托福聽力易誤解的詞組（2）

　　聽力原句1：

　　Well, design doesn't necessarily include things like sculptures or decorative walkways or… or even eye catching window displays, you know art.

　　聽力原句2：

　　Professor：That’s another possible reason although it doesn’t necessarily explain other behaviors such as eating, drinking or sleeping.”

　　語境釋義：不一定，未必(不是“不需要”或者“不必要”的意思!)

　　12. be at odds with

　　聽力原句：

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

　　語境釋義：與…相違背、相沖突

　　注：在聽力中該短語會有連讀，要多聽。

　　13. lesser-known

　　聽力原句：

　　Employee：You are lucky to have professor who includes the lesser-known writer like her on the syllabus, you know, not the usual authors we’ve all read.

　　語境釋義：不知名的

　　14. pros and cons

　　聽力原句：

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

　　語境釋義：權(quán)衡利弊，仔細斟酌

　　15. in a different light

　　聽力原句：

　　Student: I mean... Being a waiter, I get to see a lot of the professors, like in a different light, we joke around a little you know. In the classroom, they always have to be pretty formal, but …

　　語境釋義：從不同的角度，從另外一面

　　16. low key

　　聽力原句：

　　Pro: Oh, that's very thoughtful of you, Eric, but it will be low key, nothing flashy. That's not her style.

　　語境釋義：低調(diào)的，不張揚的

　　17. common denominator

　　聽力原句：

　　There are variations on this model of course, but the common denominators are always an idea of creating a shopping space that will get people to shop in the city without needing their cars.

　　語境釋義：共同點，共性

　　注意：denominator本意為“分母”

　　18. tongue in cheek

　　聽力原句：

　　But if you took away all the DNA that codes for genes, you still have maybe 70% of the DNA left over. That’s the so-called JUNK DNA. Though the word junk is used sort of tongue in cheek.

　　語境釋義：半開玩笑地

　　19. pull them from thin air

　　聽力原句：

　　To begin, how do we create fictional characters? We don’t just pull them from thin air, do we? I mean we don’t create them out of nothing.

　　語境釋義：憑空捏造

　　20. touch base

　　聽力原句：

　　Advisor: Hi, Steven I schedule this appointment, cause it has been a while since we touched base.

　　語境釋義：聯(lián)系，進行接觸