托福聽(tīng)力中有一些短語(yǔ)常常出現(xiàn)，被稱為高頻短語(yǔ)，熟練掌握這些托福聽(tīng)力高頻短語(yǔ)非常重要。
21 I have seen worse 我見(jiàn)過(guò)更糟的
22 in advance 提前;同義：before hand， ahead of time
It’s a really nice apartment. But the owners want two-month rent in advance and I just don ’t have it.
23 in case 萬(wàn)一
Let’s take our suits along in case the sun comes out.
24 in next to no time 馬上
A： Are you going to be using the copying machine long?
B： I’ll be through in next to no time.
25 in the red 赤字 反義：in the black
26 in the works 正在準(zhǔn)備階段
An advanced course in theoretical chemistry is the works.
27 keep to oneself
I’m amazed that you still haven’t gotten to know your neighbors.
28 kill time 浪費(fèi)時(shí)間
Gosh， what can we do to kill the next 10 hours?
29 leave…up to somebody
We’ll have to leave the decision up to him.
30 letter of recommendation 推薦信;letter of reference 推薦信
31 look on the bright sides of things 看事物的光明面
32 no kidding 不是開(kāi)玩笑吧
33 on the tip of one’s tongue 就在舌尖
A： Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record?