[b]托福听力口语篇(2) [b][b]1. My best friend helped me choose a dissertation topic. - 我的最好的朋友帮我 [b]选了论文题目。 [b][b]托福常会考一些关于学习生活的句子。写论文通常是自己选论文题目，导师同意了才可以 [b]写。 [b]Dissertation: a long piece of writing about a subject, especially one that [b]you write as part of a university degree- (博士学位)论文;(专题)论文 [b][b]还有一个意思差不多的词thesis， 托福也考过这个词。 [b][b]Thesis: a long piece of writing about a particular subject that you do as [b]part of an advanced university degree such as an MA or a PhD: 论文;毕业(或学 [b]位)论文 [b]e.g. Writing a thesis on dance clubs is not as strange as it seems. [b][b]2. Linda developed the film herself.－Linda自己冲洗胶卷。 [b][b]Develop这里不是"发展"的意思，而是"冲洗胶卷"。Film－胶卷 [b]Develop: to make a photograph out of a photographic film, using chemicals-冲 [b]洗胶卷 [b][b]I will have the film developed tomorrow. -我明天会把胶卷拿去冲洗。 [b]I want to have this photo enlarged. - 我想把相片放大。 [b][b]相片的底片叫做negative (noun) [b][b]3. Bill disliked doing the laundry. －Bill讨厌洗衣服。 [b]很多中国学生会说，"Bill disliked washing his clothes."这样说也可以，但是口语 [b]中 "洗衣服"常说"do the laundry" [b]Laundry: [uncountable] clothes, sheets etc that need to be washed or have [b]just been washed [b][b]洗衣店有两种Laundromat和dry cleaner's [b]Laundromat是可以用水帮你洗衣服的店。我的外国朋友问我广州有没有Laundromat. 因为她 [b]没有洗衣机，冬天水很冷，不想自己用手洗衣服。 [b]Dry cleaner's：干洗店。 [b][b]Like doing something-喜欢做某事 [b]I like dancing in discos. [b][b]Dislike doing something -不喜欢做某事 [b]Tom dislikes going to the dentist. [b][b]Hate doing something －厌恶做某事 [b]Paul hates having his photo taken. [b][b]Loathe/resent doing something－憎恨做某事 [b]I absolutely loathe traveling. [b][b]4. I had the department secretary type my term paper.－我叫系里的秘书帮我打我 [b]的学期论文。 [b]Have sb do something. -让别人做某事， 托福常考结构。 [b][b]Term paper-学期论文。在美国的大学，有些科目不进行期末考，期末交一篇学期论文就当是 [b]该科的考试。 [b][b]5. Most colleges are no longer overcrowded, neither are the secondary [b]schools. －多数大学都不再过度拥挤，中学也不是这样了。 [b][b]Neither这是初中就学过的词，便是"也不"。 [b][b]e.g. (1) He doesn't like rock music, neither do I. - 他不喜欢摇滚音乐，我也不 [b]喜欢。 [b]e.g. (2) Mary is not American, neither am I. －Mary不是美国人，我也不是。 [b]Neither后面的动词形式取决于前面句子的动词。 [b][b]6. Her face lit up when she saw him.－她见到他时马上面露喜色。 [b]Lit up的原形是light up. 从字面理解是"亮起来""突然有光" [b][b]If someone's face or eyes light up, they show pleasure, excitement. 是指面露 [b]喜色或是显得兴奋。 [b]常用搭配：Light up with joy/pride/glee. [b][b]7. After the cake had cooled, I put frosting on it. [b]Frosting(在糕饼上的)糖霜混合物, 英国人称为 "icing" [b][b]8. The program will be on in a quarter of an hour. －这个节目将会在15分钟后播 [b]放。 On指电视或是电台节目开播。 [b][b]在【潇潇语言实验室22集】提到quarter有几个意思，这里的quarter是15分钟。 [b][b]9. Judge Gray was never known for his leniency toward criminals. Gray法官向 [b]来都不是以对犯人仁慈闻名的。（言下之意，他对犯人不留情。） [b]Be known for/be famous for/be noted for－以。。。。。闻名 [b][b]10. Mark has decided to run against Jack for treasurer. －Mark和Jack竞争财务 [b]部长的职位。 [b][b]Run for a position:参加竞选一个职位。 Run against somebody for a position-和 [b]某人竞争一个职位。 [b]e.g. Bob Dole's running for President. －Bob Dole正在竞选总统职位。 [b][b]11. W: I need to make a hotel reservation for the conference. -我要给这次会议 [b]顶酒店。 [b]Make a reservation预定，可以是在餐厅预定位置，在酒店预定房间，或是预定机票。托福 [b]常考的情形就是这几种。 [b]M: How about having the travel agent do it? －叫旅行社帮忙预定怎么样。 [b][b]How about doing something:这个句型常用来提建议。 [b][b]A: I can't decide where to eat out. －我决定不了去哪吃饭。 [b]B: How about going to the McDonald's? －去麦当劳怎么样？ [b][b]Eat out－是指出去餐馆吃饭。 [b]"我么今天晚上出去吃饭吧"这句话很多中国学生容易说成，"Let's go out to eat [b]tonight."事实上，口语中的表达是，"Let's eat out tonight." [b][b]12. W: How about some more apple pie, Bob? -Bob，在再吃点苹果派吧。 [b]M: You wouldn't have to force me to take another helping. －你不用逼我，我也 [b]会再吃多一份的。（言下之意是这苹果派很好吃，你不用逼我，我也会自己多吃些。） [b]Helping：(食物的)一份,一客 [b]Force sb to do sth. -逼某人做某事。 [b][b]13. M: I'll have to repair this old knapsack (背包) again. [b]W: Will it do any good? －这有用么？ （这样做有好处么？）言下之意是她不赞成补那 [b]个背包，还不如买个新的算了。 [b][b]e.g. (1) Smoking does you no good.－吸烟对你没有好处。 [b]e.g. (2) Drinking hot milk before bed will do you good. －睡觉钱喝热牛奶对你 [b]有好处。 [b][b]14. M: Would you tell Paul I'm sorry I lost his radio?－你能不能告诉Paul我很 [b]抱歉我弄丢了他的收音机。 [b]W: Hadn't you better tell him yourself? -你自己告诉他不是更好么？ [b][b]英文中常用 You'd better do something来提建议，这里是用了这个句型的反问句型 [b]Hadn't you better do something? [b][b]15. W: Can you take me to the Palace Restaurant quickly? I'm ten minutes [b]late already. [b]M: I don't know. I'll try. But with traffic this heavy, it will take at [b]least twenty more. [b]With traffic this heavy -交通这么拥挤， this 在这里的是"这么,这样地"的意思。表 [b]程度。 [b][b]That有类似的用法：That－那样,那么 （表程度） [b]e.g. (1) Is the problem that easy? [b]问题有那么简单吗? [b][b]e.g. (2) Things are not that bad. －事情并没有那么糟糕。 [b][b]16. W: Weren't you nervous when the professor called on you? －教授叫你回答问 [b]题时你是不是很紧张。 [b]M: I'll say. I shook all over. －是的，我全身都发抖。 [b][b]我们在中学课本学过call on sb.是拜访某人的意思。 [b]call on sb：to visit someone for a short time [b]e.g. I'd like to call on Annal while I'm in London. [b][b]但是在美式英文中，call on sb.有另外的意思：(American) to ask a person in a [b]group of people to answer a question or to give their opinion about [b]something －提问某人，或是叫某人发表意见。 [b][b]She was afraid the teacher would call on her and she wouldn't know the [b]answer.－她怕老师提问她时她不知道答案. [b][b]"I'll say"是表示同意对方说的话。 [b][b]类似的表达方法还有：You bet/You said it/You can say that again./You hit the [b]nail on the head. 这些句子都是表示赞成对方说的话，托福听力都考过。 [b][b]17. W: Why do you always put on slippers(拖鞋) when you go into your [b]apartment? －你进你的公寓时为什么总是穿上拖鞋。 [b][b]18. M: It saves wear and tear on the carpet. －这样会减少对地毯的磨损。 [b]wear and tear: [often + on]the damage that happens to an object or a person [b]when they are used or when they do something －使用一样东西对这样东西产生的磨 [b]损。这个短语也可以用于人。指事情对人的损耗。 [b][b]e.g. (1)She made everyone wear slippers inside the house to avoid wear and [b]tear on the carpet. - [b][b]e.g. (2) The wear and tear of life in a busy office has taken its toll on [b]our staff. [b][b]take a/its/their toll: to have a bad effect on someone or something －对某事 [b]产生不好的影响，尤其指身心的损耗。 [b][b]Bringing up nine children had taken its toll on my mother. [often + on] [b]The disease has taken a horrendous toll in parts of western Africa. [b][b]19. W: Which do you prefer? The striped (条纹的), the polka dot（圆点花样 [b]的） or the plaid（有格子图案的）? [b]M: Actually I like the solid orange best. －事实上，我最喜欢纯橙色。 [b]solid是只有一种颜色，没有其他花纹或是图案。Solid blue-纯蓝色 [b][b]20. In other words, lightening quickly heats the air and causes thunder. [b]In other words:换句话说 [b][b]21. The radio station is going to be on around the clock. －这个电台将24小时 [b]开播。 [b]Around the clock－24小时。托福常考短语。 [b]