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^^）

Lesson46 A Family Sees America Together

The Graham family did something very 1 last year. Mr. and Mrs. Graham did not go to work, and their children did not go to school.

Instead, the family travelled together in a van and drove across America for a whole year.First, they sold their family businesses in real estate and a small newspaper. Then they sold their large house. 2 , the children said good-bye to classmates. And their dream trip started on July 4th,Independence Day.They visited big cities and small towns in all 50 states.

They also visited the 3 of all the United States' Presidents.They visited many interesting places, parks, and zoos, and also interviewed people on their way. Many people were very 4 . Some invited the family to stay in their home with them. Almost all the people they met signed their “guest book.”

Each day, the mother and the daughter wrote stories of their trips for newspapers or their internet homepage. Schoolchildren from all over the United States followed the Graham family's trip by using computers at home and in school. Some children wrote letters to the Graham family.After the trip the family wrote a book about their travels to describe everything they 5 their country and its people.

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