托福聽力易誤解的詞組（1）

　　聽力原句：

　　Librarian：Oh, well I guess you might think that. But when I saw it back then it was anything but boring.

　　語境釋義：并不;一點也不

　　注：近似詞組 nothing but 意為“只不過是”

　　例如：It's nothing but a joke.

　　2. in such short notice

　　聽力原句：

　　Student：Hi, thanks for seeing me in such short notice.

　　語境釋義：如此倉促

　　3. in person

　　聽力原句：

　　Manager：Right, the choir. It’s nice to finally meet you in person. So, you are having problems with...

　　語境釋義：親自，當(dāng)面

　　4. high-end

　　聽力原句：

　　Pro： Ok, basically they have to offer things that most people can find anywhere else, you know quality, that means better exercise equipment,high-end stuff, and classes-exercise classes may be aerobics.

　　語境釋義：高端的

　　5. drive…home

　　聽力原句：

　　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.

　　語境釋義：把(論點、問題等)講得透徹、明白

　　6. goof off

　　聽力原句：

　　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 sections as well.

　　語境釋義：游手好閑，混日子

　　7. go down the drain

　　聽力原句：

　　Student: I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.

　　語境釋義：前功盡棄，付諸東流

　　8. start from scratch

　　聽力原句：

　　Student: But we’ve got all the sources and it’s due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.

　　語境釋義：從頭開始

　　9. come down to

　　聽力原句：

　　It’s been shaped by constraints over vast stretches of time, all of which comes down to the fact that the best foraging strategy for beavers isn’t the one that yields the most food or wood.

　　語境釋義：歸結(jié)為

　　10. open spot

　　聽力原句：

　　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.

　　語境釋義：職位空缺