在聽文章的時候，考生應該慢慢梳理出文章的框架和脈絡，知道內哪里會出現比較重要的內容，而哪里又一般不是很重要。一般托福聽力筆記左邊為重要內容，右邊則是細節內容，而且越是往右記越是細節，當然相對來說通常也越不是很重要。基本結構是：

Main idea

supporting idea

supporting idea

minor points, example, detail, etc.

Main idea

通過信號詞找到重點句

因為篇章較長，很多考生往往堅持不到聽完就放棄了，所以在訓練時很重要的一個托福他技巧就是培養將文章變短變小的能力。通過確定信號詞我們可以很快確定后面的內容是否重要，是否需要仔細傾聽，是否可以不聽，從而在避免長時間聽力練習的疲勞想象?，F將各種信號詞分類如下：

直接提示觀點、表遞進關系的信號詞

There are reason why

Firs... Second...Third

What I want to talk about is...

And most important,...

A major development...

Why it was so important...

A term for...

It can be defined in this way...

In other words...

In summary...

From this we see that...

We may draw the conclusion...

The thing about...

Remember that...

The important idea is that...

In addition

Moreover/furthermore/what's more

Equally important...

Next I want to mention...

That brings us to...

We'll be looking at a couple of ways to ...

希望以上信息對同學們記錄托福聽力筆記和提高托福聽力分數有所幫助，預祝同學們考試成功。