很多同学抱怨托福听力难,部分原因是不熟悉托福听力材料,不知道一些常考短语,那么自然就不能理解托福听力的内容。下面,小编为大家收集了一些托福听力常考短语,希望对大家的托福听力备考有帮助。
A big sale
大减价。托福听力考试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.
以上就是托福听力常考短语集锦的具体内容,希望考生能够认真备考,更多资讯尽在百利天下出国考试。
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