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托福听力短语集锦

http://www.canachieve.com.cn 发布日期:2009-06-05

  托福听力并不象想像的那么难,其中有很多非常实用,非常经典的短语,只要你能熟记一些短语,并且注意其中语调,相信您的托福听力会跃上一个新台阶。

  ■A big sale

  大减价。托福听力围绕学生生活的话题较多,学生总是没钱,所以一听到on sale 或者 for sale,  A big sale , 等等大减价等总是非常有兴趣。

  A: Those are great sneakers, were they very expensive? B: I never could have bought them if the shoe store wasn’t having a big sale.

  ■A far cry from 离……差的老远,有很大的差别

  The published book is a far cry from the early manuscript.

  Anything but  单单除……之外;恰恰不

  对照习语: nothing but,  意为正是,只是,不过。
  She is nothing but poor. 她很穷。
  Susan is anything but poor.  苏珊一点也不穷。
  ■Are you kidding? 你开什么玩笑?

  类似说法:
  you must be kidding, you must be joking?
  Are you joking ?
  you kidding?
  You joking? 等等, 一起记。

  A: how did the game go the other night? Did you team win ?
  B: Are you kidding? That would be a first.

  ■Around the clock 一天不间断,一天24小时不停

  Martha studied around the clock for her management exam.

  ■Be backed up  (交通)堵了;(活)拖下来了

  The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks. I don’t know if we’ll make the 7:15 show.

  A: I have two esams and three papers to get done in the next couple of days.
  B: How did it get so backed up?

  ■Be burned up  生气

  A: Susan still hasn’t gotten her research paper work.
  B: I know, and she is really burned up at the professor.

  ■Burn a hole in one’s pocket  有钱存不住

  A: Have you saved enough to buy that new printer for your computer yet?
  B: You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately. Maybe next month.

  ■Come a long way 取得很大进展

  A: I saw some of your paintings at the student art exhibit. They are great.
  B: Thanks. I feel as though I’ve come a long way.

  ■Count me in  把我算在内,我一块去

  A: I got an invitation to a financial planning seminar. And I don’t want to go alone.
  B: count me in. I need all the help I can get managing my money.

  ■Do some errands  作一些跑腿的事

  A: We thought we’d all go out for lunch today. Can you be ready to leave at one o’clock?
  B:I have to pick up my car and do a couple of  errands , I’ll just come straight to the resturant.

  ■Drive somebody up the wall  让某人发疯

  类似:drive someone crazy ,  drive someone mad, drive someone nuts, drive someone bananas, drive someone out of one’s mind, drive someone out of one’s senses 等。
This computer is driving me up the wall.

  ■Eat up 吃光, 占用

  A: Are you going to join the chess club this year?
  B: Chess eats up too much of my time.

  ■Fall asleep (腿)麻了

  Oh, I must have been sitting in the same position for too long, my legs have fallen asleep.

  ■Few and far between 很少见, 稀少

  A: Steve is a really terrific guy
  B: He sure is. Friends like him are few and far between.

  ■Fill in for 代替

  类似说法,一起掌握。Fill one’s position, fill one’s place, fill one’s vacancy, fill one’s shoes, take the position, take the place of, take over

  A:Roger was ferverish yesterday, I am not sure if he’ll be up to  attending today’s meeting.
  B: Then can someone fill in for him?

  ■Get off the ground 开始;起作用;进行很顺利

  A: how did you talk with Henery go?
  B: it never really got off the ground.

  ■Get to someone 让某人很烦

  That leaky faucet is starting to get to me.
  ■Give me a break 饶了我吧。

  ■Guess what I just heard? 猜猜我刚才听说了什么?
  这个习语总是在有好消息告诉别人时用的。
  Guess what I just heard? David is selling that car of his that you like so much.

  ■Have much on one’s mind 心头有很多事情(尤指操心的事)

  A: Tom’s house is in a mess, doesn’t he ever clean it?
  B: I guess he just has too much else on his mind with that new job of his.

  ■Hold on 等一等;(电话)别挂

  A: If  I don’t find my wallet pretty soon, I’ m going go have it report it stolen.
  B: Hold on, Before you call the campus security office, Have you checked your car or your jacket pocket,everywhere?

  ■I can’t put it down. 我放都放不下来。
  经常用来指一本书非常有意思。
  A: Oh, I see you’re in the middle of that new detective story.  Is it any good?
  B: I can’t put it down.

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