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^^）

Lesson65 Money Talks

Ben Fix used to be a real estate agent． He got rich by selling worthless farmland to people from the city who didn't know what they were buying． He was very good at 1 the public． Mr． Fix used the money he got from selling farmland to buy an old apartment building in the city． Most of the people who lived in the building had low 2 and were used to paying low rents． Mr． Fix wanted to make a few minor improvements and then charge high rents， but first he had to 3 the old tenants． He chose to do this by making life miserable for everyone in the building． He drew up a long list of unnecessary rules and insisted that everyone obey them． Anyone who broke the rules had to move out of the building．
Mr． Fix was capable of doing anything to get money． At times he even 4 the electricity and said he was saving energy．
The tenants complained but it was no use． Mr． Fix always told the tenants to leave if they weren't happy． After a while they got tired of living under these conditions and started moving out． Mr． Fix almost succeeded in driving everyone out of the building， but he didn't count on the opposition he got from one of his tenants， an old lady named Olive Grove． She wouldn't 5 without a fight and even went to tell the story to the newspaper．

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