雅思詞組1:leisure time閑暇時間

Listening to music can both enrich my leisure time and satisfy my spiritual needs.
聽音樂既能豐富我的閑暇時間又能滿足我的精神需求。

spare time

雅思詞組2:lend an ear耐心而同情地聽著，傾聽

I am willing to lend art ear to your story of your hard life.
我愿意傾聽有關你艱辛生活的故事。

雅思詞組3:letter of recommendation推薦信

You can't expect a boss to hire you just because of a letter of recommendation.
你別指望單憑一封推薦信老板就會錄用你。

雅思詞組4:life expectancy平均(期望)壽命，預期壽命

I'm sure the life expectancy in China will increase in the fixture.
我相信未來中國人的平均壽命將會增加。

雅思詞組5:light rail輕軌

The light rail line runs from the Disney Land to the downtown.
輕軌線路是從迪斯尼樂園到市中心。

隨著城市的發展，交通越來越便捷。常見的交通工具:
bus公共汽車
elevated train磁懸浮
coach大客車
tram有軌電車
ferry渡船
subway地鐵

雅思詞組6:line up排列成行;組織;邀請

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.
這名蘇格蘭人設計了一臺照相機、一個投影裝置和膠片。這個系統于1894年第一次在紐約展示并廣受歡迎。人們在街區排隊來看這個奇妙的新發明。

雅思詞組7:live music現場音樂

A:We should have known how the interviewees listen to their music.
A:我們應該知道這些受訪者是如何聽音樂的。

B:The medium. Let's include radio, CD-and then I guess there's TV
B:媒體。應該包括廣播、CD—我猜還應該有電視。

A:What about concerts? You know, in pubs and halls.
A:音樂會呢?你知道的，在酒吧和音樂廳里。

B:We should include live ruusic of course.
B:我們當然應該包括現場音樂。

幾種常見的音樂類型:
world music世界音樂，常指發展中地區的傳統音樂，如非洲及南亞洲地區的音樂
classic pop帶古典交響樂味道的流行曲
electrophonic music電子音樂
chamber pop室內樂，指一種典稚、高貴、精致的流行樂
bossa nova帶有爵士樂味道的巴西音樂

雅思詞組8:living condition生活條件;生存境況

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.
這些棚屋建于18世紀末，是為當時的工薪階層建的，內部陳設還保留當時的樣子，因此你們可以對當時普通人的生活狀況有個很好的了解。

另一常考的相關詞組是living standard，意為“生活標準”。

雅思詞組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.
這種由韓國公司生產的手機才上市幾周，但該公司已經發布了一個大的固件更新，能修復大量漏洞。

a host of,a load of

雅思詞組10:local resident當地居民

I asked an old local resident about the history of the small town.
我向當地一位老人打聽這座小鎮的歷史。

local people