1、托福听力短语1 托福听力中有很多非常实用，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，相信你的托福听力会跃上一个新台阶。另外大家可以购买新东方的《TOEFL听力习语必备》许杨编著。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。A: Those are great sneakers, were they very expensive?B: I never could have bought them if the shoe
2、 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 kiddi
3、ng, 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
4、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 exams 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 pap
5、er 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.Come a long way 取得很大进展A: I saw some
6、of your paintings at the student art exhibit. They are great.B: Thanks. I feel as though I’ve come a long way.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.Do som
7、e 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?B:I have to pick up my car and do a couple of errands , I’ll just come straight to the restaurant.Drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯类似：drive someone crazy , drive so
