托福听力考试例句

会计考友

1.Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes,if you want one,you'd better buy one now before they're all gone.
+ q& Y, {' e( i2 ~# P% W+ Zsell like hot cakes =sell very well or very quickly
: X" n* J/ M( |1 o% D2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach.
get butterflies in one's stomach =get nervous
3.He would do anything for his daughter.She was the apple of his eye.
3 @6 |. L9 t. ~8 z7 T0 a) Xbe the apple of one's eye =be very precious to sb.
3 `1 i# k' Q3 q: ~* f' W# t& b+ Q4.Lend me ,please,Tom,I'm broke at the moment.
: R: Z& {/ U$ [6 Vbe broke =doesn't have any money
9 s. D$ C" \% A0 ^* v9 P5.The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light.
jump the green light =doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green
6.You didn't think I was serious,did you,Joe!It was a joke!I was pulling your leg,that's all.
pull one's leg =tease someone,逗某人玩
7.Because the owner wanted a quick sale,the painting went for a song-only .
- C6 t' O7 p. h+ rIf something "goes for a song",it is sold very cheaply
. a: `3 w& Q) t' X' ~1 X# b4 e, l8.There was a shortage of food;so you had to pay through the nose for what you could find.
2 A/ f; j3 Z' y- v, `8 PTo "pay through the nose"for something is to pay far more for something than it is really worth
% p: i; q2 {) ?5 Y+ A6 ?# U9.If he finds out what you did with the company's money,he'll hit the roof.
5 E; E# K1 f" w: u9 S7 m) ~hit the roof=get very angry
10.The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down.
6 g$ q/ V, [: R$ P1 i7 L4 Vbucket down =rain very heavily
11.They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child.
chip in=contribute money捐献
( a7 H# }& ^- b12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg.It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
Off the peg clothes =成衣
0 u2 y3 j. a2 Q13.Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened!
beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean
14.I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache.
2 ?6 ^) q- v" n# s! g: u* n& b- u# tSplitting headache=painful headache