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　　b: it was very heavy, but i got my roommates to help me with it . dZ
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　　a:你究竟时怎么把那个桌子搬进你的房子的？

　　b：那个桌子很重，但是我叫我的舍友帮我搬。

　　how did you ever do something? 来源：www.gzu521.com

　　通常用来问别人时究竟怎么把一件比较难办的事情办成的。"ever"在这里不是"曾经"的意思，只是用来加强语气。

　　get my roommate to help me with it.这里有两个结构：

　　get somebody to do something:叫某人做某事(托福常考结构)

　　help somebody with something：帮助某人做某事

　　学习英文要时刻注意总结固定的搭配和结构，这样才能写出和讲出地道的英语。虽然简单，但是不小心还是会用错。

　　另外一个『托福原句』you certainly had a lot of boxes. how did you ever find room for everything? -你的盒子真多。你究竟时怎么找地方放这些东西的。

12. he goes skiing every chance he gets.他一有机会就去滑雪。

　　举一反三：i practice my spoken english every chance i get.我一有机会就练习我的英语口语。

13. he's always been enthusiastic about sports. -他一直对运动很热衷。

　　be enthusiastic about sth:对某事很热衷，热爱

　　比较口语化的表达方式还有：be crazy/nuts about something/somebody

　　he's crazy/nuts about basketball.他热爱篮球。

14. shouldn't she concentrate on doing her school work instead?

　　concentrate on doing something.集中精力做某事。

15. at least it is a diversion from my normal course work. i'm getting tired of math. "至少这可以让我暂时撇下我的正常的课程工作。我已经对数学感到厌倦了。"

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16. it would be better to talk about it face to face.

　　it would be better to do something这个句型是虚拟语气(would)，常用来提建议。"这样做会更好"

　　face to face :面对面 来源：www.gzu521.com

　　in person:亲自it would be better to tell him in person.亲自告诉他比较好。

17. would you mind if i sat here? -of course not.

　　would you mind if i did something? if从句中用过去时表示客气。

　　也可以不用过去时。回答would you mind?一定要小心，如果你介意就答"yes"，不介意就答"no" "of course not."

18. so you're going to give us a ride to the game tonight?你今天晚上会车我们去看比赛？

　　give sb a ride-用车载某人一程。

19. you haven't written your folks for a quite a while, have you?

　　folks在口语中的意思是"父母"

20. marilyn seemed happy with her grades. - happy? she could hardly contain herself.

　　grades是指成绩。在国外打分通常给a,b,c,d.

　　i made good grades in high school. -我读高中时成绩好。

　　contain oneself -控制自己的情绪，感情

　　eg. i was so angry that i couldn't contain myself.我气得不能控制自己的情绪

21. maybe i ought to subscribe to the engineering quarterly.

　　subscribe to订阅 i've subscribed to china daily.我订了中国日报。

　　quarter有好多意思。可以是"季度"，或是"一刻钟"，或是25美分，或是"四分之一"。

　　quarterly -季报daily -日报 来源：www.gzu521.com

　　weekly -周报bi-weekly-双周报monthly -月报

22. allen has done some beautiful drawings of his dream house.

　　dream house梦想中的房子。dream job-心目中理想的工作

　　dream car-做梦都想要的车

　　dream girl (the girl of my dreams) -梦中情人，心中理想的女孩