B: It was very heavy, but I got my roommates to help me with it

　　A:你究竟時怎么把那個桌子搬進你的房子的？

　　B：那個桌子很重，但是我叫我的舍友幫我搬。

　　How did you ever do something? 來源：www.examda.com

　　通常用來問別人時究竟怎么把一件比較難辦的事情辦成的。"ever"在這里不是"曾經"的意思，只是用來加強語氣。

　　Get my roommate to help me with it.這里有兩個結構：

　　Get somebody to do something:叫某人做某事(托福常考結構)

　　Help somebody with something：幫助某人做某事

　　學習英文要時刻注意總結固定的搭配和結構，這樣才能寫出和講出地道的英語。雖然簡單，但是不小心還是會用錯。

　　另外一個『托福原句』You certainly had a lot of boxes. How did you ever find room for everything? -你的盒子真多。你究竟時怎么找地方放這些東西的。

12. He goes skiing every chance he gets.他一有機會就去滑雪。

　　舉一反三：I practice my spoken English every chance I get.我一有機會就練習我的英語口語。

13. He's always been enthusiastic about sports. -他一直對運動很熱衷。

　　Be enthusiastic about sth:對某事很熱衷，熱愛

　　比較口語化的表達方式還有：be crazy/nuts about something/somebody

　　He's crazy/nuts about basketball.他熱愛籃球。

14. Shouldn't she concentrate on doing her school work instead?

　　Concentrate on doing something.集中精力做某事。

15. At least it is a diversion from my normal course work. I'm getting tired of math. "至少這可以讓我暫時撇下我的正常的課程工作。我已經對數學感到厭倦了。"

　　Diversion這里時指分散精力的東西。Get tired of something又為"get sick and tired of something"是指對某事感到開始感到厭倦。 來源：www.examda.com

16. It would be better to talk about it face to face.

　　It would be better to do something這個句型是虛擬語氣(would)，常用來提建議。"這樣做會更好"

　　Face to face :面對面 來源：www.examda.com

　　In person:親自It would be better to tell him in person.親自告訴他比較好。

17. Would you mind if I sat here? -Of course not.

　　Would you mind if I did something? If從句中用過去時表示客氣。

　　也可以不用過去時。回答Would you mind?一定要小心，如果你介意就答"yes"，不介意就答"No" "Of course not."

18. So you're going to give us a ride to the game tonight?你今天晚上會車我們去看比賽？

　　Give sb a ride-用車載某人一程。

19. You haven't written your folks for a quite a while, have you?

　　Folks在口語中的意思是"父母"

20. Marilyn seemed happy with her grades. - Happy? She could hardly contain herself.

　　Grades是指成績。在國外打分通常給A,B,C,D.

　　I made good grades in high school. -我讀高中時成績好。

　　Contain oneself -控制自己的情緒，感情

　　eg. I was so angry that I couldn't contain myself.我氣得不能控制自己的情緒

21. Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly.

　　Subscribe to訂閱 I've subscribed to China Daily.我訂了中國日報。

　　Quarter有好多意思。可以是"季度"，或是"一刻鐘"，或是25美分，或是"四分之一"。

　　Quarterly -季報Daily -日報 來源：www.examda.com

　　Weekly -周報Bi-Weekly-雙周報Monthly -月報

22. Allen has done some beautiful drawings of his dream house.

　　Dream house夢想中的房子。Dream job-心目中理想的工作

　　Dream car-做夢都想要的車

　　Dream girl (the girl of my dreams) -夢中情人，心中理想的女孩