发布时间: 2016年12月05日
托福听力中的对话是有一定的背景的,在不同的地方托福听力材料的内容也大不相同,在这种情况下可能一些托福听力词汇出现的频率就高一些,下面介绍的就是关于同学间聊天讨论中的话题材料,希望大家能记一记。
托福听力材料场景特点:同学聊天经常提到的问题
托福听力常见套路:
学业、感情、求助、吵架等话题
托福听力词汇:
be down and out:疲惫不堪,一蹶不振
EX: After about ten years of no business at all, they are practically down and out.
EX: I don't think you realize that I am down and out.
double date:两对伴侣的约会
EX: Sometimes it's more fun to go on a double date.
go off the deep end:鲁莽行事,感情用事
EX: He surely went off the deep end when he bought that restaurant.
go the whole hog:全力以赴
EX: When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog.
jump out of the frying pan into fire:每况愈下(from bad to worse)
EX: You're jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. By trying to straighten out with Mr.Bagnell, you're getting your self in trouble with Mrs. Bagnell.
jump down one's throat:横加指责
EX: I don't mind being corrected when I am wrong, but you don't need to jump down my throat.
lick into shape:塑造,训练整顿
EX: Two years in the army will lick him into shape.
EX: The inspection was announced at two o'clock, and they had the place licked into shape.
look down one's nose at:嗤之以鼻,瞧不起
EX:The man is a snob. He looks down his nose at most people
EX:He looks down his nose at the offer. (meaning he doesn't care about the offer.)
make heavy weather:发觉某事有困难
EX:Though the investment is at present making heavy weather, the future is regarded withconfidence.
make head or tail of: 弄清楚,懂得
EX:Can you understand this letter? I've read it through twice and I juse can't make head of tail of it.
Stand to reason 清楚而且合乎逻辑
Ex:It stands to reason that too many shopping choices can be as bad as too few.
Ex:If you drink too much coffee a day, it stands to reason that your health will suffer.
kick around 私下讨论一下
Ex: We haven't decided where to go on vacation. I think we'd better kick it around for a while.
put two and two together 找出解决之道
Ex: At first, he couldn't understand the directions for assembling the bookcase, but later on he was able to put two ond two together.
上面介绍了关于同学间聊天讨论的托福听力材料和托福听力词汇,各位以后面对这种场景对话的时候就能重点关注这些词汇了,有一个准备才能让大家的托福听力考试成绩有所提高。
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