北京新航道为考生提供托福考试考前资讯。要想学好英语，单单只是循规蹈矩的背课文背单词是远远不够的，在国外留学生活的时候，你会遇到不懂的场景情境，地道的美国俚语会让你一个头两个大，所以说学好英语，顺利通过托福考试，的在国外生活，了解的美国文化，当地的俚语是很重要的。而这些俚语中包含了常见的托福词汇。下面，小编就带领大家去看一看吧。

　　1、. Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed = wake up in a bad mood

　　从不正确的一面起床，可不是说人睡觉不老实，翻筋斗的意思，她可是说起床时的心情不好呢。

　　例句：

　　2、 In the Hole = in debt

　　掉进债洞啦。

　　在中国，我们都说债台高筑，在地球的另外一边的美国，自然看起来是往下来的大洞啦。。。

　　这还让米某想起一个笑话。。就是关于烟囱和井的故事..

　　范例短文:采集者退散

　　Unfortunately, Peter had to sell his neighborhood hardware store. Because of competition from the bigger stores in the shopping center, he was going in the hole every month. His store was small and did not generate enough income to meet expenses. As a consequence, he was rapidly losing money and going into debt.

　　3、Get the Ax = be dismissed, fired

　　接斧头，接过斧头，肯定要受到伤害啊。

　　美国式的炒鱿鱼是接斧头，表示被解雇。

　　范例对话:

　　A: I feel sorry for Richard. He was feeling quite depressed when I ran into him.

　　B: Did he tell you what was bothering him?

　　A: Among other things, he informed me that he got the ax at work.

　　B: That’s strange. He’s always been a conscientious worker. I wonder why they dismissed him from his job?

　　A: Evidently he had a disagreement on company policies with one of the top executives.

　　4、On the Line = in danger of being lost

　　你说人在网上可千万不要说是on the line ...

　　那个。。没有这个the 。。

　　差之一字，谬之千里啊..

　　他的意思是象在踩钢丝一样,岌岌可危.

　　范例短文:

　　Lately Tom’s been more conscientious about the accuracy and quality of his work with the company. He was warned that his job was on the line because of his lack of concern for his duties. When Tom was alerted that he was in danger of losing his job, he began to take his obligations with the company more seriously.

　　5、blow it = fail at something

　　把事情搞砸了。

　　范例对话:

　　A: How did you do on the history exam?

　　B: I think I blew it! There was a section on the Civil War, and that’s the chapter in the book that I studied the least.

　　A: Well, at this point you can’t really be sure that you completely failed the examination. You must have done okay on the rest of the test.

　　B: Perhaps I didn’t fail the entire exam, but I’m sure that I didn’t do well.

　　上面就是一个美国俚语，里面的托福词汇，大家都记住了么?通过俚语来学习词汇是不是很有趣，让你轻松掌握托福词汇，顺利通过考试，大家加油哦!

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