今年的Note Taking and Gap Filling的话题是纽约的犯罪话题。这个话题是听力教程第三版新增的《Crime》这个单元的内容。在我的高口听力课堂上最后一节课复习重点的时候，特别指出新增单元出题的几率最大。并且，我在电子书《高口绿经》这部分特别对这个单元的词汇和语言点进行了解析。相信之前按照要求复习的同学，对这篇文章会有轻车熟路的感觉。

NTGF题目如同听一个小型讲座，而讲座最关键的是听懂主题，记录关键信息。很多同学在做这部分题目时总是要么疲于奔命地记录大量无效单词，要么记而忘听或听而忘记。这部分题，无论听力和笔记，都要做到胸中有准则，有章法。

我们以第一段为例。Let’s talk about a social condition that many people might be concerned about today. There are a few that I wanted to touch on, but the first one is the one I mentioned in the introduction---Crime in New York City. Crime is a problem for a very long time in NYC and it was rising and rising and rising and then it started dropping and I suppose there could be a number of different reasons for it, but I can’t really find that anybody really knows exactly for sure what caused it.

本文首段从听力上来说是开门见山型的主题段：前三句由talk about, want to touch on, first one三个信号来提示听力重点，即后面的Crime in New York City.

笔记上，要明确三句话：“并不是每个句子都要记。”“不是每个单词都要记。”“不是每个字母都要记。”譬如第一段的数句话，重点句子是Crime in New York City. 而把这个关键信息笔记下来之后，只需记为 “罪 – NY” 这种形式即可。而后面的rising and rising and rising, 只需记一个上箭头 ↗ 即可，再看到笔记时能通过上箭头想到越来越高的意思即可。

总的来说，“得意而忘言”，是这种题目的解题关键。