雅思词组1:leisure time闲暇时间

Listening to music can both enrich my leisure time and satisfy my spiritual needs.
听音乐既能丰富我的闲暇时间又能满足我的精神需求。

spare time

雅思词组2:lend an ear耐心而同情地听着，倾听

I am willing to lend art ear to your story of your hard life.
我愿意倾听有关你艰辛生活的故事。

雅思词组3:letter of recommendation推荐信

You can't expect a boss to hire you just because of a letter of recommendation.
你别指望单凭一封推荐信老板就会录用你。

雅思词组4:life expectancy平均(期望)寿命，预期寿命

I'm sure the life expectancy in China will increase in the fixture.
我相信未来中国人的平均寿命将会增加。

雅思词组5:light rail轻轨

The light rail line runs from the Disney Land to the downtown.
轻轨线路是从迪斯尼乐园到市中心。

随着城市的发展，交通越来越便捷。常见的交通工具:
bus公共汽车
elevated train磁悬浮
coach大客车
tram有轨电车
ferry渡船
subway地铁

雅思词组6:line up排列成行;组织;邀请

The Scotsman designed a camera, a projection device and the film. The system was first shown in New York in 1894 and was really very popular. People lined up around the block to see the wonderful new invention.
这名苏格兰人设计了一台照相机、一个投影装置和胶片。这个系统于1894年第一次在纽约展示并广受欢迎。人们在街区排队来看这个奇妙的新发明。

雅思词组7:live music现场音乐

A:We should have known how the interviewees listen to their music.
A:我们应该知道这些受访者是如何听音乐的。

B:The medium. Let's include radio, CD-and then I guess there's TV
B:媒体。应该包括广播、CD—我猜还应该有电视。

A:What about concerts? You know, in pubs and halls.
A:音乐会呢?你知道的，在酒吧和音乐厅里。

B:We should include live ruusic of course.
B:我们当然应该包括现场音乐。

几种常见的音乐类型:
world music世界音乐，常指发展中地区的传统音乐，如非洲及南亚洲地区的音乐
classic pop带古典交响乐味道的流行曲
electrophonic music电子音乐
chamber pop室内乐，指一种典稚、高贵、精致的流行乐
bossa nova带有爵士乐味道的巴西音乐

雅思词组8:living condition生活条件;生存境况

These cottages were built for workers towards the end of the eighteenth century and they are still furnished from that period so you can get a good idea of ordinary people's living condition.
这些棚屋建于18世纪末，是为当时的工薪阶层建的，内部陈设还保留当时的样子，因此你们可以对当时普通人的生活状况有个很好的了解。

另一常考的相关词组是living standard，意为“生活标准”。

雅思词组9:loads of很多

The cell phone produced by the South Korean company is only a couple of weeks old, but it has already dropped a big firmware update that fixes loads of bugs.
这种由韩国公司生产的手机才上市几周，但该公司已经发布了一个大的固件更新，能修复大量漏洞。

a host of,a load of

雅思词组10:local resident当地居民

I asked an old local resident about the history of the small town.
我向当地一位老人打听这座小镇的历史。

local people