新闻的类别是很重要的信息。不同类别的新闻所需要的核心词汇类似于大学不同专业对于词汇的要求也不一样。比如，灾难性新闻比较注重地点、损失、救助等相关词汇。、。平时多积累新闻术语，精听泛听相结合，坚持练习，一定能够更快的听懂新闻英语。具体方法如下：
1.泛听，了解大意。
2.听写，以意群为单位。
3.从头听一遍，检查听写。
4.查阅导致听写错误的语音现象和单词。
5.跟读训练，开始同步跟读，训练后期可以尝试延迟跟读。1-2秒升级到4-5秒等。
然后，最重要的是要明白新闻的结构，就如同写作文先要把结构弄透彻。新闻的结构通常是由标题、介绍、正文三块组成的时间顺序或者重点提前两个基本结构。首先，无论哪一个结构，新闻六大要素--5W1H(who，what，where，when，why，how)，一定是尽可能包含的。虽然有的时候会出现着重其中一二的时候，但是大多数新闻中要素还是齐全的。如果是重点提前的结构，则会按照新闻要素中的重要性进行酌情报道。重要信息一般在最开始。
如：
Recently,a Chinese regulatory agency said that most of the goods sold on the Chinese website Alibaba are counterfeit. That means the products are not made by the company that is claimed to be the maker.? ?Alibaba is a website that connects buyers with sellers. The company's chief, Jack Ma, says he has solved the dispute with Chinese officials.? ?China's Alibaba Group has become a major Internet company in a short amount of time. Last year, the company raised $25 billion in its IPO, or initial public offering. The company offered stock shares to the public for the first time last September on the New York Stock Exchange.? ?But recently China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce, SAIC, released a report that said the company has not done enough to stop the Internet sales of illegal goods.? ?Alibaba's Executive Chairman, Jack Ma, said this was not true.? ?"We don't want; we were misunderstood by the world that we're not transparent. We don't want; (we were) misunderstood by the world that Taobao is a platform for selling fake products. And we want this company, I have always said, not to represent China's Internet, it represent the spirit of Internet of the whole world."? ?The SAIC report said that Alibaba employees took bribes and permitted merchants to sell illegal wine, handbags and other goods without the required license. It also said an investigation showed that many of the samples on the Taobao retail website were not licensed products.? ?Alibaba runs Taobao. On January 27th, Taobao rejected the study's findings. The company said the study was unfair.? ?The next day the SAIC released information about a July meeting between its representatives and Alibaba officials. In the meeting, the SAIC informed Alibaba that counterfeit goods were being sold through the website. The agency also told the company that it had violated marketing rules and had a poor consumer rating system.? ?Later, however, tensions between regulators and Alibaba appeared to ease. The SAIC and Taobao both removed the materials from their websites.? ?For many years now, Western companies have accused companies in China of stealing intellectual property and selling illegal products……
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如果是按照时间顺序的结构，会按照简单的开始、经过、结尾的结构，主题通常在最后。一般是演出、灾难、犯罪案件等。这一种就需要听明白每一句话了。
如：
Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. My name is Carl Azuz. We are starting today with a recap of a hostage situation that unfolded this week in Australia. In its largest city,Sydney,a gunman entered a cafe Monday and took about 17 people hostage. Australian officials believe he acted alone.
They don't know yet what he wanted or why he targeted the cafe. Officials say the suspect was born in Iran. He considered himself a Muslim religious leader. He had a criminal record in Australia, and experts believe he was inspired by Middle Eastern terrorists groups.
Hours after the standoff began, several of the hostages escaped, and 16 hours into the siege, Australian Special Forces and police storm cafe from two entrances. They killed the gunman and ended the standoff. Two of the hostages died in the siege, four others, including a police officer were injured.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called it a difficult day, but said Australians had risen to the challenge.