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 ones teaching assistant;
trouble a professor;
may I ask you a few questions;
I have a class at ten;
come in ones office hours;
finish reading ones research report;
revise 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 ones 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 ones 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