NPR边听边练30:世界上最爱你的人
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：NPR边听边练
英语课
【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。
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^^）
I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes just people that___1___ and love you when no one else will.In May 1977, I ___2___Howard Johnson's motel 1 off of Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I shared a room with two double beds and a bathroom way too small for a modest 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad's second marriage was in trouble and my stepmother ___3___ the house the previous week. Dad had no idea what to do with me. And that's when my other family showed up. Barbara and Roland Beach ___4___ their home because their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I lived with them for the next seven years.Barb 2 starched 3 my drill 4 team skirts same as Su's. She made sure I had lunch money, doctors' appointments, help with homework, Jordache jeans, puka shell 5 necklaces and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I marched, every drama 6 performance I was in even when I had no speaking lines. As far as I could tell, for the Beaches, there was no difference between Su and me: I was their daughter, too.When Su and I ___5___ rival 7 colleges, they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school.
参考答案：
1.show up
2.lived in a
3.had kicked us both out of
4.took me into
5.left for
n.汽车游客旅馆
- Late that night he landed at a motel.那晚他到了一家汽车旅馆。
- The motel manager showed the guests to their room.汽车旅馆经理把旅客领到他们房间。
n.（鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺
- The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
- A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。
adj.浆硬的，硬挺的，拘泥刻板的v.把（衣服、床单等）浆一浆( starch的过去式和过去分词 )
- My clothes are not starched enough. 我的衣服浆得不够硬。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The ruffles on his white shirt were starched and clean. 白衬衫的褶边浆过了，很干净。 来自辞典例句
v.练习；操练；钻孔；n.操练；练习；钻孔(机)
- He used a drill to bore a hole in the door.他用钻在门上钻孔。
- You should drill some manners into the boy.你应该教这孩子懂点礼貌。
n.贝壳，壳，外形；v.去壳，脱落；n.[计算机] DOS命令:安装备用的COMMAND.COM文件，并改变环境尺寸
- Please shell some peanuts for the cake.请为做点心剥点胡花生。
- This kind of beetles have hard shell.这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。
n.戏剧；戏剧艺术
- He acted his part very well in the French drama.他在这出法国戏剧中演得很成功。
- The college published a drama review.学院出版了一份戏剧评论刊物。