雅思听力可谓是考试中陷阱最多的部分，其中雅思听力数字考点是雅思听力陷阱之一。

1. 时间:>30用to，<30用past，half past，或直接用数字表达，15分钟用aquarter。介词用at, 上午用AM，下午用PM。晚上12点多用AM，12：01【twelve oh one AM】.

2. 年代: 1987【nineteen eighty-seven】, 1900【nineteen hundred】, 1650【sixteenfifty】, 1650s【sixteen fifties, in the middle of the 17th century】, at the turnof the century【世纪之交】, 2008 【two thousand and eight, twenty oh eight】, decade【十年】，fortnight【two weeks】.

3.十几和几十的分辨【听元音的长短，及重音】14, fourteen, 40 forty can, can’t.

4. 电话号码:按数字读，一般为三位，三位数的读。419-911-9123, 零可以读zero, oh, naught, 两个零在末尾读hundred，三个零可以读thousand。两个数字读double, 三个读triple. Country code, area code, extension,exchange, operator, incoming call, text message,short message, pager, page.

5. 小数、分数:0.35–zero point three five 6.5-six point five分数：one third, twothirds.

6. 货币:pound【pounds】, penny【pennies】, dollar, cent, euro, yen, yuan,注意符号的写法￥￡$。5.67-five sixty-seven, 5.6-five sixty.

7. 月份：The fourteenth of July【 July 14th 】 【July the fourteenth】, 1st, 2nd,3rd, 11th , 12th, 13th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 月份可以写缩写，9月份要写成Sept.

8. 字母G、j、v、w、n、m的读法。

9. 数字读法：thousand, million 【m】, billion【bn】 3,456,789【three million, fourhundred and fifty-sixty thousand, seven hundred and nine】.

One hundred and eighty.

One hundred and ninety.

10. 人名:first name, second name, given name, family name, surname, nickname,Zhou, Jielun or Jielun Zhou O’Neil, 【apostrophe】, MacDonald, 【capitalletter】VanPatten.