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。在新东方读过班的人都知道小钱老师，他将听力讲的非常有趣。在笑声中，便记住几个短语。好了，长话短说，我们将列出托福听力的一些短语，与大家共享。另外大家可以购买新东方的《TOEFL听力习语必备》，许杨编著。
7 U. ^1 H3 }0 [3 O* S6 G, l 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。/ `* I+ i/ ~6 Z2 ?1 S7 r) ]
A： Those are great sneakers， were they very expensive？
. c& A$ n% E' d* U B： I never could have bought them if the shoe store wasn‘t having a big sale.2 Y% [) l! z3 [6 ?! t5 u# t
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.) H( K: s" c9 p) X3 B5 T
Anything but 单单除……之外；恰恰不对照习语： nothing but， 意为正是，只是，不过。% }& U; Q3 ^" |" C1 G5 U1 p. l9 Z4 m" e
She is nothing but poor. 她很穷。: T+ m: U/ k9 t: @% r2 G6 S
Susan is anything but poor. 苏珊一点也不穷。/ M, S, A" L! H! i
Are you kidding？ 你开什么玩笑？6 c+ ]$ s* k S! S# @' Q' p
类似说法： you must be kidding， you must be joking？ Are you joking ？ you kidding？ You joking？ 等等， 一起记。
/ I6 V" ]0 J) n7 X/ N A： how did the game go the other night？ Did you team win ？
3 w6 h, v9 _! m+ h4 |+ k. |& E B： Are you kidding？ That would be a first.
; g# k& @6 l" U, U- S! [ Around the clock 一天不间断，一天24小时不停Martha studied around the clock for her management exam.
! F0 a A6 h' g2 t6 ^ 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.
1 r4 v- i% W" @/ C 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？4 e3 O# X B. r( h8 |. N9 o/ g
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.. Z/ F& Z! B- K# \
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？
2 \) ]0 o+ i+ m0 q* U9 `+ @ B： You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately. Maybe next month.% S8 }, h* n; g ~5 J: v" o
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./ f k+ S4 K) G& v" g
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.# O8 i/ y5 M1 S0 \. f' w% J# V/ |
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？& `6 y- W7 y9 c7 P# Y/ f9 e
B：I have to pick up my car and do a couple of errands ， I‘ll just come straight to the resturant.
7 @; @. N/ f" h) {; b 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。
6 T: T1 V A4 q/ R+ b This computer is driving me up the wall.1 x- r" H: i4 F; v& m! Y9 k
Eat up 吃光， 占用A： Are you going to join the chess club this year？
+ q7 B. \, S n, Z. ? B： Chess eats up too much of my time.
: z. s, [) s2 ?# u6 _0 {* \, t Fall asleep （腿）麻了Oh， I must have been sitting in the same position for too long， my legs have fallen asleep.
6 t8 {& k w3 k2 \- Z4 x1 k 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.
" x& Y! I7 L9 X# t+ \& u 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？
% @* ], \; t; F7 V& ] Get off the ground 开始；起作用；进行很顺利A： how did you talk with Henery go？; R. n- t5 j& h' {- i/ e( Q
B： it never really got off the ground.7 R% x/ j/ Q3 m- E) m6 w
Get to someone 让某人很烦That leaky faucet is starting to get to me.
6 a. f- g; D0 a8 `4 j Give me a break 饶了我吧。
( `5 a$ v: X+ m0 {& e% N% G Guess what I just heard？ 猜猜我刚才听说了什么？
4 ^9 W$ R8 D3 K2 G& Y, y6 e 这个习语总是在有好消息告诉别人时用的。
1 E3 g3 y% V; V, F2 j, N Guess what I just heard？ David is selling that car of his that you like so much. |
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