托福考试：托福听力中的口语2

11. A: How did you ever move that desk upstairs to your room?

B: It was very heavy, but I got my roommates to help me with it

A:你究竟时怎么把那个桌子搬进你的房子的？

B：那个桌子很重，但是我叫我的舍友帮我搬。

How did you ever do something?

通常用来问别人时究竟怎么把一件比较难办的事情办成的。"ever"在这里不是"曾经"的意思，只是用来加强语气。

Get my roommate to help me with it.这里有两个结构：

Get somebody to do something:叫某人做某事(托福常考结构)

Help somebody with something：帮助某人做某事

学习英文要时刻注意总结固定的搭配和结构，这样才能写出和讲出地道的英语。虽然简单，但是不小心还是会用错。

另外一个『托福原句』You certainly had a lot of boxes. How did you ever find room for everything? -你的盒子真多。你究竟时怎么找地方放这些东西的。

12. He goes skiing every chance he gets.他一有机会就去滑雪。

举一反三：I practice my spoken English every chance I get.我一有机会就练习我的英语口语。

13. He's always been enthusiastic about sports. -他一直对运动很热衷。

Be enthusiastic about sth:对某事很热衷，热爱

比较口语化的表达方式还有：be crazy/nuts about something/somebody

He's crazy/nuts about basketball.他热爱篮球。

14. Shouldn't she concentrate on doing her school work instead?

Concentrate on doing something.集中精力做某事。

15. At least it is a diversion from my normal course work. I'm getting tired of math. "至少这可以让我暂时撇下我的正常的课程工作。我已经对数学感到厌倦了。"

Diversion这里时指分散精力的东西。Get tired of something又为"get sick and tired of something"是指对某事感到开始感到厌倦。

16. It would be better to talk about it face to face.

It would be better to do something这个句型是虚拟语气(would)，常用来提建议。"这样做会更好"

Face to face :面对面

In person:亲自It would be better to tell him in person.亲自告诉他比较好。

17. Would you mind if I sat here? -Of course not.

Would you mind if I did something? If从句中用过去时表示客气。

也可以不用过去时。回答Would you mind?一定要小心，如果你介意就答"yes"，不介意就答"No" "Of course not."

18. So you're going to give us a ride to the game tonight?你今天晚上会车我们去看比赛？

Give sb a ride-用车载某人一程。

19. You haven't written your folks for a quite a while, have you?

Folks在口语中的意思是"父母"

20. Marilyn seemed happy with her grades. - Happy? She could hardly contain herself.

Grades是指成绩。在国外打分通常给A,B,C,D.

I made good grades in high school. -我读高中时成绩好。

Contain oneself -控制自己的情绪，感情

eg. I was so angry that I couldn't contain myself.我气得不能控制自己的情绪

21. Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly.

Subscribe to订阅 I've subscribed to China Daily.我订了中国日报。

Quarter有好多意思。可以是"季度"，或是"一刻钟"，或是25美分，或是"四分之一"。

Quarterly -季报Daily -日报

Weekly -周报Bi-Weekly-双周报Monthly -月报

22. Allen has done some beautiful drawings of his dream house.

Dream house梦想中的房子。Dream job-心目中理想的工作

Dream car-做梦都想要的车

Dream girl (the girl of my dreams) -梦中情人，心中理想的女孩