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。
$ N0 N' v) s7 k& A3 W 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。
" [; X) H& f9 e1 _7 q, B" w7 E A： Those are great sneakers， were they very expensive？" n1 ~+ g6 }( I; J$ N
B： I never could have bought them if the shoe store wasn‘t having a big sale.$ Z; U1 s8 D( W/ z% m6 B, B
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., Z. i+ k0 [8 q$ ~9 o# r
Anything but 单单除……之外；恰恰不对照习语： nothing but， 意为正是，只是，不过。
3 D; Q% N4 o# J( D6 j* k She is nothing but poor. 她很穷。* U3 p' e0 _9 M; a# b4 e# u h# x
Susan is anything but poor. 苏珊一点也不穷。2 }- a' A' ]7 X8 X# N
Are you kidding？ 你开什么玩笑？8 u D9 D. H6 I0 f* O+ L
类似说法： you must be kidding， you must be joking？ Are you joking ？ you kidding？ You joking？ 等等， 一起记。 L. [3 S$ e1 N# g& i$ I' v
A： how did the game go the other night？ Did you team win ？
) d Z. Z+ h8 G8 F8 U7 L+ R0 @ B： Are you kidding？ That would be a first.
# ~0 g" }; h5 l z7 N, I Around the clock 一天不间断，一天24小时不停Martha studied around the clock for her management exam.) w, G. h2 s d, W
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.
4 p4 p5 A+ l& P: ^ 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？6 p/ ?3 O) u2 c( h- p) b/ D
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.1 E* |! y3 ~$ e+ Y
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？
+ G1 a$ G* x" G+ L! F- W) B) C, m' U B： You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately. Maybe next month.; I# g8 }$ x/ l! k+ T6 z
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.
% O. ~6 q: }4 C8 G0 z5 A 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.+ R; X1 K* d, x: ^
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？
* _9 j2 E5 J5 g1 L, e B：I have to pick up my car and do a couple of errands ， I‘ll just come straight to the resturant.! _/ c7 t4 B' t; h% Z( A& v0 h
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。
0 s$ ]- M9 Z9 h$ j' P: b This computer is driving me up the wall.1 C' t: \6 |9 U6 r% @4 d
Eat up 吃光， 占用A： Are you going to join the chess club this year？- Q0 ^ Z0 b# `8 z N# _# ]; D
B： Chess eats up too much of my time.% b6 x; [0 ?; \- f4 b$ x6 y3 m
Fall asleep （腿）麻了Oh， I must have been sitting in the same position for too long， my legs have fallen asleep.
3 p8 F3 O! ?8 \' f6 O5 [ 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.
* C9 \4 n+ e3 I. J 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？
, |5 k& L# l+ X2 ?7 } Get off the ground 开始；起作用；进行很顺利A： how did you talk with Henery go？
' }3 C0 F1 M8 }0 E9 u B： it never really got off the ground." c$ I. ?) |: j1 y: {
Get to someone 让某人很烦That leaky faucet is starting to get to me.4 X6 k$ g' b" ~! {/ y
Give me a break 饶了我吧。- a/ P! U2 s6 s6 h; f
Guess what I just heard？ 猜猜我刚才听说了什么？! d5 I) `+ X* ^8 B/ `* L
这个习语总是在有好消息告诉别人时用的。
5 g5 M, T0 c. |4 Y% Q7 o, _. w Guess what I just heard？ David is selling that car of his that you like so much. |
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