2）習語和短語
習語和短語，指的是慣用詞組或者常見的口語化表達。它在托福聽力中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)，而且比較難。原因仍然是我們平時很少練習聽力。而且口語化的表達也使一貫重視語法的中國式英語教育暴露出明顯的缺點。但是，你卻可以通過我們后面給你總結(jié)的托福聽力詞句精選快速地掌握這些常見的口語化表達和慣用詞組。經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的詞組比如對話中說： Kathy's effort really paid off.那么選項中出現(xiàn)的Kathy's hard work had a positive result就是正確答案。這里考的是paid off這個短語的含義?，?BR> 1999年1月聽力題
M： Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda？
W：I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
Q： What does the woman imply about the ring.
（A） Linda didn't like it.
（B） Bill lost it.
（C） It was very expensive.
（D） It was very small.？
答案是C.同cost a fortune的意思一樣，cost one an arm and a leg都是形容很貴?，?999年1月聽力題
M：Did you watch that comedy special on TV last night？ I don't think I ever laughed so hard.
W：Don't even talk to me about it. The only night I really wanted to watch something and we had a power failure in my building.
Q： What does the woman mean？
（A） She's upset that she missed the television program.
（B） She doesn't think the television program was funny.
（C） She doesn't like talking about television programs.
（D） She watched the television program at a friend's house.？答案是A.這里，重要的是認識并聽懂power failure是停電的意思。
習語和短語，指的是慣用詞組或者常見的口語化表達。它在托福聽力中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)，而且比較難。原因仍然是我們平時很少練習聽力。而且口語化的表達也使一貫重視語法的中國式英語教育暴露出明顯的缺點。但是，你卻可以通過我們后面給你總結(jié)的托福聽力詞句精選快速地掌握這些常見的口語化表達和慣用詞組。經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的詞組比如對話中說： Kathy's effort really paid off.那么選項中出現(xiàn)的Kathy's hard work had a positive result就是正確答案。這里考的是paid off這個短語的含義?，?BR> 1999年1月聽力題
M： Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda？
W：I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
Q： What does the woman imply about the ring.
（A） Linda didn't like it.
（B） Bill lost it.
（C） It was very expensive.
（D） It was very small.？
答案是C.同cost a fortune的意思一樣，cost one an arm and a leg都是形容很貴?，?999年1月聽力題
M：Did you watch that comedy special on TV last night？ I don't think I ever laughed so hard.
W：Don't even talk to me about it. The only night I really wanted to watch something and we had a power failure in my building.
Q： What does the woman mean？
（A） She's upset that she missed the television program.
（B） She doesn't think the television program was funny.
（C） She doesn't like talking about television programs.
（D） She watched the television program at a friend's house.？答案是A.這里，重要的是認識并聽懂power failure是停電的意思。