導語：對於四級聽力長對話，考生應始終牢記：不要奢望將其內容一字不落地完全聽懂並且記住。因爲即使在日常生活中用母語對話，這也幾乎是不可能的，同時也是不必要的。在日常生活中，我們只要掌握自己關心的信息，而在聽力考試中，我們則要抓住關鍵的命題點。以下是小編爲大家精心整理的2017年12月英語四級考試聽力長對話應試策略，歡迎大家參考！
一、聽前預測
聽前預測對於聽力長對話非常重要。放音間隔的時間應儘可能留作預測之用。若想有效使用這短短几十秒的放音間隔時間，需把握以下兩個原則：
1. 先縱後橫
所謂“先縱”，就是首先通讀每篇後的3-4個小題，找出關鍵詞，前後聯繫，預測全篇大致主題。
所謂“後橫”，就是在仍有時間的情況下，通看各題選項，看看是否存在生詞，總結長句的核心意思，以此預測考點和可能的答案。
兩步預測都要注意隨時做出標註，劃出關鍵詞或簡寫長句的大意，因爲單憑記憶在"高壓"的聽力考試中是萬萬靠不住的。
以2007年12月Conversation Two爲例：
23. A) She is thirsty for promotion.
B) She wants a much higher salary.
C) She is tired of her present work.
D) She wants to save travel expenses.
首先通過promotion, salary和work可得出本對話的大致主題是有關職業，再聯繫兩次出現的wants,想到或許與求職有關，並順理成章地想到可能會談到離職的原因、新職位的性質以及薪酬等等。這就是上面所說的"先縱"。
此後我們可對選項中較長的詞語做標註，如下劃線所示。通過聽錄音我們發現本題答案的對應信息在原文中是"I'm fed up with my job.", 正是"tired of"的同義置換。這就是上面所說的"後橫"。
可見，事先標註關鍵信息，可讓我們在聽時將注意力集中到更小的"點",起到事半功倍的效果。
2. 分清主次
與生活中的情形相似，雙方對話的時候常有主次之分，如：一方詢問，另一方作答時，關鍵信息多出現在作答一方，考點自然也就多出於此。分清對話雙方的主次對於我們預測考點出現的`位置很重要，方法也簡單易行。
以2006年12月Conversation Two爲例：
22. A) It was about a little animal.
B) It took her six years to write.
C) It was adapted from a fairy tale.
D) It was about a little girl and her pet.
23. A) She knows how to write best-selling novels.
B) She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults.
C) She is able to win enough support from publishers.
D) She can make a living by doing what she likes.
24. A) The characters. B) The readers.C) Her ideas. D) Her life experiences.
25. A) She doesn't really know where they originated.
B) She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints.
C) They popped out of her child-hood dreams.
D) They grew out of her long hours of thinking.
通看下劃線部分不難發現，幾乎所有的選項都與女性會話者有關,可料想此對話中男性會話者多提出問題，女性多做答覆，聽時當然主要聽女性會話者所說的內容。
二、聽時抓“點”
有了充分的聽前預測，聽時的主要任務就是抓住考點，且掌握如下兩個原則：
1. 考點均勻分佈，易出現在話輪轉換處
首先，長對話後設的3-4個小題一般均勻地分佈在對話的每個回合，極少出現某一個回合包含兩個考點的情況。這樣，我們在一個對話回合中找到一個考點後，剩餘的部分就可不做詳聽，讓緊張的神經稍做放鬆，有利於將精力集中於下面的考點。
其次，考點的位置多是話輪轉換的時候。具體的說，就是對話一方某段發言的開頭和結尾部分，這也完全符合西方人的思維習慣，即在發言伊始多是開門見山，而在發言結尾處又總括強調。
仍以2006年12月Conversation Two爲例：
M: Hi, Miss Rowling, how old were you when you started to write? And what was your first book?
W: I wrote my first story when I was about six. It was about a small animal, a rabbit, I mean, and I've been writing ever since. (22題考點)
M: Why did you choose to be an author?
W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness, step one would be finding out what you love doing most and step two would be finding someone to pay you to do this. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing. (23題考點)
M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults?
W: My first two novels were for adults. I suppose I might write another one, but I never really imagine a target audience when I'm writing. The ideas come first, so it really depends on the ideas that grasp me next. (24題考點)
M: Where did the ideas for the Harry Potter books come from?
W: I've no idea where the ideas came from. And I hope I'll never find out. (25題考點) It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about the invisible train platform.
2. 重複率較高的詞或短語多成爲考點
對話的主要內容理所當然會得到說話人的強調，而一個非常重要且明顯的強調方式就是重複，故重複的詞語往往能夠揭示對話的主題。
如問：What is the news coverage mainly about?
而原文中多次出現rebel forces, conflict, war等與"叛亂"相關的詞語，也可判斷本題答案爲A) The latest developments of an armed rebellion in Karnak.
