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^^）

Lesson60 A Laconic Answer

In 1 times there was a race of people called the Spartans living in the southern part of Greece． They were noted for their simple habits and their bravery． The name of their land was Laconia， and so they were 2 called Lacons． One of the strange rules which the Spartans had was that they should speak briefly， and never use more words than were needed． So a short answer is often spoken of as being Laconic， that is， as being such an answer as a Lacon would be likely to give．
In the 3 part of Greece there was a land called Macedon， and this land was at a time ruled over by a warlike king named Philip．Philip of Macedon wanted to become the master of all Greece． So he raised a great army， and made war upon the other states， until nearly all of them were forced to call him their king． Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia， and said， “If I go down into your country，I will level your great city to the ground．”
4 ， an answer was brought back to him． When he opened the letter， he found only one word written there． That word was “IF”．It was 5 to say， “We are not afraid of you so long as the little word ‘if’ stands in your way．”

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