21、drop

1) 拜访。drop by
I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening.我想知道你能否在明晚过来。
I’m going home, but I can drop you at the supermarket.　我要回家，但我可以载你到超市。

2) 忘掉，放弃。drop it
We can drop it this time. But don’t do it again. 这次我们可以算了，但下次不要再犯。
I have to drop it this time. 我这次不得不放弃。

22、drunk driving

酒后驾驶。在四级听力中出现，一般都是作为traffic accident(交通事故)的主要原因之一。

I think it’s high time we turned our attention to the danger of drunk driving now.
我认为这是我们必须重视酒后驾驶的危险性的时候了。

23、expect

愿意“期待，期望”。
Nobody expects you to be a superstar. 没有人指望你会成为超级明星。

引申意思为“等待，预期”。
The lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had expected.
这个演讲比我预期的要难懂多了。

Mr. Smith is expecting you at 3 o’clock. 史密斯先生等待着你三点钟到来。

24、extremely

使用频率非常高，不亚于very，这个东西extremely expensive。
The speech the blind girl gave this evening was extremely moving.
今晚那个盲的女孩的演讲非常感人。

25、film

1) 电影。最常见用语。

2) 胶卷。
ran out of film 胶卷用完；a roll of film 一卷胶卷；develop the film冲洗胶卷，说成wash就完蛋了。

3、拍摄。
film the river bank 拍摄河岸景致

26、gains and losses

Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision.
在你做出决定之前，一定要好好想想得与失。

27、give

1) give sb a ride 请某人搭便车
Could you give me a ride to school tomorrow? 你明天能载我一程去学校吗？

2) give sb a hand 帮助某人
Can you give me a hand, Mike? 麦克，你能帮我一下吗？

3) give sb a ring 打电话给某人
I need to give Mum a ring and tell her I will not be back for dinner.
我要给妈妈打电话告诉她不回去吃晚饭了。

28、go

1) go broke 破产；身无分文

2) go for a ride 乘车外出

My sister wanted to go for a ride around town. 我的姐姐想乘车去镇上转一转。

3) go Dutch 各付各的

4) go ahead 向前进；继续下去

Go ahead, please. 请继续向前进。

5) go on forever 永远继续下去
Mrs. Lung’s briefing seems to go on forever. 郎女士的演说似乎没完没了。

6) go against 不顺心

Oh, yes, but not a thing to go against me.
哦，是啊，没有什么不顺心的事情发生在我身上。

7) go over 复习，温习

I’ve have to go over my notes for tomorrow’s midterm.
我不得不为明天的期中考试复习笔记。

29、item

1) 物品。I want to move a few heavy items into the car.　我想把一些很重要的东西搬进车里。

2) 项，东西。如果填表(fill in a form)，就必然有many items to write。

3) 指代工作。

What about a cup of coffee before we move onto the next item?
在进入下一个议程前要不要来杯咖啡。

30、keep

1) keep in touch(with) 保持联系

But we’ll keep in touch. 但是我们会保持联系的。
Do you still keep in touch with your parents regularly after you leave them?
你离开父母以后还仍然与他们继续保持经常的联系吗？

2)keep an eye on 看守。

31、laundry

该词本意是指洗衣店。但是在听力中，会用来借指洗衣服的工作。
比如，There’s a lot of laundry to do.有很多衣服要洗。

32、look

该词本身作为一个基本动词并无什么难度，但是它频频在听力中出现的各种用法我们不得不掌握一下。

1) 看上去。
You look great. 你看上去气色很好。
You look awfully nervous. 你看上去很紧张。
All of my clothes look so old and I can’t afford something new.
我所有的衣服看上去都很旧，我买不起新的。
It’s not as bad as it looks.　它并没有看上去的糟。

2) 查阅。look up 查阅字典

3) 希望。look forward to

4) 寻找。 look for

Do you think we should try to call him or look for him?
你认为我们是打电话给他呢，还是去找他？

Have you seen a young gentleman looking for his wristwatch?
你见过一个寻找腕表的年轻人吗？

33、make

1) make an appointment 预约

Why didn’t you make an appointment to see the doctor last week？
你为什么上周不给医生打个预约电话。

2) make a call on the payphone 打一个收费电话

3) make room for sb 腾出位子给某人

Could you make room for the old lady? 你能为这位老太太让个座吗？

4) make it 达到，抵达，做到

But I’m afraid I can’t make it. 但是我恐怕做不到。
I’m afraid I can’t make it before 7 o’clock. 我恐怕在7点前没法到达。

34、mistake

1) 错误。make a mistake

2) 误认。这对双胞胎长得太像了，所以I often mistake one for another，并且无法tell them apart。

35、notice

1) 通知。

Please wait for further notice. 请注意进一步通知。

2) 注意到。

Have you noticed anything wrong here? 你注意到这里有什么问题吗？

36、offer

1) 提供。公司提供工作职位给学生就是offer a job。国外大学提供奖学金即：offer scholarship。所以大家一般称国外大学的全额奖学金为offer。

I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family.
我拒绝了这份工作因为它要求频繁的出差。

They’re offering me a job after I graduate.　他们给我提供了一份毕业后的工作。

2) 帮助。offer to help others 乐于助人

37、order

1) 命令。这是最基本用法，不赘述。

2) 订购。

I haven’t received the furniture I ordered yet.我还没有收到订购

How about the food I ordered?我订的饭菜如何？

餐厅服务用语：Can I take / serve your order?

3) 秩序。 out of order 比较乱，其反意为in order。

38、paint

1) 油漆。

Did Henry paint the whole house himself?整栋房都是亨利自己漆的吗？

He had it painted. 他找人刷了油漆。

2)绘画。

Can you tell me the title of this oil painting?　你能告诉我这贴画油画的名字吗？

39、paper

1) 论文。学期结束，学生难免会要被要求完成几篇papers。

How much time did you have for writing the paper？　你写论文花了多少时间？

What’s the teacher’s comment on the student’s paper？老师怎么评价这个学生的论文？

Are you sure you have corrected all the typing errors in this paper?
你确信论文中所有打印错误都更改了吗？

2) 试卷。期中考试有mid-term paper，期末有term paper。因此，如果提到The paper was not as easy as we hope. 就是考试卷子没有想象得那么容易之意了。

3) 书面。与paper test 书面考试(笔试)相对的就是oral test(口试)。固定搭配on paper也即表示“以书面形式”。

4) 平装。a paper back book / paperback edition平装书，与hard back book / hard cover精装书相对。
听力中会出现的情形是，在促销(on sale)期间，平装书和精装书一样的价格，这个时候大家当然会更愿意选择精装书了。

Do you have the paperback edition of this dictionary? 这本字典有平装版吗？

5) 新闻报纸。来源于newspaper。在日常用语中，直接用paper指代新闻报纸。

I’m calling about the three-bedroom house you advertised in yesterday’s paper.

The paper says people tend to feel unwell if they sleep less than six hours a day.

I’d like to place an advertisement for a used car in this Sunday edition of your paper.

6) 一般的纸张。该词最基本的意思。

I am looking for quality paper to type my essay.　我在找高质量的纸来打印论文。

40、polish

修改，润色。对论文，对求职简历。

I spend so much time polishing my application　letter.　我花了很多时间润色我的申请文书。