【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^^）

One night recently, I was driving down _____(1)____ at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we passed each other, I caught the other driver's eye for only a second.I wondered whether he might be thinking, as I was, how dependent we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall asleep, not to___(2)___ by a cell phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life suddenly to an end. And though we had never spoken a word to one another, he relied upon me in just the same way.Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world works. ___(3)___, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply to refrain from doing something like crossing over the double yellow line. And sometimes it requires us to act ...

词汇:

1.approach

n. 途径,方法
v. 靠近,接近,动手处理

例句与用法:
All the approaches to the palace were guarded by troops.
通往宫殿的所有道路都有部队把守。
That's the nearest approach to a smile he ever makes.
那已算是他能做出的最近乎微笑的表示了。

2.rely on

vt. 依靠(信赖)

例句与用法:
You can rely on your solicitor's professionalism in dealing with the house purchase.
你尽可依靠律师处理购房事宜.
I rely on my brother's words absolutely.
我绝对相信我哥哥的话。
Charities rely on voluntary donations/contributions.
慈善事业依靠自愿捐赠.

3.refrain from

vt. 忍住(抑制,制止)

例句与用法:
I'm just trying to refrain from drowsing at work.
我只是试着别在工作时打瞌睡而已。
I wish he would refrain from scattering his ash all over the carpet.
我希望他不要将烟灰往地毯上乱弹。
Let's hope they will refrain from hostile actions.
希望他们不采取敌对行动。