暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。今天，我们给大家带来的是托福听力中的固定搭配。在托福听力中，总会遇到这种问题：有时候明明都是初中词汇，怎么拼到一起你却不认识了？！其实，这都是固定搭配积累太少惹的祸！而托福听力中，固定搭配的使用其实并不算少，且有些还会被反复考察。

那么，如果我们能够熟练的掌握这些固搭，一定会对我们的听力理解有很大的帮助。所以，今天为大家整理了部分TPO中常见的固搭。文章略干，同学们可以先收藏&分享之后慢慢吸收学习哦~

01

all over the place

乱七八糟

completely disorganized or confused

●TPO13L2——Ecology

Yeah,well, there used to be beavers all over the place,something like 200 million beavers, just in the continental United States.

这里曾经到处都是海狸，大概有200万只生活在美洲大陆上。暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

02

all the rage

风靡一时

popular or fashionable at the moment 

●TPO30L4——Music History

Before long, Hawaiian steel guitar music was all the rage in the mainland US.

不久，夏威夷吉他就在美国本土风靡起来。

03

at odd

争执；不一致

cannot agree or argue with someone

●TPOT4L2——Literature

They try to fit in with the rest of the world even though it’s at odds with their beliefs and their identities.

他们正努力融入世界，尽管他们和世界其他地方有着不同的身份和信仰。暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

04

be that as it may

话虽如此

even so, even now

●TPO3L3——Art History

But be that as it may, whatever the exact date, whether it's 15,000, 20,000or 30,000 years ago, the Chauvet paintings are from the dawn of art.

尽管如此，无论准确的日期是哪天，哪怕是在15000、20000还是30000年前，肖维岩洞的壁画都被认为是艺术的开端。

05

do the trick

奏效；成功

go places, make a hit

●TPO19C1——Student & Professor

Yeah,I can see how that might do the trick. But, anyway, what I wanted to ask was, when you started talking about game theory.Well, I know a little bit about it, but I am not clear about its use in biology.

是的，我已经看到效果了，但是，我还是想问一下，当你提到game theory的时候，我是有一定的了解，但是我不知道这个理论是如何运用在生物学中的。暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

06

down the drain

浪费掉；徒劳

wasted or produces no results

●TPO4C2——Student & Professor

I know, but I didn't want to risk the project going down the drain.

我知道，但是我不能让这个项目冒功亏一篑的风险。

07

drop in the bucket

杯水车薪

something is so small that it won't make any noticeable difference.

●TPO12L4——Environmental Science

It can generate 194 megawatts of electric power, but that’s just a drop in the bucket.

它能产生194兆瓦的电量，但是也是杯水车薪。暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

08

from scratch

从头做起

from the beginning

●TPO4C2——Student & Professor

But we've got all the sources and its due next week. We don’t have time to start from scratch.

但是我们已经找好各种资料了，截止日期是下周，我们已经没有时间重新来过了。

09

get a handle on

控制；驾驭

get something under control

●TPO25L4 ——Animal Behavior

Apparently,it also contributes to the development of a brain that's flexible, a brain that's quickly able to get a handle on unfamiliar situations.

很显然，它对大脑灵活、快速的适应陌生环境有着重要帮助。暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

10

heavenly body

天体

planet

●TPO18L1 ——Astronomy

That's because of their belief at the time that the heavenly bodies, the Sun,Moon,Stars and Planets, were perfect, without any flaws or blemishes.

这是因为他们坚信所有的行星，太阳，月亮等等，都是完美无瑕的。

11

high and low

到处

everywhere

●TPO5C1——Student & Counselor at the University Counseling Center

And it so happened that the cellist graduated last year. They’ve been searching high and low for a replacement, someone with experience.

大提琴手去年毕业了，他们到处寻找有经验的接班人。

12

how come

为什么，怎么会

disbelief or surprise

●TPO26L3——Astronomy

I mean, how come Halley's is still there? After four and a half billion years. How could it be?

我意思是，经过了45亿年哈雷彗星怎么还在那，怎么可能?暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

13

let alone

更不必说;不打扰

to say nothing of……

●TPO22L2 —— Astronomy

we know the Sun’s current rate of mass loss, but if we assume that this rate has been steady over the last four billion years, the young Sun wouldn’t have been massive enough to have warmed Earth, let alone Mars, not enough to have caused liquid water.

我们知道太阳现在质量在衰减，如果我们假设太阳质量衰减的速度是恒定的，那么经过40亿年，太阳将不再有足够的质量给地球提供热量，更不用说火星了，这些热量都不够形成液态水。

14

off the hook

摆脱困境;脱身

avoid sth.

●TPO15C2 ——Student&Biology Professor

And that's supposed to be a quiet environment? Not exactly. My brother and parents try to keep it down when I am studying, but the phone pretty much rings off the hook, so ...

本该是一个很安静的环境吧?事实却不是这样，在我学习的时候都爸爸和哥哥放低声音，但是电话却响个不停。暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

15

pros and cons

利弊

advantages & disadvantages

The question is how. I mean no one really thinks that, say a bee goes through weighing the pros and cons of pollinating this flower or that flower.

问题在于怎样做到的。没有人会认为蜜蜂给花朵授粉的时候会去权衡一下这朵花和那朵花的利弊。

16

put two and two together

根据事实推理

reach a correct conclusion from the evidence; making inference

●TPO3L4 ——Astronomy

So he put two and two together, and decided there was an element in the sun that hadn’t been discovered here on the earth yet.

所以他根据现有情况推断，太阳里有一种元素是我们至今都没有发现的。

17

rule of thumb

经验法则

approximately

●T2C1——Student & Professor

.. like your parents. That’s usually my rule of thumb: would my parents understand this?

...例如你的父母。按我的经验法则，我会问：我的父母能理解吗?暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

18

spot on

完全正确

exactly right

●TPO29L4——Structural Engineering

There’s a reason I mentioned that figure of 36,000 kilometers. That’s about how high an object would have to be orbiting straight up from the equator to constantly remain directly above the exact same spot on the rotating planet Earth.

就像我刚提到的，36000公里是近地同步卫星的轨道高度。

19

take for granted

认为…理所当然

assume sth.Is real for sure

●TPO24L3——Archeology

Today we take for granted that there horizontal bands of plant communities.

今天我们认为植物带的水平分布是理所当然的。

20

tall order

离谱的要求

hard to achieve or fulfill

●TPO5C2——Student & Professor

It's still a pretty tall order,and we will be moving right along, so you will really need to stay on top of it.

这始终是个苛刻的要求，我们要一直保持前进，你就必须保持在状态。暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

21

tongue in cheek

虚情假意的

not seriously

●TPO12L1 ——Biology

That's the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.

这就是所谓的“无用DNA”，不过junk一词在这里有点嘲弄的意思。

除了以上这些，平时练习中遇到的，不认识的固定搭配也要记下来，反复听反复熟悉，听力才能越练越好~暑假学托福就选新航道托福住宿班，托福住宿班是全封闭集训，全封闭帮助学校打牢基础、吃住学三位一体浸泡式学习、强化学生的行为及学习习惯。

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