Reuben sees it reflects a lot more ___2___than it might at first seem.

Stella is a petite woman with a sweet face. And Reuben, with a sparkle in his eye and a snap to his step is a picture of mirth.

I was thinking about this while I talking about it to my wife. When I going to an examining room, It’s ___3___going on stage. It’s a performance not that is insincere. But it needs to be optimistic, you have to ___4___with your attention and be ___5___anything was going on with them.

答案：

1.an expert in this area;

2.thought and purposes;

3.in many respects;

4.engage them completely;

5.observant of