TOEFL Listening Idioms Must-Haves

Author: Xu Yang
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Publication Date: 2000-04-01
Features:
(1) This book includes core idioms, which frequently appear in TOEFL listening and are key vocabulary that students should focus on mastering.
(2) The second part of this book features TOEFL high-score idioms. These idioms have not appeared in previous TOEFL tests but are commonly used in daily life, especially in campus scenarios. Given their high likelihood of appearing in future TOEFL listening questions, students with extra time should also grasp these idioms.
(3) The best way to learn idioms is to memorize example sentences where they appear. Since the example sentences provided in this book are classic TOEFL listening and everyday-life sentences, familiarizing with or memorizing them can significantly improve students' TOEFL listening scores and effectively enhance their spoken English proficiency. It is recommended that students memorize the idioms after becoming familiar with the example sentences. They can even tear out pages and keep two or three in their pockets to review during spare time, memorizing one page at a time. In fact, this "tear-out-and-learn" method has produced many outstanding English talents.
(4) The numbers following the example sentences, such as 96.1b-26, indicate that the example sentence comes from the TOEFL test in January 1996, with "b" denoting the North American version and "26" the question number. L9-16, where "L" refers to the TOEFL listening section from New Oriental's TOEFL book before 1989, "9" indicates the 9th set of questions, and "16" the question number. For 93.10-C1, "C" stands for Part C.
TOEFL listening is the biggest hurdle for Chinese students to achieve high scores. TOEFL listening is modern American spoken English, and the abundance of idioms is a key feature of spoken language. Therefore, solving the idiom problem is crucial for scoring high on TOEFL listening. This book includes a large number of common TOEFL listening idioms, which frequently appear in actual tests with a high repetition rate and require significant effort to master.