级听力词汇和技巧

Americans believe no one stands 1) still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people to researching, experimenting and 2) exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being 3)labor.
We are salves to 4) nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We 5) budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it, we also charge for it. It is a 6) precious resource. Many people have a rather acute 7)sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to 8) count.
one’s nails --be restless/nervous 4) pull an all-nighter --stay up/sit up 5) to bomb the test --to fail the exam
3) 借书，买书, 读书 1) books are due --to renew the books 2) plough through the books --it is difficult to finish reading 3) out of stock --to be not available
5) be enthusiastic about the subject --be keen on 6) to polish essay/papers --to improve/refine 7) deadline --closing date 8) to extend --to put off/postpone 9) to be punctual --to be on time/prompt
6) to split the bill --to go Dutch 7) to be sociable --to like making friends 8) to be hard on sb --to be harsh on sb/ to be mean to sb
Review of the words
Part 1: short conversations(短 对话)
1. 校园生活类 1) 选择专业或课程
1. courses with a lighter workload --less assignment/homework 2) catch up with sth --be behind sth 3) to drop/quit the course --not to choose the course 4) be distracted in classes --be absent-minded
4)课余活动 1) to recruit new members --to take in 2) to run for the chairman --to be the candidate 3) to vote for --to support 4) to vote against --to oppose to/ to object to
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--extend the deadline --a criminal deserves what the punishment --nothing but --eliminate --set a model/example for sb/behave
oneself --be filtered out of --be unrealistic --assert oneself --be deadly +adj --tragedy
5) to be out in the contest --to get eliminate 6) to win the title --to be champion 7) to be qualified for --to be entitled to
5 同学交往 1) to be on good terms with --to get along well with 2) to be talkative -- a chatter box 3) to be considerate --to be thoughtful 4) to be stingy --to be not generous 5) to buy one’s dinner --to treat sb
10) to jump/skip the classes --to be absent 11) to check class attendance --to check students’ presence
2) 考试和成绩 1) straight A --all the courses are A 2) killer course --very difficult course 3) to have butterflies in one’s stomach; nite