雅思和托福听力常见出题信号词

任何时候听一段音频，这些信号词的出现都意味着重点信息出现，考点出现，一定要牢记。

引出新信息信号:

Well, right, okay, good, now, well, and now (we will)

What about…,

What is …? 

Is there anything else?

What else? 

Anything else?

Do you know…?

Right, so the thing is …

One more thing before I move on to…

I’d like to move on to … 

强调：

1. 通过重复:

to put it in another way, in other words, I mean, what I mean by this is, as I’ve pointed out, that is to say, that is (i.e.), look at it this way, namely, another way of saying, equally

2. 单词语义强调:

Adv.: especially, particularly, significantly, most/more importantly, essentially, only, merely, solely, primarily, really, rarely, crucially

Adj.: central, important, significant, essential, pivotal, basic, fundamental, primary, elementary

Noun.: center, focus, importance, key, pivot, emphasis on sth.

Phrases: in particular, to be precise/exact, exactly speaking, precisely speaking,

to stress, to point out, … to emphasize,…make sure, ensure, guarantee

Auxiliary verbs: must, need to do, should do .., have to, (require, requirement)

Sentences: I would like to stress/underline/highlight/emphasize,  so you see that, as you see, what I am saying is that, what I mean is, what I want to say is, I decide

Verb.: Look here, listen, don’t you see …, remember ..., bear in mind ...

3. Through clauses: subordinate clause + the main clause 

主语从句+ 表语从句 + 宾语从句： 从句更重要

4. Short sentences following a long sentence：短句更重要

5. 通过强调句型：do 引导

It is/was… that/who…

逻辑强调；

列举第一点：

first, first of all, firstly on the right/left, before, to begin with, to start with, for starters, in the first place

Most commonly ---- usually, primarily, often, chiefly, frequently

列举第二点：

another, also, then, next, afterward（以后，后来）, second, secondly

and, together with, along with, as well as, Another..., not only… but also, both... and,  together, with, likewise（同样的）, similarly, too , meanwhile, either, more information, further ...

列举第三点：

third, then, besides, one more thing, moreover, further, furthermore, what’s more (informal), plus( informal), additionally, as well, anything else, in addition, in addition to (that)...

列举最后一点：final, last, last but not least, until, subsequently, previously, in the middle, for one thing, for another, after that, on top of that, over and above that, I might add…

因果：so, therefore, as a result, as a result as a result, since, for, for this reason, because, consequently, as, thus, that’s why…, bring about…, caused by ... Lead to

举例：for instance, for example, e.g., take the case of, imagine, like, such as, etc., etcetera, and so on, that is …,including

对比: (usually, always, most often, most of the times): but, however, actually, in fact, while, on the other side, although, though, even though, even if, in spite of, in spite of the fact that, despite, despite the fact that, notwithstanding the fact is that, the fact is that, for all that, yet, by contract, as a matter of fact, nevertheless, in contrast, otherwise, on the contrary, on the other hand, in the same way, whereas

变化、不同：Alter, change, begin, start, original, realize, become, difference, similarity, different, similar, same,exclude, without, except, exception... 

总结: so, in conclusion, in short, in brief, summing up, so you see, the result is that, as a result, altogether, finally, eventually, ultimately, in the end, by and by, in short, therefore, overall, in sum, thus, on the whole, in brief, accordingly, to conclude, in a word, consequently, to sum up, in conclusion, to summarize, just to review/look back, as we have seen today

否定强调: （表达否定信息，通常是排除掉的内容）

1. 各种no 或者not构成的否定表达

2. 含否定意义的单词

not …but…,

not as… as …

Not so much as ... , but ...

rather than …

instead of ___,  ___instead,

hardly, rarely …

Never before,  Under no circumstance,   On no account,

Under no circumstance can we allow this to continue.

On no account will we admit …

Never before have we spent so much before