Here are some tips on listening. We hope it can help you in one way or another.

●Relax yourself.

Before you start to listen to something, You need to relax.

1                                           This will help you with your listening.

●Listen carefully to the first sentence.

2                                          For example, if eyou hear“Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say it’s not a good idea. Our reporter says…”,you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children’s story or a science report.

●Think when you’re listening.

3                                           For example, you can think of the following questions: What happened? When , where and how? What was the result and what does the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you may undersrand the passage better.

●Listen for important facts.

4                                             For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings , and how the scientists got their results. 

●Don’t think about one or two words for too long.

You may hear some words that you don’t know. But don’t spend too much time on them.

5                                          But you can remember some words or sentences that you think are important, and you can use them when you’re answering the questions.