托福听力难点词组汇

1,its who you know that counts——认识的人起作用

-did you hear that greg got a job in his uncles law office?

like they say, its who you know that counts

2,is ice cold ——理所当然

-does professor ford always come to class?

is ice cold?

3,it never fails——总是发生

-it never fails; plan a big picnic and it sure to rain

-it never fails its raining hard outside and i am stark stuck 来自 stick 阻延或推迟 without an umbrella (困在里面)

id like to let you have mine, but i have to go out soon

4,inside out ——里朝外

-here i am, i am lucky i made it to the exam on time

i can see you are in a hurry; you are wearing your sweater inside out

5,keep an eye——留意

-one of the members of the dormitory counselor is quitting, do you know of anyone who would be interested in and taking her place?

i am not sure, but ill certainly keep an eye on for you

6,keep from——抑制,防止

-no one could keep him from speaking

7,keep track of——掌握..的线索,注意动向,通晓世态

-you certainly have a lot clocks there seems to be one in every room

my family gives them to me because i have trouble keeping track of the time

8,knock oneself out ——使自己筋疲力尽

-gorier has been knocking herself out on that project

9,last ——最不情愿的

-the last person i want to see is jeff

-would you like to come mountain climbing with us?

thats the last thing in the world i ever want to do

-i thought paul might be able to help me figure out this computer program

paul is about the last person id ask if i were you

10,lay off ——临时解雇,暂时辞退

-i got some bad news today

the store where i work is laying off staff

are they going to let you go?

11,leave much to be desired——不令人满意,有待改善

-well dietitians(营养学家) work hard to offer students nutritious and well-balanced diet

many of our young men and women claimed that brandy bramley food like most dorm food leaves

much to be desired

12,light up ——突然快活,高兴起来

-those flowers light up the whole room

13,like apples and oranges ——用来表示无法相比的事物

-which game do you think is more difficult to learn, chess or bridge

they are like apples and oranges

14,look for a needle in a hay stack——大海捞针

-we are supposed to meet john here at the train station

thats like looking for a needle in a hay stack (干草堆)

15,live by oneself——独自一人生活

-mary said she wanted to live by herself

16,line up ——准备停当,计划安排

-i have this great job lined up to manage the closing door clothing store at them all at the mall.——排列起来,排成队

-look at all those cars lined up for the ferry (等待摆渡); there must be forty ahead of us

yeah, i think its going to be a while

17,look forward to——盼望,期待

-i am really looking forward to the picnic tomorrow

if we are lucky well have some sun this year for a change

18,look up to ——把某人当作好榜样模仿, 尊重,尊敬

-dianna looks up to her teacher

-i hear your older sister is on the olympic team and on the honors list; she must be quite a person

she sure is, ive always looked up to her

19,look over ——检查,查看

-the professor asked us to look over our papers for mistakes

20,look into ——调查,审查,研究

-martin is looking into the possibility of getting alone getting a loan(贷款)