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^^)
People who love coffee say it’s more than just a drink. The morning coffee is---1----, part pick-me-up. At Washington coffee shop, Rich Warwinsky enjoys his. “It’s a habit. It’s a little bit of Jones. Sort of---2----. And if I manage it well, I drink 2 and 3 times a day, half and half, I am not too crazed. Not too crazed when he manages it well, with that description sounds like he could be talking about a drug. But caffeine, a drug? Absolutely, says researcher Laura Juliano. She’s ----3----at a coffee shop near her lab. “Caffeine is a drug that can affect our central nerve system and----4---- some pretty important parts of our lives. Juliano runs a caffeine research lab at American University. She says after years of relation ships with caffeine, she‘s still trying to figure out exactly how much she can-----5-----
答案：
1.part ritual
2.gives me a lift
3.taking a break
4.have effects on
5.personally tolerate
