托福听力中英语母语说话者的语速是比较快的，有时候一些比较地道的词组表达一闪而过考生都没反应过来是什么意思。今天小编给大家带来了20个托福听力中高频易听错的词组整理，希望能够帮助到大家，下面小编就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。
20个托福听力中高频易听错的词组整理
1.goof off
听力原句：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.
语境释义：游手好闲，混日子
2.go down the drain
听力原句：Student: I know, but I didn’t want to risk the project going down the drain.
语境释义：前功尽弃，付诸东流
3.start from scratch
听力原句：Student: But we’ve got all the sources and it’s due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.
语境释义：从头开始
4.come down to
听力原句：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.
语境释义：归结为
5.open spot
听力原句：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.
语境释义：职位空缺
6.low key
听力原句：Pro: Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, Eric, but it will be low key, nothing flashy. That's not her style.
语境释义：低调的，不张扬的
7.common denominator
听力原句：There are variations on this model of course, but the common denominators are always an idea of creating a shopping space that will get people to shop in the city without needing their cars.
语境释义：共同点，共性注意：denominator本意为“分母”
8.tongue in cheek
听力原句：But if you took away all the DNA that codes for genes, you still have maybe 70% of the DNA left over. That’s the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.
语境释义：半开玩笑地
9.pull them from thin air
听力原句：To begin, how do we create fictional characters? We don’t just pull them from thin air, do we? I mean we don’t create them out of nothing.
语境释义：凭空捏造
10.touch base
听力原句：Advisor: Hi, Steven I schedule this appointment, cause it has been a while since we touched base.
语境释义：联系，进行接触
11.anything but
听力原句：Librarian：Oh, well I guess you might think that. But when I saw it back then it was anything but boring.
语境释义：并不;一点也不
注：近似词组nothing but意为“只不过是”,例如：It's nothing but a joke.
12.in such short notice
听力原句：Student：Hi, thanks for seeing me in such short notice.
语境释义：如此仓促
13.in person
听力原句：Manager: Right, the choir. It’s nice to finally meet you in person. So, you are having problems with...
语境释义：亲自，当面
14.high-end
听力原句：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.
语境释义：高端的
15.drive…home
听力原句：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.
语境释义：把(论点、问题等)讲得透彻、明白
16.not necessarily
听力原句1：Well, design doesn't necessarily include things like sculptures or decorative walkways or… or even eye catching window displays, you know art.
听力原句2：Professor：That’s another possible reason although it doesn’t necessarily explain other behaviors such as eating, drinking or sleeping.”
语境释义：不一定，未必(不是“不需要”或者“不必要”的意思!)
17.be at odds with
听力原句：They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.
语境释义：与…相违背、相冲突
注：在听力中该短语会有连读，要多听。
18.lesser-known
听力原句：Employee：You are lucky to have professor who includes the lesser-known writer like her on the syllabus, you know, not the usual authors we’ve all read.
语境释义：不知名的
19.pros and cons
听力原句：I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing the pros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.
语境释义：权衡利弊，仔细斟酌
20.in a different light
听力原句：Student: I mean... Being a waiter, I get to see a lot of the professors, like in a different light, we joke around a little you know. In the classroom, they always have to be pretty formal, but …
语境释义：从不同的角度，从另外一面
托福听力：考试的常见词组积累
表示看法的词组
think much(little/high) of
have no use for/have no taste for
It makes me uncomfortable to
表示同意的词组(在托福听力中出现的频率非常高)
You can say that again.
You may well say so
You said it.
Well said.
I will say
So be it.
I see eye to eye with you.
And how.(降调)
Right on.
By all means.
Go ahead.
I don't wonder.
No/little wonder.
So does it.
As far as I know.(单独使用)
No problem.
You are telling me.
Is ice cold?
Does a fish swim?
Does a bird fly?
I'm behind you.
I'm with you.
I'm for it.
表示不同意的词组(在托福听力中出现的频率非常高)
You don't say so.
So you say.
Says who.
Who says so?
That's not saying very much.
And I do?
Are you kidding?
表示无法理解的词组
beyond reach/imagination
above me
over my head
表示完成的词组(托福听力考试中常见词组)
wrap up
be through with
be done with
get sth out of the way
put an end to sth
be finished
表示累的词组
out of steam/worn out/run down/tired out/dog-tired
I'm beat.
I'm pooped.
表示内向的词组
keep one's opinions/ideas to oneself
self-conscious, shy, keep to oneself, unsociable, uncommunicative, withdrawn
表示开夜车的词组
stay up late/be up late/day in and day out/around the clock/burn the midnight oil
表示忙的词组
be up to one's neck in work
get my hands full
表示替代的词组
fill in for sb/fill sb's shoes
表示提前的词组
in advance/be ahead of time/before hand
表示冷静的词组
cool off/calm down/settle/soothe/pacify
表示快的词组
in (next to) no time, before long, on short notice, by and by, in a little while ,in a second/minute/little bit, any time, soon, quickly, immediately, shortly
表示耀眼的词组
noticeable/eye-catching/catch one's eyes/attract one's attention/arresting/e minent/easy to notice/marked
表示拜访的词组
drop by/in/over/around, stop by/in/over, run in, come over to, come by, call on, step in, go to have a look, pay a visit
表示降价的词组
half price/50% off/half off
discount/on sale/a big sale/good bargain
表示我请客的词组
Let me treat me.
It's my treat.
It's on me.
I'll foot/pay the bill.
I want to pick up the pad.
表示钱平分的词组
go Dutch
split the expense
托福听力：一招解决生词问题
(1)在连续不断听各种各样的英语题材中解决疑难问题。例如 VOA I980年在播送military junta(南美各国政变后上台的军政府)中的iunta一词时，词中的j发h的音。根据这个发音在词典上查不到，请教别人也得不到答案。 1981年某日的VOA节目专门回答了听众提出的这一个语音问题，才知道是junta这个词的一种异读。
(2)根据上下文的意思推敲。现代信息社会的语言发展很快，新词层出不穷，经常会碰到一些词典里查不着的词，或者一个老的词随着时间的推移又有了新的释义等等。碰到这种情况，除了向别人请教外，只有靠自己独立判断了。所以这种根据上下文的内容判断新词的意思(或者词的新义)的做法不是图省事，而是为了锻炼一种对于英语水平较高的人来说必须具备的猜测词义的本领。
例如demagnetize一词在词典里只有“去磁、消磁”等解释，但是在报导古巴外逃难民去美国的消息里用了此词，显然不会与，‘去磁、退磁”有关，但是词典里没有别的解释。碰到这种情况可以查 “magnetize”的解释，其中有“吸引”之意，据此可以推测出应该做 “使失去吸引力”解。
又如1994年8月间在报导美国的棒球队员罢工时突然出现 salary cap的说法，词典里查不到。但是根据上下文可以推测出来是限制队员工资的意思。后来的消息中又用了The players feared the owners would finally impose a salarv limitation next season 的说法，证明推测是正确的。
美国邮局的劳动强度大，条件差。1991年发生一邮局工人因劳动待遇差又被解雇而枪杀他人的事件。此后就有going postal 的说法，表示对于工作条件和待遇极度不满。
所以在听懂上下文意思的情况下要敢于发挥，而不拘泥于词典里是不是有此解释。退一步说，即使自己的推测与分析木合适，也没有太大关系，因为反正你从其他词典里找不到合适的解释。何况随着水平的提高，认识也会不断提高，可以找到更贴切的解释。
