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雅思詞組1：a big potato大人物
A big potato is easy to distinguish, for he is always the last to arrive at a party.
大人物很好識別，因為參加聚會時他們總是最晚才到。
近義詞組:a big shot
雅思詞組2：a box office smash(電影)票房很成功
Though the film was far from a box office smash when it first hit theaters in 2005, it did receive generally positive reviews that time.
盡管這部電影在2005年剛上映時在票房上遠遠不算成功，但當時它的確得到了普遍的正面評價。
The director is a talent and most of his films are box office smashes.
這位導演是個天才，他的大多數電影都很賣座。
近義詞組 ：a box office hit
在雅思口語考試中，常會涉及一些與hobby(業(yè)余愛好)、leisure activity(休閑活動)等相關的話題，其中電影就是一個較常出現的內容，這里介紹一些和“票房”、“電影”相關的詞組:
the highest grossing/top-grossing movie票房冠軍影片，票房最高的影片
weekend box office周末票房
opening day box office首日票房
daily box office每日票房
box office battle票房大戰(zhàn)
雅思詞組3：a bunch of 一些
A:I'm gonna ask you a bunch of questions and then you have to answer them real fast.Okay? So,clear your mind! Clear it right out!
A:我要問你一些問題，你需要快速回答?？梢詥?好，清醒下頭腦!這就讓你的腦子清醒下!
B:Okay!
B:好的!
近義詞組 ：a few of
雅思詞組4：a couple of 幾個
A:Did the lecturer suggest anything in particular?
A:演講者有什么具體的建議嗎?
B:Yeah.She recommended software called Vivat and I should book up for a couple of practice sessions using Vivat.
B:她推薦了一個名為Vivat的軟件，而且推薦我預訂參加幾節(jié)使用該軟件的訓練課。
A:Now,there are a couple of books I'd like you to look at. Have you got a pen? Right... Approaches to Local History BY John Mervis.
A:現在我想給你推薦幾本書。你有筆嗎?好的，約翰·梅爾維斯的《當地歷史研究方法》。
B: Right...
B:好的。
雅思詞組5:a cushion of air 氣墊
The main purpose of the first experiment is to show how hovercrafts work, and how things hover around on acushion of air.
第一個試驗的主要目的是展示氣墊船的工作原理和物體在氣墊上是如何懸浮的。
雅思詞組6:a heavy demand for對…有很大需求
We do have a few rooms available for delegates at the conference centre. Those are very cheap but if you're interested you'll need to book soon, because there's always a heavy demand for them.
我們的確在會議中心為與會代表準備了一些房間。房間非常便宜，但是你們如果感興趣的話就要馬上預訂，因為這種房間總是很緊俏。
近義詞組 ：a big/great demand for
雅思詞組7:a host of大量，許多，一大群
Despite the harsh criticism and a host of skeptics, the preparation for the talk show is proceeding apace.
盡管面對苛刻的批評和眾多的質疑者，這個脫口秀的準備工作仍在快速開展。
雅思詞組8:a matter of time 時間問題
The police said that it was just a matter of time before the murderer was put into prison.
警方表示，將殺人兇手緝拿歸案只是個時間問題。
雅思詞組9:a multitude of許多，大量，眾多
Humans have adapted to a multitude of diets.The Western diet,however, is not one of them and we have higher rates of cancer and obesity than people on traditional diets.
人類已經適應了多種飲食。然而，西餐并不包括在內，西餐比傳統飲食更容易使人患癌癥和肥胖癥。
a multitude of 后面應當接可數名詞的復數形式。
雅思詞組10:a piece of cake 小菜一碟;小事一樁
A:Don't forget to bring your ballet shoes for tomorrow's audition.
A:明天試演不要忘了帶上芭蕾舞鞋。
B:Ahhh! My teacher said it wasn't a dancing part.
B:啊!我的老師說這個角色不需要跳舞的啊。
A:Susan, all the roles got to dance a little. But believe me with your dance background it'll be a piece of cake.
A:蘇珊，所有的角色都會有一些舞蹈。但相信我，以你的舞蹈基礎，這只是小菜一碟。
近義詞組 ：a snap
一些和cake或其他食物有關的但語:
a cake walk 輕而易舉的事
have one's cake and eat it too 既要魚，又要熊掌
like hot cakes 很受歡迎
the icing on the cake 飾上添花
have bigger fish to fiy 有更重要的事要做
sugar-daddy 出手闊綽以博取年輕女子歡心的中年男人
limp as a noodle 無精打采
