【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。

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^^）

Well, the critics seemed take too kindly to the return of Basic Instinct. Entertainment Weekly is the nicest, saying, "It isn't bad, exactly, ___(1)___ the entertaining vulgarity of the first film." However, the majority agree with the Arizona Republic which grips "Trust your bacis instinct and avoid the worst sequel since "Staying Alive". And Rolling Stone warrants: "The last to be had in this ___(2)___ sequel are all unintentional."

And ___(3)___ the best reviewd film of the week, and it's about mutated killer slugs. No, really. James Gunn, who adapted the critically acclaimed ___(4)___ hit "Dawn on the Dead" has written and directed "Slither". "What's that smell? Something dead…" A small town finds that a media strike brings certain nasty creatures to roost, and turns this sleepy burg into a hellish nightmare.