[b]托福听力口语篇 （1） [b][b]很多中国学生都会觉得托福的听力很难，原因可能有很多： [b][b]不习惯美式发音，平时少听native speakers讲话，少听录音带，词汇量和知识面跟不上， [b]口语不好等原因。 [b]口语不好也会影响听力？！ 当然会！托福的听力很大一部分是对话，都是一些日常用语，如 [b]果口语不好当然听不懂。 所以，托福听力材料也是最好的口语学习材料。要想提高听力，光 [b]死听死没有用的，还要注意分析听力原文。学习口语表达方法，多阅读，多方面结合才能有 [b]正在的提高。"潇潇语言实验室"现推出"托福口语听力篇"，希望对大家有点帮助。每集都是 [b]根据历届的托福真题编写。有编号的句子都是托福听力原文，一些补充例句也是托福原文。 [b]每集的句子摘自同一套托福听力题。 [b][b]学习英语靠得是平时得认真积累，别放弃呀！ [b]－潇潇 [b][b]1. I picked up the receiver, dropped the coins in the slot, and dialed the [b]number I wanted. [b]这个句子是关于打投币公共电话的。 [b][b]Slot －缝隙。这里是指投币口。 Receiver就是电话的听筒。 [b][b]2. Virginia's going to take all her required courses this year. [b]Required courses -必修课 required 是require的过去分词。在这里作为形容词来用，意 [b]思是"被要求的"，也就是学校要求学生必修的课。 [b][b]选修课是elective. [b]e.g. I have 9 required courses and 3 electives this semester. [b]我这个学期有9门必修课，3门选修课。 [b][b]I hope I can take a few electives next term. [b][b]3. Not only is Cheryl a good swimmer, but she's also a promising musician [b]and a great photographer. [b][b]Not only did I forget my train ticket, but I also forgot my passport. [b][b]Not only was Ellen there, but Wanda and Dale came too. [b][b]Not only…but also.不仅。。。。而且。。。 [b]Not only +倒装语序， but also + 陈述语序 [b][b]4. My pen's out of ink. - 我的笔没有墨水了。 [b]Be out of something = 用完了一样东西 [b][b]另外一个托福原句： [b]The bookstore is out of lined notebook paper. [b]Lined 是指纸张有线条的。 [b]类似的结构run out of something. [b][b]I just ran out of supplies.(托福原句) [b]举一反三：We are running out of money/water/time. 我们的钱/水/时间就快用完了。 [b][b]5. The students completely filled the classroom. [b]Fill是"装满"的意思，这里是指学生挤满了课室。 [b][b]6. Peter blames himself for what happened. [b][b]Blame oneself for something - 因为某事责怪自己。 [b][b]Who's to blame?－这要怪谁？ [b]He's to blame. 这要怪他。 [b][b]You're to blame. =It's all your fault. 这都是你的错。 [b][b]Don't blame yourself. You are not to blame. (It's not your fault.) 不要责怪 [b]你自己。这不是你的错。 [b][b]7. The controller made a mistake and overcharged Amy for her tuition. [b][b]Charge是"收费"的意思， overcharge是"收多了钱"。 [b]I got short-changed. 是指别人找钱找少给我了。 [b][b]8. Have the driver let you off at the intersection. -叫司机在交叉口处让你下 [b]车。 [b][b]Let you off意思是"让你下车"， 中国学生很容易按照中文来翻译，"let you get off [b]the bus"语法上是没有错误的，但是现实中常常不这么罗嗦。学习英文应该多注意英文的表 [b]达方法，而不是想如何把中文翻译成英文。 [b]这个例句还有一个托福经常考的结构：Have somebody do something:让某人做某事。 [b][b]类似的常考结构：get somebody to do something. 不过这个结构的侧重点是自己不干， [b]叫别人去干。 [b][b]9. I've almost finished typing my homework paper. [b]Finish doing something=做完一件事情。 在口语中也说 be done with sth./doing [b]something. [b]I am done with typing my homework paper. [b][b]有时我的外国同事问我有没有干完手头的活也说，"Are you done?" [b][b]10. Has my unabridged dictionary arrived yet? [b][b]Abridge- 删节, 削减, 精简 unabridged 是指未经过删节的，原版的。 [b]Abridged novels就是简写版小说 [b][b]11. A: How did you ever move that desk upstairs to your room? [b]B: It was very heavy, but I got my roommates to help me with it [b]A: 你究竟时怎么把那个桌子搬进你的房子的？ [b]B： 那个桌子很重，但是我叫我的舍友帮我搬。 [b][b]How did you ever do something? [b]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 [b]思，只是用来加强语气。 [b][b]Get my roommate to help me with it. 这里有两个结构： [b]Get somebody to do something: 叫某人做某事 （托福常考结构） [b]Help somebody with something：帮助某人做某事 [b][b]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， [b]但是不小心还是会用错。 [b][b]另外一个『托福原句』You certainly had a lot of boxes. How did you ever find [b]room for everything? －你的盒子真多。你究竟时怎么找地方放这些东西的。 [b][b]12. He goes skiing every chance he gets.他一有机会就去滑雪。 [b]举一反三：I practice my spoken English every chance I get. 我一有机会就练习我 [b]的英语口语。 [b][b]13. He's always been enthusiastic about sports. －他一直对运动很热衷。 [b][b]Be enthusiastic about sth: 对某事很热衷，热爱 [b]比较口语化的表达方式还有： be crazy/nuts about something/somebody [b]He's crazy/nuts about basketball.他热爱篮球。 [b][b]14. Shouldn't she concentrate on doing her school work instead? [b]Concentrate on doing something. 集中精力做某事。 [b][b]15. At least it is a diversion from my normal course work. I'm getting [b]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 [b]了。" [b][b]Diversion这里时指分散精力的东西。 Get tired of something 又为"get sick and [b]tired of something"是指对某事感到开始感到厌倦。 [b][b]16. It would be better to talk about it face to face. [b]It would be better to do something 这个句型是虚拟语气 （would），常用来提建 [b]议。"这样做会更好" [b]Face to face : 面对面 [b][b]In person:亲自 It would be better to tell him in person. 亲自告诉他比较好。 [b][b]17. Would you mind if I sat here? -Of course not. [b][b]Would you mind if I did something? If从句中用过去时表示客气。 [b]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 [b]答"No" "Of course not." [b][b]18. So you're going to give us a ride to the game tonight? 你今天晚上会车我们 [b]去看比赛？ [b]Give sb a ride－用车载某人一程。 [b][b]19. You haven't written your folks for a quite a while, have you? [b]Folks在口语中的意思是"父母" [b][b]20. Marilyn seemed happy with her grades. - Happy? She could hardly contain [b]herself. [b]Grades是指成绩。在国外打分通常给A,B,C,D. [b][b]I made good grades in high school. -我读高中时成绩很好。 [b][b]Contain oneself -控制自己的情绪，感情 [b][b]e.g. I was so angry that I couldn't contain myself. 我气得不能控制自己的情绪 [b][b]21. Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly. [b]Subscribe to 订阅 I've subscribed to China Daily. 我订了中国日报。 [b][b]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"。 [b]Quarterly -季报 Daily －日报 [b]Weekly －周报 Bi-Weekly－双周报 Monthly －月报 [b][b]22. Allen has done some beautiful drawings of his dream house. [b]Dream house梦想中的房子。Dream job- 心目中理想的工作 [b]Dream car－做梦都想要的车 [b]Dream girl (the girl of my dreams) - 梦中情人，心中理想的女孩 [b]