托福听力中的常用短语大杂烩

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　　A big sale

　　大减价。新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 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 kidding, 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 esams 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 paper 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 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 some 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 resturant.

Drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯

下面是常用的简单口语

    sad dog 放荡的人;易闯祸的人

　　sad news 餐厅的帐单

　　sail under false colors 挂羊头卖狗肉;冒充

　　salt of the earth(world) 社会中坚

　　same old stuff 陈旧货色

　　save lots of grief 省掉许多麻烦

　　save one’s breath 节省口舌

　　save the day 反败为胜;挽救了大局

    scare the devil out of sb 吓得魂不附体

　　scratch sb a note 写封信给某人

　　screw-ball 有怪僻的人

　　Search me. 我不知道。

　　second sight 超人的预见力

　　secret sorrow 难言之隐

　　see after 照顾

　　see eye to eye 我们意见相同

    see my point 了解;明白

　　see off 送行

　　see to it 留心、细致地办好某事

　　See you around. 再见。

　　sell like hot cakes 销售得很快

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