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，欢迎指正^^）

Lesson52 A Lesson of Life

Mrs. Hammond was old and blind, but she was very 1 and tried to do things by herself. She would go for long walks alone once a day and was able to find her way back by using her guiding stick. She had never lost her way until this day.

This day when she was out for a walk, she found the trees 2 missing because some villagers had cut them down. So she couldn't find her way back. Before she knew what to do, she heard the sound of water near her feet. "Water?" she said aloud to herself. "I must be on a bridge. I"ve been told that there's a river 3 , but I'm not familiar with its exact position. How can I get back from here?"

At once she heard a man's friendly voice near her. It said "excuse me, can I help you?

"How kind of you! Mrs. Hammond answered. "Yes, please. I'm afraid I've 4 . Can you please help me get home?
"Certainly," the man answered. And they began walking. The man took Mrs. Hammond to her house, and she invited him in and told the man how grateful she was that she had met him.

"Don't thank me," he answered. "I want to thank you."

"Thank me?" Mrs. Hammond said. "What for?"

"Well," the man answered, "I was trying to throw myself into
the river and 5 . But I'm not going to do it now."

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