识别否定是雅思听力考试中非常重要的技能，用not加以否定的情况是很多同学不容易识别出来的部分。针对这个辨音难点，重庆新航道雅思听力组的老师们为大家总结了识别否定的方法，例如重音，语气词，连接词，上下文等等。

　　剑桥雅思7

　　C7T4S3 Q23-26

　　JULIE: Shouldn't we say something about the economy... you know agricultural produce...minerals and so forth?

　　TREVOR: Well... Dr.White said we shouldn't go into that sort of detail.

　　Well 在这里表迟疑，转折的语气，可以帮助判断后半句内容为否定。

　　C7T1S3 Q27

　　Also the incentive should be something the individual actually wants, and this isn't always just money.

　　利用前文内容判断前半句为文章重点，强调个体真正想要的，后半句应为转折。也可以根据重音判断，否定通常重音放在虚词上，后半句重音在 isn’t 部分，所以为否定。

　　C7T4S3 Q22

　　TREVOR: Well... Do you think we ought to give some historical background?

　　JULIE: Oh no... definitely not... we won't have time!

　　根据 no，not 的否定，判定为负面的态度，帮助识别 won’t 的否定

　　C7T3S2 Q14

　　Now, the Semira Mountains are among the highest in the world but you mustn't be too daunted,we will mainly be trekking in the foothills only, although there will be spectacular views even in the foothills.

　　根据转折词汇 but，判定前后句意思相反，帮助理解虽然山很高但不需要气馁

　　剑桥雅思8

　　C8T1S3 Q30

　　There are several caves, but I haven't looked into any details. I'll find out about them.

　　根据后面信息“我会查明”能推断前面想要表达的是没有看任何细节，从而帮助判断句中否定词 haven’t.

　　C8T2S2 Q18

　　These are very popular with the public but of course we mustn't lose sight of the main purpose of having this section, not as such to preserve rare animals but to maintain the diversity of breeds to broaden the gene pool for agricultural development.

　　利用信号词 but，转折之后是肯定信息，可判断转折前是否定信息。

　　C8T2S4 Q40 He answered all my questions in great detail - but then when I asked how much access he had to dangerous substances he wouldn't tell me exactly what his work involved.

　　利用信号词 but，转折之前是肯定信息 answered all my questions，可判断转折后是否定信息，否定了与 work 有关的内容，因此对应选项 C refused to tell Shona about their job。

　　剑桥雅思10

　　C10T1S1 Q10

　　ANDREA: So that covers accommodation and car hire. What about flights?

　　TRAVEL AGENT: They aren't included. But these hotels offer dinner in the price.

　　利用信号词 but 可知后面内容逻辑相反，可帮助学生排除干扰项 flights。

　　C10T2S2 Q16

　　Moving south to the Antarctic-we couldn't run to an ice rink I'm afraid but opted instead for climbing blocks in the shape of mountains (Q16)-I thought they could have had slides for the glaciers but the designers did want to avoid being too literal!

　　由信号词 but，instead 可知后面内容与前面语义相反，故可推测 ice rink 前面为否定形式，排除干扰选项 ice and snow。

　　C10T4S3 Q21

　　I did have to use my IT skills to a certain extent because I cut and pasted text from marketing leaflets, but that didn't involve anything I hadn't done before.

　　由信号词 but 可知，but 后面内容语义与前面相反，因此后半句为否定，可帮助排除干扰选项 IT

　　C10T4S3 Q27

　　Your mentor is supposed to keep you informed, but you can't rely on that.

　　信号词 but 后面语义与前面相反，可推测后面为否定形式的 can’t，帮助排除干扰项 mentor

　　剑桥雅思11

　　C11T1S1 Q3

　　But we do insist that this is paid in cash, we don’t take cards for that.

　　利用信号词 but 可以判断后半句为负面内容，因此可帮助学生识别否定，排除干扰选项cards.

　　C11T1S2 Q12

　　And do stay at a safe distance from the tools: some of them have sharp points which can be pretty dangerous, so please don’t touch them.

　　根据前面的 sharp/dangerous 可以判断工具很危险，从而帮助判断后面为否定信息--不能触碰

　　C11T2S3 Q28

　　And since they’re exposed, they need to be able to find some sort of shelter, or cover themselves up, so they don’t get too hot.利用前半句的内容“需要找到一些东西盖住他们”以及 so 总结词，可以推断出后面为否定信息--不会变得太热。

　　剑桥雅思12

　　C12T5S1 Q9

　　It's a great ride, but you want to be well prepared because it is very remote——you won't see any shops around there or anywhere to stay

　　利用前面的单词 remote 可以判断位置很偏僻，不会有任何东西，从而帮助判断后面为否定信息 won’t see any shops.

　　C12T5S2 Q13

　　Now it's going to be a busy day for you all today - we don't have any tables free for this evening, and only a few for lunch.

　　利用前半句信息“busy day”可推断出后面为没有任何空闲的桌子，从而帮助判断 don’t

　　C12T8S2 Q18

　　The Contemporary Art Gallery is on a little road that leads off Station Square. not far from the public gardens. The road ends at the gallery - it doesn't go anywhere else.

　　根据前面提到的信息“路在长廊截止”，end 为尽头，可帮助判断没有办法去任何其他地方，从而提示学生后面为否定词。

　　剑桥雅思13

　　C13T1S2 Q16

　　At present, parking isn’t allowed on the High Street outside the library, but we're going to change that, and allow parking there

　　利用后面的 but allow 转折部分可以推断出前面与后面信息相反，从而得出是否定 isn’t allow

　　C13T1S3 Q24

　　I found it quite hard to follow - lots about the theory, which I hadn’t expected.

　　根据 Hard to 负面单词能够推断后面为否定信息，表明因为太难而没有0到

　　C13T3S3 Q27

　　Yes. It comes from a shellfish, and it was worn in ancient times but only by important people as it was so rare. I didn't use it.

　　根据前面的 rare 罕见，可以推断出后面句意应该是没有使用过，从而判断出为否定信息

　　剑桥雅思14

　　C14T1S3 Q26

　　But we don’t want to spend too long on that, the other students will already know a bit about it.利用信号词 already know 表示否定 want spend long

　　C14T2S3 Q23

　　So those mammoths on the island couldn’t escape; they had to stay on the island.

　　信号词 had to stay 与 escape 意义相反，判断前半句内容为否定C14T4S2 Q11

　　Unfortunately there aren’t any places left for this afternoon’s trip.

　　利用副词 unfortunately 判断后面内容为否定。

　　剑桥雅思15

　　C15T1S3 Q27

　　Although what many of them didn't take into consideration was family size.

　　didn't 具有迷惑性，语速快的时候可能不容易理解清楚句意。根据 although 帮助判断后面为错误信息

　　C15T3S2 Q19

　　As we'd predicted, air quality was significantly better but what I hadn't expected was how much quieter it would be - even with the buses still running.

　　hadn't 否定词在语速比较快的情况下，会容易听成我期待的，容易造成理解不当，错误判断。不过句子前的 but 可以帮助学生判断其褒贬意。

　　C15T3S3 Q28

　　I wanted to compare editorials in different papers, but when I started looking, I couldn't find two on the same topic that I felt like analyzing.

　　由于句前有 but 可以帮助理解褒贬意，但是在听音过程 couldn't 容易听成 could，造成意思理解不当，多加注意此类考法。