“单词是一切的基础。”

  “快背单词，一会儿过来给你听写两个list四级词汇。”

  “四级词汇都听写过一遍啦？来，托福词汇了解一下。”

  ......

  大多数同学在托福备考中，都会收到老师和助教的“背单词”轰炸。好不容易背了三轮托福词汇，就要开始自我膨胀的时候，发现托福听力遇到了瓶颈。感觉每个单词都听懂了，大概意思也明白了，但是听力重听题做还有一半做对做错看运气。

  对于刚开始准备托福的小白同学，我们先来看一道难度正常的托福听力重听题：

  What does the professor mean when she says this: “Neruda didn’t won the nobel price for literature by accident.“

  如果你选择了A，那么恭喜你，你完全理解了didn’t do something by accident这个短语。在这里这个短语的意思是“做某事并不是偶然”，也就是说“Neruda是有实力的作家”。

  总的来说，如果重听题没有做对，或者选出了正确选项但是心慌慌，一方面可能是因为词汇只记了一个意思，不熟悉该单词在特定语境的意思；另一方面很可能是因为忽略了这些容易误解的托福短语和表达。今天就带大家来梳理一下15个易错短语和表达。一起看看吧~

  类别一：基础短语搭配

  难度：2

  掌握程度：理解并记忆

  1.account for

  听力原文：Is there anything else that might account for this change in muscular activity, other than saying that it is thinking? And the answer is clearly yes.

  意思：说明（原因、理由等）;导致，引起。

  2.have high regard for someone

  听力原文：Yes, Beaux had high regard for Sargent’s work.

  意思：钦佩，敬重。

  3.be taken aback

  听力原文：But wherever they live, once the weather starts to turn cold and the temperature starts to drop below freezing, as soon as the frog even touches an ice crystal or a bit of frozen ground, well, it begins to freeze. Yeah...yes to me. You look a little bit taken aback.

  意思：吃惊。

  4.at stake

  听力原文：Just remember that it's one thing to create work that you really want to create when it's in the classroom. The only thing at stake is your grade.

  意思：处于危险。雅思托福哪个好考

  5.make out

  听力原文：The group believed its effort is justified, but I and many other biologists will be watching very closely how this maverick group makes out, because like I said, there could be unintended consequences.

  意思：(工作、生活)进展

  类别二：口语常用表达

  难度：5

  掌握程度：理解

  表示同意

  1.that's a given

  听力原文：

  A: You mean, like get my resume together and wear a suit?  

  B: That's a given.

  意思：那是一定的

  2.tell me about it

  听力原文：

  Student: Yeah, I never know how much to include. You know…where to draw the line?

  Professor: Tell me about it! All writers struggle with that one.

  意思：可不是吗，你说的完全正确。

  3.people skill

  听力原文：

  Professor: OK, The technology support department needs people to work its helpdesk. It’s basically a customer service job, answering questions, helping people solve their computer problems, give you a chance to develop your people skills.

  意思：人际交往能力

  4.odd hours

  听力原文：

  Coordinator: Well, there's always the stage at the student theatre. Though it's a long shot, we can look at the schedule. There might be some odd hours free.

  意思：不正常的时间（很早或很晚）

  5.far-fetched 

  听力原文：

  You see, venom alters biological functions in the same way certain drugs do, and the big benefit of drugs made from snakes venom would be that they target only certain cells, so maybe that’ll create fewer side effects. Now, it sounds far-fetched, venom is the basis for human drugs.

  意思：遥不可及

  类别三：名词词组

  难度：3

  掌握程度：有印象

  1.track meet

  含义：北美田径运动会

  2.upper case/ lower case

  含义：大小写字母

  3.uncharted territory

  含义：为开拓的领域，未知领域

  4.take-home exam

  含义：带回家的开卷考试

  5.pros and cons

  含义：优点和缺点

  这就是托福听力短语表达的分享。祝大家早日和托福分手~

  作者介绍

  陈柯如

  主授课程：托福听力；托福预备听口

  功底考试：托福考试110分

  教师简介：本科毕业于加拿大麦吉尔大学，英语语用能力突出，曾为积家、罗杰杜彼、帕玛强尼、泰格豪雅等知名腕表品牌公司撰写、翻译各类中英文文案，为真力时等知名腕表公司CEO担任活动现场口译。教学风格温和有趣，课堂形式多样，擅长将多种课外材料结合到课堂教学中，激发学生学习兴趣，寓教于乐。