雅思听力必备词汇——基础篇

　　Post office box (PO box) postcode BG241DJ， RO62RL

　　Age (above, over, under, below, upward, plus, downwards, minus)

　　Nationality: China or Chinese? Spain or Spanish? Sweden or Swedish? Brazil or Brazilian? Britain or British? Holland or Dutch? Egypt or Egyptian?

　　Level of English: elementary, intermediate, advanced

　　Education: high school/secondary school, primary school, elementary school, undergraduate, postgraduate

　　Examples: Maine , Mr. Hewitt , Jacobs, Gormley, 21A Eagle Road , 103 Fowler Road ， Riverview, Parkview，Sandy's College, 84 Park Road, 24 River Lane

　　Listening basics: time

　　雅思听写的时间均为12小时制，要注意有没有am，pm，如果没有，要自己添加。日期要注意每个月份的全拼和书写格式。建议对于日期的表达反应比较慢的学生，可以对着台历随便翻，手指随便指向哪一天就迅速用英文报出日期的方式进行练习，practice makes perfect!

　　Dates: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December;

　　March 30th 1988 , 15th October 1978, 1st August

　　Day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

　　weekdays, weekends, during the week, the day after…

　　Time: am (in the morning), pm (in the afternoon), o’clock, 11.30 am, 6.30pm, 10.45am, 7.30am 9 o’clock

　　Century: in the early/mid/late 19th century

　　Listening basics: entertainment

　　娱乐和放松的内容有很多，都跟个人的兴趣爱好有很大的关系。雅思的考点其实一直以来变化不大，只是会在现有考点的基础上进行细化和深入。例如：garden，museum，cinema这些考点已经变化为formal garden，royal/art museum，multi-screen cinema来进行考查了。

　　Music: jazz, classical, pop, rock and roll, folk music, dance music, disco, tango, string music, organ music, keyboard music, orchestra, light music, restaurant background music

　　Musical instruments: piano, flute, drum, guitar, violin, cello, cellist

　　Cinema: documentary, comedy, tragedy, mime, romance, thrill, action, cartoon, sci-fi, historical, six-screen cinema

　　Theatre: opera, production, sitting capacity, seats, circle/balcony, box, drama house, curtain, performer, performance, box office, auditorium, backstage, make-up

　　Listening basics: research methodology/methods

　　这一类单词所表达的内容理解起来并不难，但是由于国内的教育体系很少鼓励学生应用这样的研究调查方法，所以出国后具体操作起来会有很大的难度。好在很多学校都有这些方法的应用指导课，帮助不太熟悉这些方法的人了解其中的细节。建议烤鸭们在出国之前就应该通过网络等方式对这些方法的细节进行了解，尽最大可能降低在海外学习的不适应度，快速调整自己，跟上教师的授课和作业完成进度。

　　Questionnaires: response rate (too low), representative, respondents, list of questions, expected results

　　Interviews: interviewees, face-to-face talk, age group (children, adult, senior citizens), tape recorder, cassette recorder, laptop, notebook

　　Fieldwork: field visit, field trip, field research, dos and don’ts, real life situation, write up report

　　Laboratory: experiment, set-up situation, not real, subject, sample, equipment

　　Observation: watch

　　Case study: investigation, survey (telephone survey, postal survey)

　　Experience: witness

　　Statistics: data analysis

　　Placement: a job, usually as part of a course of study, which gives you experience of a particular type of work

　　Students working together to collect data: visit organizations, interview people, telephoning, taking photos, write up report, analyze data, collect samples, at random

　　listening basics: building

　　租房子场景中此类词汇考察点极高。这就要求学生们不但要熟悉各种建筑物的特点，还要了解其一定的内部特征，材料材质，内部构造和布局等要点。一般房屋结构，图书馆结构，博物馆结构，校园建筑物布局等都是雅思曾经关注过的要点。

　　building types: block, main building, wings, annexes, extension building, high-rise, complex, construction

　　structure: entrance hall, foyer, lobby, first floor, second floor, level one, level two, corridor, balcony

　　Front door, side door, rear door, fire door, fire exit

　　Lift, elevator, escalator, stairs

　　Reception, enquiry, lounge, waiting room, restroom, toilet

　　Walls, roof, ceiling, floor, basement, exterior walls, interior doors

　　building materials: wood, timber, clay, earth, bricks, tiles, steel, glass, concrete, stone, black velvet, plastic, plaster board

　　architecture: ventilation, aeration (air-conditioning, fans, windows), reinforced

　　security: alarm system, double lock windows, video surveillance, security personnel, security officer, check ID, fire alarm, fire drill

　　Original use and current use: conference centre, car park, transport museum, factory, prison/jail, workshop

　　listening basics: geography

　　地理这一类中的考察点略微有些专业，但是环保低碳俨然已经成为了全球瞩目的焦点，所以大家也都与时俱进吧。剑桥雅思真题集cam 5 test 2 section 4 中关于南极洲的一些描述和细节你还记得吗?机经中频繁出现的沼泽，湿地的保护场景有没有引起你的注意呢?

　　terrain: plain, plateau, desert, mountain, hilly terrain, wetland, marshes, grass, pasture, ice shelf, cliffs

　　water resource: fresh water, underground water, subterranean water, reservoir, dam water, pond water, river, lake, sea water (NB: evaporation),

　　disasters: floods, drought, typhoon, hurricane, tornado, snow storm, thunderstorm, dust storm

　　Atmosphere: nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ozone

　　Mining: iron ore, coal, petroleum, gas, gold, barren mine, minerals, deposit, mining equipment (grease torch, candle, flashlight, torch, helmet) miners from Scotland…

　　Continents and oceans: Antarctica Arctic