练习方法：先不看文本听3遍以上，尽量听清每个发音，然后将故事听写出来，可以发到我们电台社区的贴吧作为作业。接着看文本，改正听写的错误，并弄懂每句话，每个词。然后不看文本同步跟读，直到能流利朗读并完全理解，最后用自己的话将故事复述出来。

29. The Baby Blanket 宝宝的毯子

Betty Scott got big news. Her only son was going to have a baby. "I'm finally going to be a grandma!" she thought. Betty was very excited. She couldn't wait for the baby to arrive.

贝蒂斯科特得到了一个重大消息，她的独子要有小孩了。“我终于要当奶奶了！”她想。贝蒂非常兴奋，她已经等不及了。

"I need to get the baby something special," Betty said. She decided to make a blanket. She would knit it herself. Betty was an elderly woman. Her hands weren't as strong as they used to be. They shook a lot and hurt often. Knitting was much harder than she remembered it. Still, Betty kept working on the blanket. "Anything for the baby," she thought.

贝蒂说，“我得给宝宝送点特别的东西”她决定做一条毯子，她要自己亲手编织。贝蒂已经是一位老人了，她的手不像以前那么结实了，她的手会经常发抖，并且时常疼痛。编毯子比当年难多了。但是贝蒂仍然坚持编毯子。她想，“为了宝宝我任何事都愿意做”

Betty struggled with the blanket for many months. She finished it right before the baby was born. It was the best present the baby ever got.

贝蒂花了好几个月艰难地编毯子，终于在宝宝出生前完成了。那是宝宝得到过的最好的礼物