11. W: I need to make a hotel reservation¹ for the conference. -我要给这次会议顶酒店。 
Make a reservation预定，可以是在餐厅预定位置，在酒店预定房间，或是预定机票。托福常考的情形就是这几种。 
M: How about having the travel agent do it? －叫旅行社帮忙预定怎么样。 
How about doing something:这个句型常用来提建议。 
A: I can’t decide where to eat out. －我决定不了去哪吃饭。 
B: How about going to the McDonald’s? －去麦当劳怎么样？ 
Eat out－是指出去餐馆吃饭。 
"我么今天晚上出去吃饭吧"这句话很多中国学生容易说成，"Let’s go out to eat tonight."事实上，口语中的表达是，"Let’s eat out tonight." 
12. W: How about some more apple pie, Bob? -Bob，在再吃点苹果派吧。 
M: You wouldn’t have to force me to take another helping². －你不用逼我，我也会再吃多一份的。（言下之意是这苹果派很好吃，你不用逼我，我也会自己多吃些。） 
Helping：(食物的)一份,一客 
Force sb to do sth. -逼某人做某事。 
13. M: I’ll have to repair this old knapsack (背包) again. 
W: Will it do any good? －这有用么？ （这样做有好处么？）言下之意是她不赞成补那个背包，还不如买个新的算了。 
e.g. (1) Smoking does you no good.－吸烟对你没有好处。 
e.g. (2) Drinking hot milk before bed will do you good. －睡觉钱喝热牛奶对你有好处。 
14. M: Would you tell Paul I’m sorry I lost his radio?－你能不能告诉Paul我很抱歉我弄丢了他的收音机。 
W: Hadn’t you better tell him yourself? -你自己告诉他不是更好么？ 
英文中常用 You’d better do something来提建议，这里是用了这个句型的反问句型Hadn’t you better do something? 
15. W: Can you take me to the Palace Restaurant quickly? I’m ten minutes late already. 
M: I don’t know. I’ll try. But with traffic this heavy, it will take at least twenty more. 
With traffic this heavy -交通这么拥挤， this 在这里的是"这么,这样地"的意思。表程度。 
That有类似的用法：That－那样,那么 （表程度） 
e.g. (1) Is the problem that easy? 
问题有那么简单吗? 
e.g. (2) Things are not that bad. －事情并没有那么糟糕。 
16. W: Weren’t you nervous when the professor called on you? －教授叫你回答问题时你是不是很紧张。 
M: I’ll say. I shook all over. －是的，我全身都发抖。 
我们在中学课本学过call on sb.是拜访某人的意思。 
call on sb：to visit someone for a short time 
e.g. I’d like to call on Annal while I’m in London. 
但是在美式英文中，call on sb.有另外的意思：(American) to ask a person in a group of people to answer a question or to give their opinion about something －提问某人，或是叫某人发表意见。 
She was afraid the teacher would call on her and she wouldn’t know the answer.－她怕老师提问她时她不知道答案. 
"I’ll say"是表示同意对方说的话。 
类似的表达方法还有：You bet/You said it/You can say that again./You hit the nail on the head. 这些句子都是表示赞成对方说的话，托福听力都考过。 
17. W: Why do you always put on slippers³(拖鞋) when you go into your apartment? －你进你的公寓时为什么总是穿上拖鞋。 
18. M: It saves wear and tear on the carpet. －这样会减少对地毯的磨损。 
wear and tear: [often + on]the damage that happens to an object or a person when they are used or when they do something －使用一样东西对这样东西产生的磨损。这个短语也可以用于人。指事情对人的损耗。 
e.g. (1)She made everyone wear slippers inside the house to avoid wear and tear on the carpet. - 
e.g. (2) The wear and tear of life in a busy office has taken its toll⁴ on our staff. 
take a/its/their toll: to have a bad effect on someone or something －对某事产生不好的影响，尤其指身心的损耗。 
Bringing up nine children had taken its toll on my mother. [often + on] 
The disease⁵ has taken a horrendous⁶ toll in parts of western Africa. 
19. W: Which do you prefer? The striped⁷ (条纹的), the polka dot（圆点花样的） or the plaid（有格子图案的）? 
M: Actually I like the solid orange best. －事实上，我最喜欢纯橙色。 
solid是只有一种颜色，没有其他花纹或是图案。Solid blue-纯蓝色 
20. In other words, lightening⁸ quickly heats the air and causes thunder. 
In other words:换句话说 
21. The radio station is going to be on around the clock. －这个电台将24小时开播。 
Around the clock－24小时。托福常考短语。

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