托福96年10月－97年8月阅读文章词汇选择及参阅一、听力场景（一）娱乐场景1音乐会－永远好听－喜欢classical music, 不喜欢Rock&Roll－去不了因为要学习－提前买票2剧院演出－有票没票－座位是否调换＊在卖on sale；卖完了be sold out＊正前方的位置orchestra section；楼座balcony3美术馆－喜欢去且最好是modern art＊油画oils；版画prints；水彩画water color；壁画fresco；素描sketch；肖像画portrait；山水画 landscape4电影－不好看，不值money＊It was hardly worth the wait price of admission5买东西－买什么:invest in, stock up on, 以旧换新trade it in,分期付款pay by installment, 头期款 down payment,卖东西cash in on sth.－买没买（注意虚拟语气）,退货refund，预付in advance/deposit－喜欢便宜货: on sale; good bargain/deal/price/buy; discount; %off＊东西巨贵cost you an arm and a leg, cost sb dearly, dear sth, make a fortune,cost abundle＊价钱公道fair, reasonable, affordable, acceptable.6养花种草－花草长势－阳光水份: sunlight; water regularly－摆哪儿合适：窗前sunlight；角落里shade7照相－效果:模糊blurry－用光，胶卷:闪光灯flash, 焦距focus, out of focus, adjust the focus, 照相shot, a roll of film, 冲卷develop, 放大enlarge8邮局－不满意：It took forever to arrive.9外出吃饭(go out for lunch, dine out)－上哪儿吃：一角dime, 五分nickel, 1分penny, 分cent－爱尝鲜appetizer开胃物，打包酒菜carryout,腌制souse,－喜欢安静：prefer a quiet place－谁请客：我请客This is my treat; Let me treat you; Let me pick up the bill. Foot thebillAA制：go fifty fifty, Let's spit the check, two bills－点错菜：order，菜单recipe*侍者常用语：①Bring the menu-are you ready to order now? ②take your order-I'll be with you in a moment③recommend sth-specialty特色④serve food- I'll take care of it. I'll seeto it.10贪吃场景－吃完：eat up, clean out, empty, go out.－谁打扫:残羹冷炙leftover*饭量小eat like a bird, 饭量大eat like a horse, 酒量大drink like a fish, 能睡sleep like a log, 能抽烟smoke like a chimney11吃－apple-pie好吃out of the world, pizza 难吃taste awful,*一份helping/serving/bite，吃一点take a bite of12咖啡－爱喝，别上瘾be addicted to，戒掉be off－不喝不加奶的咖啡not drink it black－不喝因为咖啡因caffeine13着装＊style,正装formal suit, 休闲装casual jeans.＊Color (蓝色最好),navy (blue), solid blue, deep/light blue.褪色fade, faint, lose thecolor.不褪色retain its color.＊Size: 松loose，紧tight, It's tight on waist. 缩水shrink＊Design: 条stripped，点dotted，格plaid，做工精细elegant, 短裤shots14减肥on diet－身体好，身材好perfect shape, good/excellent condition－要坚持，需锻炼I've got to get a shape.*slim①苗条②机会少15理发－价贵，去哪儿理－换发型，不好认make out/recognize*理发店：hair salon, hairdresser,发型师stylist*修流海trim the bangs，鬓角side,中分parting in the middle，左分parting to the left,耳朵上 over the ear,到后背in the back.16渡假－宠物：谁看have sb to do sth, 与宠物相处，宠物喜欢你be attached to，掉毛shed－旅行社：订机票book/reserve, 房间：取消cancel, 换房switch room*乖一点be good*Hotel or Motel: ashtray, 肥皂和手巾soap and towel, front desk.17海滩－干什么＊enjoy lying on the beach, take a sun bath, play sand volleyball, swimming, surfing(冲浪)－没钱去不了18晚会party-the more the merrier19天气－天气变化：多云overcast，大风high wind，暴风雪blizzar，倾盆大雨downpour/pouring，阵雨 shower，（雨雪）停light up，放晴clear up，（好天气）持续keep up/hold on,变暖warm up－picnic/barbecue总在下雨天sunshine.－天气好，心情好：It's nice/good to have sth for a change.－天气与穿衣:收衣服put away/pack，找出衣服get out－是不是要买衣服：羊毛衫wool sweater，羽绒服down jacket，靴子boot，手套glove，围巾scarf *美国天气预报三项指标：湿度humility,降雨量precipitation,温度temperature20机场－天气不好影响航班：the flight was delayed/canceled due to the bad weather21运动－爱运动，耽误学习－喜欢所有beach/gym activities.冰球ice hockey,棒球base ball, football* hi k ing远足, cycling骑车, rock-climbing攀岩, skiing滑雪, jogging跑步, golf* tennis网球:正/反手fore/back hand，续弦restring，球场court，接/发球serve/refurn，出界goout of bounds.（二）学习场景1论文－题目难定（太大）too broad a topic－资料难查（太多）too much material to cover－多找教授（时间）－打字困难（机房）机少人多，想买机－考笔记be based on the lecture/notes－字难认make out/recognize handwriting3考试－永远难was supposed to be easy－不推迟put it off, hold off, delay, postpone－分数低:及格passing grade，不及格failing grade，好分数perfect grade－心里不好受down＊take-home exam开卷考试，workshop研讨会, seminar研究会4评价教授－小对话中（不好），段子题中（好）－不迟到punctual/prompt，不早退，常拖堂run over time/late,－要求严，出题难，给分低*听不懂：be lost/be all at sea/in the dark*听懂：figure out/make sense/catch/follow words*打瞌睡：drop off/doze off, keep watching the clock, keep counting the time.5作业－作业多：I've had enough of it.(I'll never have enough of it.高兴语气)*have one's hands full, be tied up, be booked, be up to one's eyes/ears/neck with work. Have a million things to do. Study 48 hours in a day.－想迟交，不迟交:交作业hand in/ turn in, 迟交extension, 多给时间extra/more time6熬夜－常熬夜：sit up, stay doing sth－不熬夜get out of it, wise7书店－有货没货in stock/ out of stock－印，不印in /out of print－过时out-dated, 最新的updated/current－平装paper back，精装hard back8图书馆－还书：recall a book, library loan, 续借renew, 传记作者biographer, 微缩胶片microfiche－罚钱:overdue, late return, fine , moratorium(暂停，推迟)，9电话－定主题，听语气，背套话＊电话号码本：yellow pages, telephone directory，干扰static，接通put through＊占着电话tie up, be off下线断线,过会打给你get back to sb.10选课－先学入门课intro/basic/prerequisite，再学高级课，教授得同意approval/permission/signiture－三大顾虑:too much, too difficult, intro course－课程难，心情不好－少选明智，多选犯傻，时刻准备退课drop(三)生活场景1找房－抱怨：dormitory①太小太脏②太吵③管的太严；apartment①东西老坏②室友难处neat, considerate.－找房难，不愿搬，抱怨多，怕涨价，减装修－房东landlord，租户tenant2噪音－室内：调音turn down，隔音sound proof，没意识到－室外：airport, highway, traffic3空气污染－室内：开窗，空气窒息stuffy,卡住了window is stuck－室外：没办法，抱怨多4装修－少花钱afford，新床new couch－旧家具往哪放where do you want it to go?5修理－什么坏了，找谁:管道工plumber, 水龙头/管子漏leaky faucet/pipe, 下水道堵塞clogged drain, 灯泡bulb, 电线wiring, 电灯light , 电工electrician－修理贵，修不如买：以旧换新trade it in＊修理工的总称：maintenance people, technician, repair person6高速路highway－长塞车be tied up/ backed up in traffic, traffic jam, rush hour.－拐错弯：should have turned, miss the turn－从哪儿出get out , exit－违章：超速speeding, 闯红灯go through the red light, 违章停车illegal parking, 停车场lot，罚单ticket, 交通队traffic court7迷路，问路＊中南central south，左上角upper left hand，右下角lower right hand，沿着走go down, walk along. O ff to＊你去哪儿：where are you heading for leaving for8外伤－易受伤－伤哪里:twist, strain, hurt, injure, shoulder, wrist, ankle, knee－能不能动－原因：搬东西或锻炼9看病－症状:feel under the weather身体不适,catch a cold, have ringing in the ears, runningnose, sneeze喷嚏。