20个托福听力中高频易听错的词组整理
20个托福听力中高频易听错的词组整理
1.goof off
听力原句：Student: I went off to the stack and found some really good material for my part, but when I got back to our table, they were just goofing off and talking. So I went and got materials for their ctions as well.
语境释义：游手好闲，混日子
2.go down the drain
听力原句：Student: I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.
语境释义：前功尽弃，付诸东流
3.start from scratch
听力原句：Student: But we’ve got all the sources and it’s due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.
语境释义：从头开始
4e down to
听力原句：It’s been shaped by constraints over vast stretches of time, all of which es down to the fact that the best foraging strategy for beavers isn’t the one that yields the most food or wood.
语境释义：归结为
5.open spot
听力原句：I am afraid we don’t have any openings at lunch time. A lot of students want to work then, so it is really rare for us to have an open spot at that time of day.
语境释义：职位空缺
6.low key
听力原句：Pro: Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, Eric, but it will be low key, nothing flashy. That's not her style.
语境释义：低调的，不张扬的
7mon denominator
听力原句：There are variations on this model of cour, but the mon denominators are always an idea of creating a shopping space that will get people to shop in the city without needing their cars.
语境释义：共同点，共性注意：denominator本意为“分母”
8.tongue in cheek
听力原句：But if you took away all the DNA that codes for genes, you still have maybe 70% of the DNA left over. That’s the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is ud
sort of tongue in cheek.
语境释义：半开玩笑地
9.pull them from thin air
听力原句：To begin, how do we create fictional characters? We don’t just pull them from thin air, do we? I mean we don’t create them out of nothing.
语境释义：凭空捏造
10.touch ba
听力原句：Advisor: Hi, Steven I schedule this appointment, cau it has been a while since we touched ba.
语境释义：联系，进行接触
11.anything but
听力原句：Librarian：Oh, well I guess you might think that. But when I saw it back then it was anything but boring.
语境释义：并不;一点也不
注：近似词组nothing but意为“只不过是”,例如：It's nothing but a joke.
12.in such short notice
听力原句：Student：Hi, thanks for eing me in such short notice.
语境释义：如此仓促
13.in person
听力原句：Manager: Right, the choir. It’s nice to finally meet you in person. So, you are having
语境释义：亲自，当面
14.high-end
听力原句：Pro: Ok, basically they have to offer things that most people can find anywhere el, you know quality, that means better exerci equipment,high-end stuff, and class-exerci class may be aerobics.
语境释义：高端的
15.drive…home
听力原句：Therefore, it’s best to be a non-conformist – to do your own thing, not worrying about what other people think. That’s an important point. He really drives this argument home throughout the essay.
