雅思词组1：a big potato大人物

A big potato is easy to distinguish, for he is always the last to arrive at a party.

大人物很好识别，因为参加聚会时他们总是最晚才到。

近义词组:a big shot

雅思词组2：a box office smash(电影)票房很成功

Though the film was far from a box office smash when it first hit theaters in 2005, it did receive generally positive reviews that time.

尽管这部电影在2005年刚上映时在票房上远远不算成功，但当时它的确得到了普遍的正面评价。

The director is a talent and most of his films are box office smashes.

这位导演是个天才，他的大多数电影都很卖座。

近义词组 ：a box office hit

在雅思口语考试中，常会涉及一些与hobby(业余爱好)、leisure activity(休闲活动)等相关的话题，其中电影就是一个较常出现的内容，这里介绍一些和“票房”、“电影”相关的词组:

the highest grossing/top-grossing movie票房冠军影片，票房最高的影片

weekend box office周末票房

opening day box office首日票房

daily box office每日票房

box office battle票房大战

雅思词组3：a bunch of 一些

A:I'm gonna ask you a bunch of questions and then you have to answer them real fast.Okay? So,clear your mind! Clear it right out!

A:我要问你一些问题，你需要快速回答。可以吗?好，清醒下头脑!这就让你的脑子清醒下!

B:Okay!

B:好的!

近义词组 ：a few of

雅思词组4：a couple of 几个

A:Did the lecturer suggest anything in particular?

A:演讲者有什么具体的建议吗?

B:Yeah.She recommended software called Vivat and I should book up for a couple of practice sessions using Vivat.

B:她推荐了一个名为Vivat的软件，而且推荐我预订参加几节使用该软件的训练课。

A:Now,there are a couple of books I'd like you to look at. Have you got a pen? Right... Approaches to Local History BY John Mervis.

A:现在我想给你推荐几本书。你有笔吗?好的，约翰·梅尔维斯的《当地历史研究方法》。

B: Right...

B:好的。

雅思词组5:a cushion of air 气垫

The main purpose of the first experiment is to show how hovercrafts work, and how things hover around on acushion of air.

第一个试验的主要目的是展示气垫船的工作原理和物体在气垫上是如何悬浮的。

雅思词组6:a heavy demand for对…有很大需求

We do have a few rooms available for delegates at the conference centre. Those are very cheap but if you're interested you'll need to book soon, because there's always a heavy demand for them.

我们的确在会议中心为与会代表准备了一些房间。房间非常便宜，但是你们如果感兴趣的话就要马上预订，因为这种房间总是很紧俏。

近义词组 ：a big/great demand for

雅思词组7:a host of大量，许多，一大群

Despite the harsh criticism and a host of skeptics, the preparation for the talk show is proceeding apace.

尽管面对苛刻的批评和众多的质疑者，这个脱口秀的准备工作仍在快速开展。

雅思词组8:a matter of time 时间问题

The police said that it was just a matter of time before the murderer was put into prison.

警方表示，将杀人凶手缉拿归案只是个时间问题。

雅思词组9:a multitude of许多，大量，众多

Humans have adapted to a multitude of diets.The Western diet,however, is not one of them and we have higher rates of cancer and obesity than people on traditional diets.

人类已经适应了多种饮食。然而，西餐并不包括在内，西餐比传统饮食更容易使人患癌症和肥胖症。

a multitude of 后面应当接可数名词的复数形式。

雅思词组10:a piece of cake 小菜一碟;小事一桩

A:Don't forget to bring your ballet shoes for tomorrow's audition.

A:明天试演不要忘了带上芭蕾舞鞋。

B:Ahhh! My teacher said it wasn't a dancing part.

B:啊!我的老师说这个角色不需要跳舞的啊。

A:Susan, all the roles got to dance a little. But believe me with your dance background it'll be a piece of cake.

A:苏珊，所有的角色都会有一些舞蹈。但相信我，以你的舞蹈基础，这只是小菜一碟。

近义词组 ：a snap

一些和cake或其他食物有关的但语:

a cake walk 轻而易举的事

have one's cake and eat it too 既要鱼，又要熊掌

like hot cakes 很受欢迎

the icing on the cake 饰上添花

have bigger fish to fiy 有更重要的事要做

sugar-daddy 出手阔绰以博取年轻女子欢心的中年男人

limp as a noodle 无精打采