“一網(wǎng)打盡”托福聽(tīng)力中的地道小詞（一）

　　童鞋們?cè)趥淇纪懈Ｂ?tīng)力的時(shí)候不知道會(huì)不會(huì)遇到這樣的問(wèn)題，我剛才聽(tīng)到一個(gè)特別熟悉的詞組，我也能把它寫(xiě)下來(lái)，可是這個(gè)詞組好像表達(dá)的不是它原來(lái)本身的意思了，變成了一個(gè)新的通用地道表達(dá)，一遇見(jiàn)這樣的情況，我就徹底暈菜了，這些詞到底是什么意思啊?那為了幫助大家解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題，這次我們來(lái)總結(jié)一下這些經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的托福聽(tīng)力地道小詞~

　　a big shot/wheel American & Australian, informal

　　an important or powerful person in a group or organization

　　Mr Madison is a big shot in the world of finance.

　　a breath of fresh air

　　someone or something that is new and different and makes everything seem more exciting

　　Angela's like a breath of fresh air when she comes to stay.

　　After all the criticism, his positive comments came as a breath of fresh air.

　　be all ears

　　to be waiting eagerly to hear about something:

　　I'm all ears - tell us what they had to say.

　　be all eyes

　　to watch someone or something with a lot of interest:

　　We were all eyes as the Princess emerged from the car.

　　have butterflies (in your stomach)

　　to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do

　　She had butterflies in her stomach as she walked out onto the stage.

　　for a song

　　very cheaply

　　This is one of my favorite pieces of furniture and I got it for a song in a market.

　　Property prices have come right down - houses are going for a song (= being sold very cheaply) at the moment.

　　go by the book, do sth by the book

　　to do something exactly as the rules tell you