Talk of the Town

The latest celebrity news including Britney's circus, U2's new, new album and Paul and Ringo together.

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^^）

Britney Spears is kicking off her first tour in five years promoting her latest hit album Circus before an adoring hometown audience with jugglers, acrobats, rings of flame and lip syncing. The ___(1)___ is in the process of a major comeback after a ___(2)___meltdown that included stints in psychiatric care, an ugly divorce, shaving her head and partying without panties. The Circus-theme tour makes stops in 44 cities.

U2 just released its first album since 2004 this week. But the Irish rock band is already planning a quickie ___(3)___ next year. Lead singer Bono says the new disc will be called Songs of Ascent and will be more mellow than the current album.

Ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are reportedly said to perform together at a charity concert next month. Sir Paul will headline the event that will ___(4)___ at Radio City Music Hall.

Horror flick fans will ___(5)___ own the score to Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Psycho. The 20-page document is being auctioned later this month and includes the shrieking violin notes to the film's famous shower scene.

In Los Angeles, I'm John Russell for Reuters.

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