雅思听力的14个技巧Top 14 Tips for IELTS Listening (1)

　　My first tip: write no more than three words. What do I mean by this? I don't mean for the whole thing, write no more than three words. On the IELTS, you will have to read the instruction of what to do. Often times, the instruction, before you listen, you're going to see: "Write no more than three words." This is an example of an instruction you must follow. One mistake a lot of students make during the IELTS is they don't read instructions properly. They're nervous, they're stressed out, they write whatever, they don't follow the instructions. If you see something like: "Write no more than three words." Do that. You can't write four, don't write five. Write three or less.

　　我的第一条建议是：答案不超过三个单词。并不是说雅思考试中的所有题目都是这样，在雅思考试中，通常你要按照题目的要求来填写答案。在听听力前，你必须仔细阅读答题要修。很多同学在做雅思听力时，由于紧张，由于压力过度，他们会忽略答题要求，随心所欲的填写答案。如果答题要写写明“填写不超过三个单词”，一定要按照要求来，不要写四个或者五个单词，不要多写或者少些。

　　Point number two: get used to British English. A large part of the IELTS, you will be listening to British accents. Sometimes you might hear Australian accents or Canadian, you might hear a range, but a lot of the accents will be British. So it's very important to get used to listening to British accents. And also, listen to other accents like Canadian, Australian; that's a good idea too. Where can you find British accents to listen to? I recommend the BBC. They have a lot of great videos there and most of it's with British accents, so it's a very good idea so you can practice listening. The more you practice listening with British accents, the easier it will be to understand British speakers. Especially if you're used to American English, this is a very good thing to do.

　　建议二：适应英式英语，在绝大多数的雅思习题中，你听到的都是英式英语，当然你有时候也会听到澳式英语或者是加拿大英语，但英式英语一定是占领主导地位的，所以适应英式发音十分关键。当然，涉猎澳洲口音和加拿大口音也是很有必要的。但在哪里我们能听到最正宗的英式发音呢，我推荐BBC，里面大部分的音频都是正宗的英式发音，可以帮助你很好的练习听力。你听得越多，自然会更好的理解英式发音。特别是对于那些从小接受美音的同学们来说，更加应该加大这一练习。

　　Related to this point: British vocab. You should learn British vocabulary. For example: in American English and Canadian English, we say: "truck". In British English, we say: "lorry". So it's good to know some of these British expressions, some British words.

　　另外一个与之相关的方面是：英式英语单词，你应该学习英式英语的单词。在美式英语和加拿大英语中“卡车”这个词是“truck”，但是在英式英语中是“lorry”。由此可见，学习英式表达法和英式单词是十分有益的。

　　Number four: spelling counts. Okay? The listening part of the IELTS is not just listening; you're actually using other skills like writing and reading. Now, with writing, when you write down your answers, you sometimes have to spell something out, so you have to be very careful with spelling. This is something you should really study and practice before you take the listening part of the IELTS. Practice your spelling. Learn spelling rules.

　　第四点：拼写规范。雅思听力考的不仅仅只是听力，同时也在考察你的写作和阅读能力。当你书写答案的时候，有的部分是不用拼写的，这就要求你在拼写的时候十分小心。在你做雅思听力之前，逆序要多加练习这个部分，学会拼写规则。

　　Number five - this is the thing that always gets my students and I always warn them about when we practice - plural versus singular. You have to listen carefully on whether you're writing down the plural with an "s" or the singular. If the question wants me to write down: "cat", someone's talking about their cat and I write down: "cats", it's incorrect.

　　第五点：这一点是我的学生在做练习时经常忽略，每次练习的时候，我都要提醒她们留意--单复数。当你在听的时候一定要留意这一点，答案到底是加了s的复数呢，还是单数呢?如果问题所对应的答案时“cat”，但我写了“cats”，那么这个答案就是错误的。

　　Number six, it is very important to do practice test. There are many books there on the IELTS that have practice tests with a CD, you can listen and you can practice. The more you do, and the better mark probably will be. So do as many practice tests as you can for listening. Maybe when you start, it will be very difficult. It’s good to keep going. Even if you do bad at first, I am sure the more you practice, the more you get used to these accents, you are going to do fine.

　　第六点：多做习题是关键。市面上有很多雅思练习题以及CD，你可以多听多操练。你做的习题越多，你能拿高分的几率就越大。所以尽可能的多做一些习题吧。开始做习题的时候通常会比较艰难，但一定要坚持下去。及时你一开始的时候错误率很高，但我坚信只要你一直坚持下去，一定会越来越好。

　　Number seven: prediction. During the listening, at the end of each section, you have some time to check your answers and to read the questions that are coming up. It is very important to look ahead. The reason is you can make a prediction. It is not exactly a guess, but you can predict what an answer is going to be, and your chance of getting that answer right is going to increase. You can predict the answer is going to be a noun, a verb, an adjective, or an adverb according to the context.

　　第七点：预测。在听力考试中，每一个部分的最后，你都会有时间检查答案或者是阅读下一部分的问题。提前看题是十分必要的，因为你可以根据问题对答案做出一个推断，这个推断并不是毫无理由的猜测，而是预测答案大致的方向，这样的话你的答案正确率也会相应的提升。你可以根据题目的内容，推测出答案到底是一个名词，一个动词，一个形容词还是一个副词。