“一網打盡”托福聽力中的地道小詞（一）

　　童鞋們在備考托福聽力的時候不知道會不會遇到這樣的問題，我剛才聽到一個特別熟悉的詞組，我也能把它寫下來，可是這個詞組好像表達的不是它原來本身的意思了，變成了一個新的通用地道表達，一遇見這樣的情況，我就徹底暈菜了，這些詞到底是什么意思啊?那為了幫助大家解決這個問題，這次我們來總結一下這些經常出現的托福聽力地道小詞~

　　a big shot/wheel American & Australian, informal

　　an important or powerful person in a group or organization

　　Mr Madison is a big shot in the world of finance.

　　a breath of fresh air

　　someone or something that is new and different and makes everything seem more exciting

　　Angela's like a breath of fresh air when she comes to stay.

　　After all the criticism, his positive comments came as a breath of fresh air.

　　be all ears

　　to be waiting eagerly to hear about something:

　　I'm all ears - tell us what they had to say.

　　be all eyes

　　to watch someone or something with a lot of interest:

　　We were all eyes as the Princess emerged from the car.

　　have butterflies (in your stomach)

　　to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do

　　She had butterflies in her stomach as she walked out onto the stage.

　　for a song

　　very cheaply

　　This is one of my favorite pieces of furniture and I got it for a song in a market.

　　Property prices have come right down - houses are going for a song (= being sold very cheaply) at the moment.

　　go by the book, do sth by the book

　　to do something exactly as the rules tell you