在听录音记信息的过程中使用一些缩写形式，可以加快记笔记的速度。考生 可以创造一些适合自己的缩写形式，以提高自己快速记信息的能力。如：
| equal:= | introduction: intro |
| with: w/ | information: info |
| without: w/o | department: dept. |
| number: # | advantage: adv. |
| therefore: \ | organization: org. |
| and: + | maximum: max. |
| and so forth: etc. | individual: ind. |
| for example: e.g. | compare: cf. |
| against: vs. | association: assoc. |
| government: gov’t. | politics: pol. |
日期的缩写形式：
| The days of the week: | |
| Sunday—Sun. | Thursday—Thur. |
| Monday—Mon. | Friday—Fri. |
| Tuesday—Tues., Tue. | Saturday—Sat. |
| Wednesday—Wed. | |
| The months of the year: | |
| January—-Jan. | July—Jul. |
| February—Feb. | August—Aug. |
| March—Mar. | September—Sep. |
| April——Apr. | October—Oct. |
| May——May | November—Nov. |
| June——Jun. | December—Dec. |