令人惊奇的是,很多考生在考完新托福后突然发现,自己的听力真的提高了很多,并且在考试中学到了很多美国习语。本文特地把托福考试中常出现的重要习语总结出来,供准备参加新托福考试的托友们使用。为体现原汁原味,本文未对这些词组进行翻译,不过在每个词组后面都有相应的英文解释。 只要考生们坚持用心去练,肯定会对听力的提高有所帮助,而且在考试的时候会发现这样的效果真的很好。当然这种感觉是建立在你大量练习和能力提高的基础上的。 1、above all - most importantly 2、account for - explain 3、as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth 4、as a rule - generally ;normally 5、about to - be ready to;be on the point of doing something 6、an old hand - be an experienced persom 7、any day now -soon 8、approach sb -talk to sb 9、be fed up with - be out of patience with 10、be on one's own - live independently 11、be on the safe side - take no chances 12、be out of something - have no longer in supply 13、be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with 14、be up to ones'ears - be extremely busy 15、be up to someone -be a person's responsibility 16、be out for -trying to get 17、be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible 18、bite off more than one can chew - take on more than onecanhandle 19、break down - cease to n 20、break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people onedoesn'tknow 21、break the news - inform or give bad news 22、brush up on - imporve noe's knowledge of somethingthroughstudy 23、bump into - meet unexpectedly 24、by and large - in general 25、by heart - by memory 26、by all means - absolutely ,definitely 27、by no means - in no way 28、call off -cancel 29、cheer up - be happy 30、come down with - become sick with 31、come into -receive,especially after another's death 32、come up with - think of 33、count on - depend upon 34、count out - eliminate 35、die down - become quiet ,become less 36、do without - manage without something 37、drop by - visit informally; pay a short visit 38、every other - alternate 39、fall behind - lag; fail to accomplish something on time 40、fall through - fail to happen or be completed 41、far cry form - completely different from;a long way 42、feel like - have a desire or wish for 43、feel up to - feel well enough to or be capabele of 44、few and far between - not happening often; rate 45、figure out - determine; reason out by thinking 46、fill in for -take another's place 47、fill sb.in - tell what sb. should know 48、fish out of water - out of one's element ornaturalenvironment 49、flying colors -success,victory 50、for good - permanently; forever 51、for the time being - for now; temporarily 52、get away with - escape without punishment 53、get rid of - give something away; sell, destroy, or throwawaysomething 54、get the ball rolling - start something; make a beginning 55、get the hang of - understand; learn 56、give a hand - help 57、go without saying - understood; clear without needing tobestated 58、go off -begin to ring 59、hang on - keep hold of; persevere;keep doing something 60、hard to come by - difficult to obtain
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