托福听力高分话题背景素材：20个美国校园话题

　　1. If I didn’t have a car, I’d have to walk five blocks to work every day.

　　如果我没有汽车，就只好每天步行五个楼区上班。

　　2. The baby slept soundly even with the noise the children made.

　　即使在子孩子们吵吵闹闹的情况下婴儿睡得也很香甜。

　　3. Eric is usually on time for his ten o’clock class, but today he arrived 20 minutes late.

　　艾瑞克通常准时去上十点钟的课，但今天他迟到了20分钟。

　　4. I might have taken French last semester if I’d known it was offered.

　　如果知道了上个学期开设了法语课的话我会选学的。

　　5. Most people get fewer colds in the summer than in the winter.

　　多数人夏天患感冒的机会比冬天少。

　　6. Tony’s boss gave him permission to take two days off.

　　托尼的老板准许他休两天假。

　　7. When the secretary said that the report would be ready by Thursday, the boss told her to take her time.

　　当秘书说报告将在星期四准备好时，老板让她别着急。

　　8. A very successful salesman, Mr. Raleigh often has more customers than he can handle.

　　罗利先生是个很成功的商人，他的顾客常常多得他应接不暇。

　　9. In the class of twenty, Jane is the third best student.

　　在这个20人的班级里珍妮第三个最好的学生。

　　10. I’d rather do nothing than watch old movies on television.

　　我宁可什么不做也不在电视上观看老电影。

　　11. Mrs. Thomson attended to the domestic details of the house for which she received a substantial salary.

　　汤姆逊夫人负责掌管家里的大小事务，为此她得到一笔可观的工资。(substantial: 大量的，充足的。)

　　12. Despite the weather report that the skies would clear at mid morning, the rain continued throughout the day and into the night.

　　尽管天气预报说上午(的中段时间)天会晴朗，大雨从整个白天一直下到深夜。

　　13. Insurance rates are rising so fast that the cost may soon be prohibitive.

　　保险费增长得如此之快费用可能很快受到抑制。

　　14. Time Square is the center of many well-known theaters in New York.

　　时代广场是纽约许多著名歌剧院的中心。

　　15. You may see the ballet any night but Sunday when there is a magnate performance.

　　除了星期天之外你可以在任何晚上观看芭蕾舞，因为星期天有名人演出。

　　16. His wages are small and so are his needs.

　　他的工资很低，他的需要也不高。

　　17. The students heeded the instructions of the teacher and took their places in the first two rows.

　　学生们很重视老师的指示，都坐在头两排。

　　18. Bred sat through his physics class in his rain-soaked clothes but decided to go home rather than to attend biology class.

　　布雷德穿着雨水浸湿的衣服熬过了物理课，但决定还是回家而不是去上生物课。(Sit through: 一直捱到……的结束;虽无兴趣却强忍着听完或看完。相当于sit out。)

　　19. Martha said she would do anything for me but lie.

　　马沙说除了说谎之外她愿意为我做任何事情。

　　20. Another explosion occurred seconds after the first.

　　就在第一声爆炸响过数秒钟后又发生了爆炸声。