学校里面学习的英语主要就是为了应付考试，而参加社会工作之后学习英语则主要是为了应用，应用也是要通过考试的，尤其是拥有一个剑桥商务英语证书对于职场的发展是很重要的，因此想要在职场上叱咤风云，首先就要通过考试，可是英语听力不是很好怎么办，这就需要总结一些常用的听力短语，帮助自己提高听力，今天沪江的小编就为大家总结了一些，希望能够帮助到大家。

　　 about 抱怨

　　How come Michael’s always groaning about something?

　　 lecturer 客座教授

　　The only person who understood the guest lecturer was the professor.

　　-me-down 送的东西

　　A: What a gorgeous jacket. It must have cost a fortune.

　　B: Not at all. It’s a hand-me-down.

　　 down 易如反掌

　　Lee won the chess match hands down.

　　.have a way with 擅长

　　Bonnie really has a way with words.

　　 had it with 处于

　　I’ve had it with being sick in bed. I’ve read most of these magazines twice.

　　7. head and shoulders above 高出许多

　　In computer programming. Susan is head and shoulders above the rest of us.

　　8. hit the spots 特别好

　　This lemonade sure hits the spots.

　　9. hold the grudge 记仇

　　A: I wish I hadn’t hurt Mary’s feelings like that. You know I never meant to.

　　B: The great thing about Mary is that she doesn’t hold the grudge.

　　10. graduation announcements 毕业典礼请柬

　　Have you ordered your graduation announcements?

　　11. I have seen worse 我见过更糟的

　　12. in advance 提前;同义：before hand. ahead of time

　　It’s a really nice apartment. But the owners want two-month rent in advance and I just don ’t have it.

　　13. in case 万一

　　Let’s take our suits along in case the sun comes out.

　　14. in next to no time 马上

　　A: Are you going to be using the copying machine long?

　　B: I’ll be through in next to no time.

　　15. in the red 赤字 反义：in the black

　　 the works 正在准备阶段

　　An advanced course in theoretical chemistry is the works.

　　17. keep to oneself

　　I’m amazed that you still haven’t gotten to know your neighbors.

　　18. kill time 浪费时间

　　Gosh. what can we do to kill the next 10 hours?

　　19. leave…up to somebody

　　We’ll have to leave the decision up to him.

　　20. letter of recommendation 推荐信;letter of reference 推荐信

　　21. look on the bright sides of things 看事物的光明面

　　22. no kidding 不是开玩笑吧

　　23. on the tip of one's tongue 就在舌尖

　　A: Are you sure you can’t remember the name of that record?

　　B: It’s just on the tip of my tongue!

　　24. quitting time 下课时间

　　I’m glad it’s almost quitting time.

　　25. take it over 重修

　　Don failed physics and had to take it over.

　　26. than necessary 比应该的要冷

　　The lab was cooler than necessary.

　　27. That’s easer said than done. 说来容易做来难

　　28. There is nothing to it. 没什么，很容易

　　I can run this projector. There’s really nothing to it.

　　29. with flying colors 成功

　　A: How did Ellen do on her American History exam?

　　B: She passed with flying colors.

　　80. You can bet your life 当然

　　A: Will Prof. Smith come to class on time?

　　B: You can bet your life.