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^^）

Lesson57 Family Life

British and American families are small. In fact, the populations of both Britain and the USA have 1 .

The typical family has a father, mother and two children.

Grandparents come to visit, but do not usually live with their children.

Most people get married between the ages of 2 , but many marriages end in divorce. This means that in both countries there are a large number of "single parent families", one father or mother looking after their children
alone.

The typical British family has a car, a colour TV set, a 3 , and a cat or dog as well. They start the day at about 7 o'clock, have breakfast at 8, and are off to work by 8:30. Most women now go out to work as well as men. The children have lunch at school at about 12:30, and come home at 4 in the afternoon. Their parents are usually home by 6 o"clock, and the family eats together. After the dinner the father may 4 for a drink, or stay at home and watch TV with the others. Children go to bed early, at about 8 o'clock, two or three hours before their parents.

The typical American family has more money than a British family. Many have two or three cars, large modern kitchens and more electrical goods. They eat more meat and spend more on clothes, but their daily program is nearly the same. Like British children, American children eat lunch 5 , come home mid-afternoon, and go to bed earlier than their parents.

　
　　

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