Reading is a good habit, but the problem is that there's too much to read, and too little time to read every word of it. So ①we need to find good ways to read faster.There are hundreds of skills (技巧) to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.
Preview (预看) —if it's long and hard. This skill is especially useful for ideas of heavy reading like long magazine articles (文章) and business reports (报告).
Here's how the preview goes.
●Read the first two paragraphs (段落) and the last two paragraphs carefully.
●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.
This skill doesn't give you all the details (细节, 详情). It stops you spending time on things you don't really want or need to read.
Skim (略读)—if it's short and simple (简单的). Skimming is a good way to get ideas of light reading like popular magazines or sports and entertainment (娱乐) papers.
Here's how to skim.
●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep across each line.
●Pick up only a few ②key wordsin each line.
Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we'll get a similar (相似的) idea of what it's mainly about.
