托福口语中如何利用动词词组

 　　OUT: 表示向外

　　drop out; 跟quit同义即为退出;

　　托福口语题目：

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement¹: A person should study in the university to be successful.

　　如果我们不同意的话可以加一句：There are lots of successful business men who drop out of university, like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerburg.

　　sort it out/figure it out/ work it out: 都是解决问题的意思。

　　如果是加入something的话需放在词组后面如：

　　在第五题中可以使用这句话：He has two possible solutions to sort out the scheduling problem.

　　OFF：表示开始或者结束：

　　比如表示开始的：take off; The plane is about to take off. 飞机马上就要起飞了。

　　set off： I am setting² off tomorrow on a business trip to America. 明天我去美国商务旅行。

　　kick off: The meeting kicks off at four o'clock sharp. 会议四点准时开始。

　　表示结束的有：

　　switch³ off：stop giving your attention to someone or something译为停止对一件事件的关注;

　　托福口语题目：

　　Some students prefer to study for only one long time during a week. Others students prefer to study for several short times during a week. Which way do you prefer and why? Use specific⁴ reasons and examples to support your choice.

　　如果你选的是把学习的时间分为几段的话就可以说这么一句话：It's nice just to switch off, forget about study once in a while and do something fun like playing some sports, go fishing or even mountain climbing.

　　round off: 以xxx 为结束;

　　在Describe a memorable⁵ activity with your friend. 这道题中我们以这句话结束：

　　We rounded off the activity with happiness.

1 statement   

n.陈述；声明；综述

参考例句：

• The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
• Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。

2 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

3 switch   

n.开关，电闸，转换，软枝；vt.转变，切换，摆动，转换，使转轨；vi.转换，变换，摆动

参考例句：

• The switch on the wall was beyond the baby's reach.墙上的开关小孩子是够不到的。
• There's been a switch in our plans.我们的计划改变了。

4 specific   

adj.明确的；具体的；特定的

参考例句：

• The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
• We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。

5 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。