雅思詞組1:tow...away拖走，拉走

A:What happens to you if you don't buy a sticker? Do they clamp your wheels or give you a fine?
A:如果不辦停車證的話會怎樣?他們會把你的車輪夾住或罰款嗎?

B:No, I think they tow your car away.
B:不，我覺得他們會把你的車拖走。

雅思考試停車場景常用表達:
parking perrnit/sticker停車許可證
ticket違規停車罰單
fine罰款
lot停車場
parking fee停車費
speed limit限速

雅思詞組2:track and field田徑運動

Who is the first gold medalist in the Track and Field events of the Beijing Olympic Games?
誰是北京奧運會田徑項目的第一位金牌獲得者?

常見的田徑項目:
marathon馬拉松
sprint短跑
foot race竟走
triathlon鐵人三項
long-distance running長跑
triple jump三級跳

雅思詞組3:trade fair/show交易會，展銷會

Who are you going to send to the toy trade fair opening today?
今天召開的玩具交易會你打算派誰去啊?

雅思詞組4:trade...in折價購買

He wanted to traded his old desktop computer in for a new laptop.
他想把舊臺式電腦折價然后添錢買臺新筆記本電腦。

雅思詞組5:trade on利用

The ofFtcer is good at trading on his social status for personal gain.
那個官員善于以權謀私。

make use of

雅思詞組6:trade up以舊物折價添錢買較貴的東西，折價貼換:賣掉原有的以便買更貴的東西

My mother likes to trade up our used electrical apparatuses for new ones.
我母親想用舊家電換新的。

雅思詞組7:traffic congestion/jam交通堵塞

The critic does not believe the bridge will help ease traffic congestion in the city.
這位批評家認為這座橋不會緩解該城市的交通堵塞。

Thomas was late again because of the heavy traffic jim.
由于嚴重的交通堵塞，托馬斯又遲到了。

與“交通”相關的表達:
rush hour交通高峰期
traffic flow車流
traffic police交警
zebra crossing斑馬線
pavement人行道
traffic lights交通信號燈
temporary traffic regulation臨時交通管制
traffic warden交通管理員
intersection十字路口
traffic rules交通規則

雅思詞組8:traffic noise交通噪音

A problem in built-up areas is that traffic noise is intensified by tall buildings.
高樓林立的區域存在的一個問題是高樓放大了交通噪音。

噪音是環境污染(environmental pollution)的一種，劃分噪音等級(noise level )的單位是分貝(decibel )，長期處于高噪音環境下會導致精神失常(mental disorder)和聽力喪失(hearing loss )等。

雅思詞組9:trail away/off聲音逐漸減弱，逐漸消失

Her voice trailed away to nothing.
她的聲音越來越小，最后消失了。

雅思詞組10:train of thought思路

And as a consequence, although your paragraphing and inclusion of subheadings help, it's quite hard to follow your train of thought at times.
結果是盡管分段和添加一些小標題有所幫助，但有時還是很難跟上你的思路。

雅思詞組11:transfer to轉到;搬遷;轉讓，讓與;轉乘

A:Good afternoon. Can I help you?
A;下午好，有什么能幫你的嗎?

B:Good afternoon. Yes, I've just transferred to the School of Education, and I'd like information about joining the library.
B:下午好。我剛剛轉人教育學院，想了解一些辦理圖書館證件的事宜。

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