1. My best friend helped me choose a dissertation topic. - 我的最好的朋友帮我选了论文题目。 托福常会考一些关于学习生活的句子。写论文通常是自己选论文题目，导师同意了才可以写。 Dissertation: a long piece of writing about a subject, especially one that you write as part of a university degree- (博士学位)论文.(专题)论文 还有一个意思差不多的词thesis， 托福也考过这个词。 Thesis: a long piece of writing about a particular subject that you do as part of an advanced university degree such as an MA or a PhD: 论文.毕业(或学位)论文 e.g. Writing a thesis on dance clubs is not as strange as it seems. 2. Linda developed the film herself.－Linda自己冲洗胶卷。 Develop这里不是"发展"的意思，而是"冲洗胶卷"。Film－胶卷 Develop: to make a photograph out of a photographic film, using chemicals-冲洗胶卷 I will have the film developed tomorrow. -我明天会把胶卷拿去冲洗。 I want to have this photo enlarged. - 我想把相片放大。 相片的底片叫做negative (noun) 3. Bill disliked doing the laundry. －Bill讨厌洗衣服。 很多中国学生会说，"Bill disliked washing his clothes."这样说也可以，但是口语中 "洗衣服"常说"do the laundry" Laundry: [uncountable] clothes, sheets etc that need to be washed or have just been washed 洗衣店有两种Laundromat和dry cleaner’s Laundromat是可以用水帮你洗衣服的店。我的外国朋友问我广州有没有Laundromat. 因为她没有洗衣机，冬天水很冷，不想自己用手洗衣服。 Dry cleaner’s：干洗店。 Like doing something-喜欢做某事 I like dancing in discos. Dislike doing something -不喜欢做某事 Tom dislikes going to the dentist. Hate doing something －厌恶做某事 Paul hates having his photo taken. Loathe/resent doing something－憎恨做某事 I absolutely loathe traveling. 4. I had the department secretary type my term paper.－我叫系里的秘书帮我打我的学期论文。 Have sb do something. -让别人做某事， 托福常考结构。 Term paper-学期论文。在美国的大学，有些科目不进行期末考，期末交一篇学期论文就当是该科的考试。 5. Most colleges are no longer overcrowded, neither are the secondary schools. －多数大学都不再过度拥挤，中学也不是这样了。 Neither这是初中就学过的词，便是"也不"。 e.g. (1) He doesn’t like rock music, neither do I. - 他不喜欢摇滚音乐，我也不喜欢。 e.g. (2) Mary is not American, neither am I. －Mary不是美国人，我也不是。 Neither后面的动词形式取决于前面句子的动词。 6. Her face lit up when she saw him.－她见到他时马上面露喜色。 Lit up的原形是light up. 从字面理解是"亮起来""突然有光" If someone’s face or eyes light up, they show pleasure, excitement. 是指面露喜色或是显得兴奋。 常用搭配：Light up with joy/pride/glee. 7. After the cake had cooled, I put frosting on it. Frosting(在糕饼上的)糖霜混合物, 英国人称为 "icing" 8. The program will be on in a quarter of an hour. －这个节目将会在15分钟后播放。 On指电视或是电台节目开播。 在【潇潇语言实验室22集】提到quarter有几个意思，这里的quarter是15分钟。 9. Judge Gray was never known for his leniency toward criminals. Gray法官向来都不是以对犯人仁慈闻名的。（言下之意，他对犯人不留情。） Be known for/be famous for/be noted for－以。。。。。闻名 10. Mark has decided to run against Jack for treasurer. －Mark和Jack竞争财务部长的职位。 Run for a position:参加竞选一个职位。 Run against somebody for a position-和某人竞争一个职位。 e.g. Bob Dole’s running for President. －Bob Dole正在竞选总统职位。