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^^）

Lesson61 Life in the Army

Sam and Jack often talk about their days in the 1 ． It was a hard life． The men had to get up early in the morning and do a lot of physical labour． They had to learn how to use a gun， and they had to march 2 ten miles a day． There wasn't much entertainment； they had to do without television or radio． The only form of recreation they had was sports．
They only made about $40 a month， so they didn't have to worry about where to spend their money． 3 ， they didn't have to pay any bills since the army paid their expenses． And they didn't have to do their own cooking； the army 4 that， too． In fact， the army took care of everything． The men never had to plan what they were going to do each day since the army did it for them．
They had very little freedom in the beginning， but after the first six weeks the situation started to improve． The men didn't have to stay at the base all the time． They could go out on the weekends and see their girlfriends — something Sam and Jack did 5 ． Jack didn't like being in the army since he didn't like taking orders． But Sam never complained． He thought being in the army was a good experience， and that every man should serve his country．

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