BEC初级听力80短语(2)

　　商务英语证书BEC考试近年来被各类涉外企业、部门用来作为招收职员时英语能力的证明;同时也是商务工作人员或英语学习者检验、提高英语水平的方式。由于很多即将进入职场的学生或已工作的青年把该证书作为就业、求职的重要砝码，因此BEC考试也被称为“商务求职通行证”。BEC听力是我觉得收获最大的。大概是因为本来我就每天练习听力的缘故，虽然一开始的听力课几乎不懂，但是，到后来那些常用的BEC商业短语和一些简单的商业场景熟悉了之后，就觉得好多了。

　　21. back up

　　1) 累积

　　The subway is running behind schedule. and traffic is backed up for blocks. I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.

　　2) 支持

　　I’ll back it up.

　　22. be bound for 到……地方

　　The bus is bound for New England.

　　23. be (feel) myself 找到自我

　　I’m feeling myself again.

　　24. be burned up 生气

　　She was really burned up at the news.

　　25. be hard up for

　　I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

　　26. be head and shoulders above 好许多

　　In calculus. Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

　　27. be in the dark 蒙在鼓里

　　A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?

　　B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

　　28.be stuck 卡住了

　　I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

　　29. bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂

　　A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.

　　B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

　　30. break new ground 有了新的突破

　　His architectural design broke new ground in the field.

　　31. benefit concert 慈善音乐会

　　We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.

　　32. busy signal 占线

　　I’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.

　　33.between you and me 你我之间，保密

　　34. call for

　　A.打电话找

　　Tom just called for you.

　　B.预报

　　The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?

　　C.问

　　It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

　　35. call it a day 就此结束

　　A: I’m really glad our club decides to raise money for the children’s hospital and most of the people we’ve phoned seemed happy to contribute.

　　B: Yeah. I agree. Now we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list now, so I guess we can call it a day.

　　36.cash the check 兑现支票

　　Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

　　37.clear off 收拾，整理

　　It’s about time we clear off the desk.

　　38.come down (雨，雪)下起来

　　The heavy rain is coming down. now.

　　39. come in first in the race 比赛第一名