雅思词组1:tend to趋于，倾向于;照料，护理

The study have found that men tend to save for a car.
研究表明男人往往会为买一辆车攒钱。

One drawback of the questionnaire was that its data tends not to reveal anything unexpected, because it is limited to the questions fixed in advance by the researcher.
问卷调查的一个弊端是收集到的数据往往不能反映任何意料之外的情况，因为它受限于研究者事先所设定的问题。

incline to, have a tendency to; care for

雅思词组2:thank goodness for谢天谢地

A:What did you have inside the briefcase?
A:你的公文包里都有什么?

B:Well, all my papers from college. It's so frustrating, but, thank goodness for computers, I haven't lost them completely!
B:我从学校里带出的所有论文。太糟糕了，丢失论文。不过，多亏有电脑，总算没有完全

雅思词组3:thanks to由于，因为;幸亏

Thanks to their efforts, these scientists have won great honors for our country.
这些科学家的努力为我们国家赢得了巨大的荣誉。

雅思词组4:the last thing...want to do最不愿做的事

To move back to my hometown with my brothers would be the last thing I want to do now.
现在我最不愿做的事就是跟我的兄弟们一起搬回家乡。

类似的表达:
the last person I want to see最不愿意见到的人
the thing I like least最不喜欢的事

雅思词组5:the/your best bet最好的办法

A:Is parking available nearby the museum on Saturday?
A:周六博物馆附近能找到停车处吗?

B:Your best bet is to leave your car at the back of the library-on a Saturday morning there are plenty of spaces there. It's right next door to the museum.
B:你最好把车停在图书馆后面，周六早上那儿会有很多停车位。图书馆就紧挨着博物馆。

You bet.是英语常用表达，指“肯定的”。

雅思词组6:theme park主题公园

A:Are there lots of places to go to around Trebirch?
A:垂博克周边好玩的地方多吗?

B:Oh yes. You can enjoy many days out. Um there's the Merthyr Mining Museum, which is only half an hour from Trebirch by train. Your children will find it just as fascinating as many theme parks and they can ride in the original miner's lifts and on the coal trains
B:是的。可以玩上很多天。有梅瑟蒂采矿博物馆，从垂博克坐火车过去只要半小时。你的孩子会发现那和很多主题公园一样好玩，他们可以乘坐矿工早先用过的升降梯，还可以坐运煤的火车。

雅思词组7:through and through完全，彻底，地地道道

The man's British through and through.
那个男人是地地道道的英国人。

雅思词组8:tick away/by过去，流逝

As the minutes ticked away, the kid became more and more impatient.
随着时间一分一秒地流逝，那个孩子变得越来越不耐烦了。

雅思词组9:ticket office售票处

Now we're standing at the entrance, and immediately to our right is the ticket office.
我们现在站在人口处，售票处就位于我们的右边。

booking office

雅思词组10:tie...in (to/with)把…联系到，(使)连接在一起

Banana's history is not as boring as you'd think. And I wanted to tie it in to the work I've been doing on primary industries and the economy.
香蕉的历史不像你们想得那么无聊，并且我想把它与我对主要行业和经济一直所做的研究联系起来。