9.吃的:fish can t be eat, berry is a bush even for a bird, bread is over toasted, vegetables are over cooked, bread may be in the refrigerator,
10.借东西: lend me calculus book(calculator), borrow the money from check, borrow car for shopping
11.天气:clean up for picnic, cold enough for skating, snowing too much to fly, so hot that we need an air conditioner,
12.作业能否完成:wait till the last minute, chemistry test without time for reading, fill out the financial aid form without the priority, paper extended to the next week
13.第三者: have done it for me
14.排队: magazine to kill the time, read the magazine twice, go early for not queue
15.得病看医生: need another doctor, it is open till 10 at the health center, take the pill the doctor assigned,
16.没空帮忙: can t give you a ride due to the meeting tomorrow morning,
17.锻炼减肥: lost weight, two blue clothes but one with the large size
18.电影或音乐会: see the concert twice make sense again, sell ticket to you so that you come with me, lectured by some professor is worth watching,
19.还书: return so as not to pay fine, help me return the books,
20.重新考虑以前的决定: reconsider your decision,
21.转让: movie ticket
22.加入社团: garden club, find another committee member to replace,
23.认不出来: beard, bother is different,
24.住房: find an apartment under 500 dollars, find a larger apartment, live nearer to the campus
25.放松: join a entertainment club for leisure, spend more time outdoors,
26.约会: (appointment), reschedule one of the appointment
27.关门了(过期了): museum closed, cafeteria closed,
28.照相: film run out, film not processed, film not good
29.同去: come go with me
30.太吵: too noisy, can t concentrate
(2)美国大学生活
托福 听力部分是为了测试应试者的听力理解能力,从而得知应试者是否有足够的语言能力在美国学习生活,所以托福听力的对话内容,场景都是关于在美国大学里的生活。所以对美国大学的学习和生活的初步了解有助于理解和熟悉听力的内容,对真正考试中的对话内容进行猜测,从而提高听力部分的分数。
初到美国
一般说来,新到的留学生必须在真正开课的前一周内到系里报道,这是系里有个international advisor将给你关于选课,选专业住宿等方面的指导,并且递给你一大摞学习生活方面的介绍的资料,甚至一张本校的地图。然后让你参加一个由international students office举行的international students orientation,内容都是关于美国大学的生活指导,如留学生在入学后的9个月内不能在校外打工,收入要上税等,还有关于枪支泛滥,大学生活的 安全 等问题。
关于注册(registration)
美国大学新生和学期前都要自己选课(或系里的advisor指导选课),然后将选好的课表在规定的时间里(通常是一周内)自己拿到registration office去register。由于全校的学生都集中在这段时间里注册,所以通常人都很多,排队便是常有的事。注册的程序这点和国内的大学很不一样,国内大学的做法通常是到系里去注册,而且没有选课的自由(除了极少的选修课外)。
关于住宿住
宿方面美国大学里大都有宿舍(dormitory)和公寓(apartment)两种:dormitory离教学楼较近,不用坐车,步行即可。Dormitory一般收费较贵,是给新生(new international graduate student)和大一(freshman)住的,一般两人或三个人同住,屋里每人一部电话和一条internet接口,有暖气或空调,但没有厨房,但每一层楼有一个公用厨房。一般住在dormitory的学生有一个meal plan,即在学校的dinning hall自助就餐,每个月支付一定的餐费。而apartment离教学楼较远,分布在学校的四周。住在apartment的学生一般自己开车或乘坐学校的免费公共汽车(shuttle)去上课。但apartment有它吸引人的地方,apartment是典型的美国小洋房,两层建筑,四周是草地,绿化特好,而且每人都有停车位;而且室内也不错,apartment有1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom, 4-bedroom等四种。每人一个bedroom,都在二楼,一楼有个大厨房,卫生间和客厅。厨房虽然是公用的,但有很多个炉口,可以同时使用,大家互不影响。客厅较大,很多周末同学朋友聚会都在这里举行。Apartment离校区较远,比较自由,而且通常比dormitory便宜,很受欢迎。但apartment是共享制的(share),即如果有某个partner在某个share期后搬出,其他的partners要自己寻找一个partner来补缺,不然就要share这个vacancy的费用。当然还有些同学住在校外(off-campus apartment),这就离学校更远了,一定要有一部车。虽然美国的轿车很便宜,甚至1000美元就能买一辆不错的车,但新到的留学生人生地不熟,很多国家的driver license在美国不适用,所以大部分新生前三个月都住在dormitory.以后才考虑搬进apartment.