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^^）

Lesson52 Cheerleaders

When you go to a college or high school sports event, you see cheerleaders. Cheerleaders are male and female students 1 the colours of their team. They jump and dance 2 the crowd and shout the name of their team. Their job is to excite the crowd.
The first cheerleader was a man. In 1898, Johnny Campbell jumped in front of the crowd at the University of Minnesota and shouted for his team. He shouted,“Hoo-rah Minn-e-so-tah!”
This was the first organized shout, or “yell.” For the next thirty-two years cheerleaders were men only. Women were not cheerleaders until 3 .
Today cheerleaders work in teams. They practice special shouts,dances,and athletic shows.Often the women work 4 the men.But cheerleaders are most exciting when men and women work together.The men throw the women high in the air and catch them. The team members 5 each other's shoulders to make a human pyramid. They yell and dance too. It is like human fireworks.
Cheerleaders now have their own contests. Every year there are local, state, and national contests for cheerleaders. The teams make new, faster, and more exciting shows to be the best.

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