英语六级考试的对话内容场景基本上都是考生所熟悉的，有校园、生活、工作、各种社交场所。了解一些场景下的常用语和常见表达对解题是很有帮助的。对这些常用词汇和短语不仅要知道其本身的意思，还要知道他们的同义表达方式。这是因为现在听力试题一般不会在选项中出现对话中的原词和词组。以下场景是对话当中所占比例最大的，掌握了这些场景下的常用短语和表达方式，也就从词汇和短语方面抓住了解题的关键。

1. 校园生活场景
1) 借书：
book for reading assignment;
check out;
volume;
check for sb;
on the upper shelf;
a book hard to identify/ is missing;
has been misplaced

2) 教授和学生关系：学生问老师问题；学生寻求老师的帮助；学生询问老师对作业的意见；老师要求学生对论文打印错误等
do research for;
semester;
work as one's teaching assistant;
trouble a professor;
may I ask you a few questions;
I have a class at ten;
come in one's office hours;
finish reading one's research report;
revise (improve) some parts of it;
get it published;
read some papers he recommended;
correct all the typing errors in a paper;
read it through again;
check the paper for typing errors

3) 同学之间交流：选课；听课感受；对老师讲课的评价；提供老师论文复印件；交流论文写作进展;交流如何读书;考试通过互相祝贺;对生病同学补课;认识新同学;为打印论文而向对方询问如何找纸;谈论学习进展等
stay awake;
sleep through;
unnecessarily long;
more attentive;
on this topic;
hard to follow;
think of;
speak highly of;
consider sth. dull;
choose a good topic;
attend;
think of sb.'s lecture;
the topic is interesting;
difficult to follow;
say about;
a copy of article;
get on with one's essay;
have a real hard time;
two sleepless nights;
be through with;
finish the assignments;
political science class;
each present a different theory;
read more than one article;
get a full mark in math exams;
do a good job;
librarian;
miss classes;
bring sb. up to date;
help sb. to catch up;
show up late;
on the first day of school;
get to know;
find quality paper to type essay;
bookshelf; stock room;
go and check;
typewriter;
have one's hands full with;
book report;
how are lessons going;
make progress;
well worth the time and trouble;
rewarding;
boring; entertaining;
time consuming;
take five classes next semester;
too many courses offered to students

2. 家庭生活场景
1) 外出活动(看电影、逛街、参加晚会):
go to the movies;
go out for dinner;
see a different type of movie for a change;
be tired of movies about romantic stories;
love stories;
detective stories;
royal theatre;
I'm starving;
what to wear to the party;
cannot afford something new;
attend a party;
all of the clothes look so old;
And with our student discount;
the tickets will be a real cheap;

2) 外出旅行
the holiday is well soon be here;
be on the plane;
it is exciting to travel by air;
fly somewhere for one's vacation;
we'll have another fine day;
let's go to the seaside;
leave very early;
set off early;
go sightseeing;
take a half day tour of the city;
spend more time on sightseeing;
get to the airport in time to catch the flight;
get one's flight changed;
switch to a different flight

3) 家居生活、休闲:
sit out in the backyard to enjoy the beautiful day;
there is a lot of laundry to do;
wash clothes;
why did sb. call;
pick up magazine she learnt;
get some magazines back;
paint the house;
have the house painted;
climb the ladder;
go home for the summer;
count the days;
on one's way home;
pack for the summer vacation;
the apple pie taste very good/delicious;
even my mother cannot match this;
have a look at the book I bought;
bought out the bookstore;
bought a lot of books;
a large selection of books

4) 在家请客:
ask sb. to the party;
know one's address;
invite Tom to the party;
get the Johnson's address;
call to tell him about the reception

3. 顾客与医生/服务员/秘书场景：
1) 买票/机场：
I would like two tickets for 9 o'clock show;
sell out;
attend a show;
have a ticket for 6 o'clock flight to New York;
I am afraid I can't make it;
is there a seat available for;
all the morning flights have been booked up;
fly to someplace;
return one's ticket;
change one's destination;
here is a 10-dollar bill;
give me two tickets for tonight's show please;
you are not supposed to be here;
this area is for the airport staff only;
fly over to see;
keep in touch;
see sb. off;
complain about the poor airport service;
meet sb. at the airport

2) 约见:
I'd like a talk with your director;
could you arrange it for me;
rather busy these days;
arrange an appointment for sb. with sb.;
you've arranged to meet sb.;
going to contact Mr.Johnson;
I am ringing to confirm my appointment with;
expect sb. at;
make an appintment;
would you get me through to sb.;
be with sb.

3) 餐馆/旅馆
have a table for four;
a corner table;
a table near the window;
reserve a table;
I'll be back with your order;
how about the food I ordered;
book a room with a bath;
a single/double room on the second floor

4) 买书
I'd like to buy a copy of;
that book has been out of print;
it is no longer available;
the information in the book is out of date;
the paperback edition of this dictionary'
hard cover is on sale;

5) 买东西/邮局
the newest model;
represent the latest technology;
we sell nothing but the best;
be of the same brand;
have a good sale;
nice-looking straw hat;
you can wear it rain or shine;
I'm going to send the parcel to London;
what's the postage for it;

4. 医院或诊所
what can I do for you;
what's the matter with sb.;
make an appointment to see the doctor;
twist one's ankle;
the injury does not seem serious;
foot still hurt;
put my weight on it

5. 运动/爱好/娱乐
1) 运动
boating and skating are my favorite sports;
walk all the way to the office;
find great pleasure in walking;
take it as a kind of exercise;
fishing is a good way to kill time;
give a talk on fishing;
have the same hobby as sb.;
show great enthusiasm for;
be enthusiastic for;
be interested in;
be willing to swim;
how do you like yesterday's play;
play one's part quite well/exaggerate his part= too dramatic to be realistic;
see last night's film on channel

2) 闲聊：
it's high time we turned our attention to the problem;
I can't agree with you more;
I'd ride a bike to work;
take a crowded bus during the rush hours;
take good care of one's car;
the car is well maintained;
the car is in good condition;
no scratches on the outside and the inside is clean too;
car can stand any crash

3) 公共场合：
the music is beautiful;
I'd like to dance;
I don't know the steps;
give performance;
listen to the music;
dance to music;
Tom looks awfully nervous;
be not used to making speeches;
an awful/inexperienced speaker;
be terribly embarrassed;
the audience get up and leave in the middle of the performance;
appreciate the real life drama;
the title of the oil painting;
an early 18-century work;
look it up in the catalog;
at an art gallery

6. 工作
compaint about one's job;
accept a job;
turn down the offer;
it means frequent business trips away from family;
the pay is too low to support one's family;
get bored with the same routine;
year after year;
awfully dull;
really exciting;
very exhausting;
quite challenging;
stimulating;
how did your experiment go;
be through with your work;
my boss ususally finds something for me to do at the last minute;
be confident about the job interview;

7. 天气
have a severe winter;
warm up;
the weather is mild;
enjoy the wonderful weather;

8. 居住/租房
move into a new apartment;
it is more expensive;
can't put up with the noise;
have a room to let/for rent

9. 警察与公民
you were seen hanging about the store;
unsolved case of robbery;
search for reliable witness;
this is a one-way street;
didn't you see the sign;
park car in a wrong place;
break a traffic rule;
drive at a low speed/ too fast