摘要：英语听力识别关键词技巧：1）透露说话人身份的关键词。如果考生可以通过关键词很快判断对话者的关系和身份，将有助于考生有目的地集中注意力；2）透露地点/场合的关键词。考生如果善于捕捉听力材料中的关于地点或场合（即语言环境）的关键词，也有助于他们判断听力材料的主题、说话人之间关系等等；3）捕捉数字许多听力材料中涉及数字，例如年代、日期、价格、数量等等，并且会以基数词、序数词、分数、小数、百分比等形式出现。
2. 抓住话语中的意流指示词
意流指示词是指在句子开头或句子与句子之间具有逻辑关系的某些连词、副词或词组。如yes ,sure, certainly, of course, no, sorry, well, not really, why not, but, however, yet, besides 等。请不要小看这些词或词组，它们连接的句子或句子成分往往是说话人要强调的内容。
1) 语气性意流指示词（转折类）
其中yes , no, sure, certainly, sorry等表明说话人态度与反应的语气性意流指示词。一般说来，如果在句子开头听到yes , sure, certainly，of course则表明说话人对某事的肯定或赞许；如果是no, not really, sorry，I am afraid则表明说话人对某事反对或不同意。这样根据对话中的意流指示词，我们可以知道说话人的基本态度。
【例3】
W：Have you finished your homework yet, Bill?
M: No, and I'm not going to.
Q: Will the man do his homework?
A) Yes, he may do it.
B) No, he doesn't want to do it.
C) Yes, he will by all means.
根据男方在回答时出现的“no”，我们即可排除选择项中肯定性的答案A、C，选择与听力原文意思相近的答案B。
【例4】
W：Do you remember the film about “Gone with the Wind”that was on TV last week?
M: Sure. We watched it together.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
A) The man saw a film in the cinema.
B) Both of them watched the film on TV last week.
C) The film will be shown on TV next week.
女方问是否记得上周在电视上播放的“乱世佳人”时，男方首先用sure这个肯定性意流指示词，表示同意女方的话题，接着又出现了together，因此很容易确定B为正确答案。
这里需要注意的是，如果speaker 1以Would you mind doing sth. 提问,则yes ,no的用法与上面所说的意思相反。
【例5】
M: Excuse me, do you mind my sitting here?
W: Oh, no, of course not.
Q: What does the woman's answer mean?
A) She doesn't want him to sit beside her.
B) She doesn't like him at all.
C) Please sit down.
由于would you mind doing sth.是“你介意不介意”的否定性问句，回答时用“no”，是不介意的意思，表示同意，因此C为正确答案。如果女方回答时用yes,说明她介意，也就是表示反对。
2) 转折性意流指示词
but, yet, however, besides是转折性的意流指示词。其中以but出现的频率最高。当话语中的话题一转，出现but一词时，千万不要被but前的词语所迷惑，而要特别注意but 后的内容。因为but前的往往是婉转的客套话（冗余信息），而后面的才是真正的心里话（主要信息），在口语表达中更常见的还有以下几个连接标志：to be honest, to tell the truth, in fact, as a matter of fact, actually等
【例6】
W：I need a car this weekend, mine has broken down.
M: I'm sorry to hear it, but you can always rent one if you have license.
Q: What does the man mean?
【例7】
W: I wonder if you have some change, I want to make a call.
M: I would like to lend you some change, but I have only three coins, and I need them for my bus fare.
Q: What does the man want to do with the coins?
【例8】
W：Mike, we are having a party tonight. Would you like to join us?
M: To tell the truth, I am a little bit tired.
Q: What does the man mean?
这样的例子是很多的，它们的共同之处都是 but（或其他转折标志）后的内容是回答提问的主要信息，听清其意，选择正确的答案就很容易了。
在would like 的分句与but引导的分句并列以后，全句的重心就发生了偏移，强调的是but 引导的分句，并且两个分句的意义相反，but （或其他转折标志）起连接和转折作用。
3) 倾向性意流指示词
有些词不是在句首而是在句子中间的动词或助动词词组，如would rather…，prefer…to…, had better, prefer…rather than…,是表示说话人通过比较与选择，喜欢或情愿采取的某种行为，也可以说是倾向性意流指示词。它们多用于购物、就餐、旅游等存在比较与选择机会的场合。例如，当顾客去商店购物时，售货员常会这样问：
Which do you prefer, A or B?
对话情景提供了A、B两种可供选择的物品，如果选择了A，那么回答时有以下几种说法：
I prefer A to B.
I prefer to take A rather than take B.
I would like A rather than B.
紧跟在prefer, would rather和would like后面的A是说话人倾向的目标，也往往是信息的重点。
【例9】
W: Didn't Marion go shopping with you yesterday?
M: Even if she hadn't had a lot of study, she would have preferred staying home to going shopping.
Q: What does the man imply about Marion?
A) She doesn't like going shopping.
B) She went shopping yesterday.
C) She doesn't live near the shops.
在这个例题中，只要我们把握住 prefer A (staying home) to B (going shopping)的句型结构，就会知道说话人的倾向是“呆在家里”而不是“去购物”。与此对应的选择项只能是A。