參加過托福考試的同學們應該深有體會，在做托福的時候記筆記是相當重要的，可是怎么樣才能記好筆記呢?怎么樣才能入門呢？
【技巧一】文章框架
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
【技巧二】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。現將各種信號詞分類如下：
第一： 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 ...
第二： 對比轉折型信號詞，提示轉折后面的內容將非常重要
On the other hand...
On the contrary...
In contrast...
And in fact...
By comparison...
Although this may be true,...
第三： 因果型、總結型信號詞，對上文往往是一種總結，后面信息往往非常重要
As a result,...
For his purpose...
Therefore/ Consequently/Finally
In brief...
On the whole...
To conclude/ in conclusion/ in brief/
To summarize, to sum up
As I have shown/ as has been noted/ as we have seen...
第四： 表強調的信號詞
Definitely/extremely/obviously/infact/indeed/
inanycase/absolutely/ positively/surprisingly/
emphatically/unquestionably/ without a doubt
undeniably/ without reservation...
第五： 表舉例的信號詞，通常只需要記住舉例中描述的對象,以及為什么要舉例。至于細節通常可忽略不計
Fro example/ for instance/ in this case/ in another case/
on this occasion/ in this situation/ take the case of/
to demonstrate/ to illustrate/ as an illustration/ such as...
【技巧三】在重點句中抓住關鍵詞
在確定重點句以后，就要盡力記下關鍵詞。經過對大量題目的分析，我們發現名詞在其中占大多數，原因很簡單：如果我們是命題者，為了準備四個選項或者填充題目，往往傾向于將原文的某些內容改寫，名詞由于很難可以被其他單詞替代，所以很難被改寫，可以幫助考生把握最重要的信息，形容詞和動詞則分列二、三位。
重讀、重復、教師花時間較多講解的內容就一定是出題的題眼。