利用关键词（名词=主要的词汇）或关键短语来帮助你了解大意。如果你认识New York（纽约）、business trip（商务旅行）和last year（去年）这几个词，你就可以设想（动词=理所当然地认为，假设）这个人说的是去年在纽约的商务旅行。这可能是显而易见的，但你要记住，在某人继续说话时，了解了大意可以帮助你理解细节。 (来源：英语杂志 http://www.EnglishCN.com)

3.Listen for Context

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Let's imagine that your English speaking friend says "I bought this great tuner at JR's. It was really cheap and now I can finally listen to National Public Radio broadcasts." You don't understand what a tuner is. If you focus on the word tuner you might become frustrated. However, if you think in context (noun=the situation explained during the conversation) you probably will understand. For example; bought is the past of buy, listen is no problem and radio is obvious. Now you understand: He bought something - the tuner- to listen to the radio. A tuner must be a kind of radio! This is a simple example but it demonstrates what you need to focus on: Not the word that you don't understand, but the words you do understand.

让我们来想象一下，你一个说英语的朋友说“I bought this great tuner at JR's. It was really cheap and now I can finally listen to National Public Radio broadcasts.”（我是在JR买的这个调谐器，它非常便宜，现在我终于开可以收听NPR的广播了。）你不理解tuner是指的什么。如果你一直咬住这个词不放就会感觉很苦恼。但是，如果将其放在上下文（名词=对话中描述的情形）里可能就好理解了。例如：bought是buy的过去式，listen的理解没问题，radio的意思也是显而易见的。现在你明白了：他买了某个东西-即tuner——来听广播。所以tuner一定跟广播有关！这只是一个简单的例子，但它阐述出了你需要注意的要点：重要的不是你不懂的词，而是你懂的词。

Listening often is the most important way to improve your listening skills. Enjoy the listening possibilities offered by the Internet and remember to relax.

做听力练习是提高听力常见的重要方式。好好享受互联网带来的练习听力的机会，记得放轻松哦。