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1. My best friend helped me choose a dissertation topic. - 我的最好的朋友帮我选了论文题目。
托福常会考一些关于学习生活的句子。写论文通常是自己选论文题目，导师同意了才可以写。
Dissertation: a long piece of writing about a subject, especially one that you write as part of a university degree- (博士学位)论文;(专题)论文
还有一个意思差不多的词thesis， 托福也考过这个词。
Thesis: a long piece of writing about a particular subject that you do as part of an advanced university degree such as an MA or a PhD: 论文;毕业(或学位)论文
e.g. Writing a thesis on dance clubs is not as strange as it seems.
2. Linda developed the film herself.－Linda自己冲洗胶卷。
Develop这里不是"发展"的意思，而是"冲洗胶卷"。Film－胶卷
Develop: to make a photograph out of a photographic film, using chemicals-冲洗胶卷
I will have the film developed tomorrow. -我明天会把胶卷拿去冲洗。
I want to have this photo enlarged. - 我想把相片放大。
相片的底片叫做negative (noun)
3. Bill disliked doing the laundry. －Bill讨厌洗衣服。
很多中国学生会说，"Bill disliked washing his clothes."这样说也可以，但是口语中 "洗衣服"常说"do the laundry"
Laundry: [uncountable] clothes, sheets etc that need to be washed or have just been washed
洗衣店有两种Laundromat和dry cleaner's Laundromat是可以用水帮你洗衣服的店。我的外国朋友问我广州有没有Laundromat. 因为她没有洗衣机，冬天水很冷，不想自己用手洗衣服。
Dry cleaner's：干洗店。
Like doing something-喜欢做某事
I like dancing in discos.
Dislike doing something -不喜欢做某事
Tom dislikes going to the dentist.
Hate doing something －厌恶做某事
Paul hates having his photo taken.
Loathe/resent doing something－憎恨做某事
I absolutely loathe traveling.
4. I had the department secretary type my term paper.－我叫系里的秘书帮我打我的学期论文。
Have sb do something. -让别人做某事， 托福常考结构。
Term paper-学期论文。在美国的大学，有些科目不进行期末考，期末交一篇学期论文就当是该科的考试。
5. Most colleges are no longer overcrowded, neither are the secondary schools. －多数大学都不再过度拥挤，中学也不是这样了。
Neither这是初中就学过的词，便是"也不"。
e.g. (1) He doesn't like rock music, neither do I. - 他不喜欢摇滚音乐，我也不喜欢。
e.g. (2) Mary is not American, neither am I. －Mary不是美国人，我也不是。
Neither后面的动词形式取决于前面句子的动词。
6. Her face lit up when she saw him.－她见到他时马上面露喜色。
Lit up的原形是light up. 从字面理解是"亮起来""突然有光"
If someone's face or eyes light up, they show pleasure, excitement. 是指面露喜色或是显得兴奋。
常用搭配：Light up with joy/pride/glee.
7. After the cake had cooled, I put frosting on it.
Frosting(在糕饼上的)糖霜混合物, 英国人称为 "icing"
8. The program will be on in a quarter of an hour. －这个节目将会在15分钟后播放。 On指电视或是电台节目开播。
在【潇潇语言实验室22集】提到quarter有几个意思，这里的quarter是15分钟。
9. Judge Gray was never known for his leniency toward criminals. Gray法官向来都不是以对犯人仁慈闻名的。（言下之意，他对犯人不留情。）
Be known for/be famous for/be noted for－以。。。。。闻名
10. Mark has decided to run against Jack for treasurer. －Mark和Jack竞争财务部长的职位。
Run for a position:参加竞选一个职位。 Run against somebody for a position-和某人竞争一个职位。
e.g. Bob Dole's running for President. －Bob Dole正在竞选总统职位。
11. W: I need to make a hotel reservation for the conference. -我要给这次会议顶酒店。
Make a reservation预定，可以是在餐厅预定位置，在酒店预定房间，或是预定机票。托福常考的情形就是这几种。
M: How about having the travel agent do it? －叫旅行社帮忙预定怎么样。
How about doing something:这个句型常用来提建议。
A: I can't decide where to eat out. －我决定不了去哪吃饭。
B: How about going to the McDonald's? －去麦当劳怎么样？
Eat out－是指出去餐馆吃饭。
"我么今天晚上出去吃饭吧"这句话很多中国学生容易说成，"Let's go out to eat tonight."事实上，口语中的表达是，"Let's eat out tonight."
12. W: How about some more apple pie, Bob? -Bob，在再吃点苹果派吧。
M: You wouldn't have to force me to take another helping. －你不用逼我，我也会再吃多一份的。（言下之意是这苹果派很好吃，你不用逼我，我也会自己多吃些。）
Helping：(食物的)一份,一客
Force sb to do sth. -逼某人做某事。
13. M: I'll have to repair this old knapsack (背包) again.
W: Will it do any good? －这有用么？ （这样做有好处么？）言下之意是她不赞成补那个背包，还不如买个新的算了。
e.g. (1) Smoking does you no good.－吸烟对你没有好处。
e.g. (2) Drinking hot milk before bed will do you good. －睡觉钱喝热牛奶对你有好处。
14. M: Would you tell Paul I'm sorry I lost his radio?－你能不能告诉Paul我很抱歉我弄丢了他的收音机。
W: Hadn't you better tell him yourself? -你自己告诉他不是更好么？
英文中常用 You'd better do something来提建议，这里是用了这个句型的反问句型Hadn't you better do something?
15. W: Can you take me to the Palace Restaurant quickly? I'm ten minutes late already.
M: I don't know. I'll try. But with traffic this heavy, it will take at least twenty more.
With traffic this heavy -交通这么拥挤， this 在这里的是"这么,这样地"的意思。表程度。
That有类似的用法：That－那样,那么 （表程度）
e.g. (1) Is the problem that easy?
问题有那么简单吗?
e.g. (2) Things are not that bad. －事情并没有那么糟糕。
16. W: Weren't you nervous when the professor called on you? －教授叫你回答问题时你是不是很紧张。
M: I'll say. I shook all over. －是的，我全身都发抖。
我们在中学课本学过call on sb.是拜访某人的意思。
call on sb：to visit someone for a short time
e.g. I'd like to call on Annal while I'm in London.
但是在美式英文中，call on sb.有另外的意思：(American) to ask a person in a group of people to answer a question or to give their opinion about something －提问某人，或是叫某人发表意见。
She was afraid the teacher would call on her and she wouldn't know the answer.－她怕老师提问她时她不知道答案.
"I'll say"是表示同意对方说的话。
类似的表达方法还有：You bet/You said it/You can say that again./You hit the nail on the head. 这些句子都是表示赞成对方说的话，托福听力都考过。
17. W: Why do you always put on slippers(拖鞋) when you go into your apartment? －你进你的公寓时为什么总是穿上拖鞋。
18. M: It saves wear and tear on the carpet. －这样会减少对地毯的磨损。
wear and tear: [often + on]the damage that happens to an object or a person when they are used or when they do something －使用一样东西对这样东西产生的磨损。这个短语也可以用于人。指事情对人的损耗。
e.g. (1)She made everyone wear slippers inside the house to avoid wear and tear on the carpet. -
e.g. (2) The wear and tear of life in a busy office has taken its toll on our staff.
take a/its/their toll: to have a bad effect on someone or something －对某事产生不好的影响，尤其指身心的损耗。
Bringing up nine children had taken its toll on my mother. [often + on]
The disease has taken a horrendous toll in parts of western Africa.
19. W: Which do you prefer? The striped (条纹的), the polka dot（圆点花样的） or the plaid（有格子图案的）?
M: Actually I like the solid orange best. －事实上，我最喜欢纯橙色。
solid是只有一种颜色，没有其他花纹或是图案。Solid blue-纯蓝色
20. In other words, lightening quickly heats the air and causes thunder.
In other words:换句话说
21. The radio station is going to be on around the clock. －这个电台将24小时开播。
Around the clock－24小时。托福常考短语。
作者:我是潇潇
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