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1、 fewwriters start at the beginning indeed, they usually “write the firstpart last.” 2. True reading is word-for-word. I started as a kidlooking at individual letters. They didnt help much. Next I startedsounding out syllables. Finally, I could read whole words. Why stopwith words? Well, I know one r

2、eason I had a college professor who madeus swear we had “Read every single word” of our collateral reading.Why? He didnt make us swear wed “read every single letter.” Theanswer is simple: that professor （like me） had never moved fromletters, syllables, and words, to reading phrases, sentences andpar

3、agraphs. He assumed the only way to read thoroughly was by thelaborious method of reading one word at a time.3. Reading is a laborious task which takes a long time. Not at all! Reading can be both fun and fast. Indeed, speed reading is like auto racing it is far more exciting.4. All parts of a book

4、are of equal value. This mythpersists until you actually write your own book. Then, all at once yourealize there is “filler” material , illustrations, and even sometimeswhole chapters jammed into a book just because the publisher insisted.Take messages for instance. Ever hear a message and wish you

5、could putit on fast forward over that long story illustrating a point youalready understand? Well, in reading you can fast forward. 5. Reading faster will reduce retention. Sorry. Itshould be that way, shouldnt it? Those who groan slowly through a bookpainstakingly sounding out every single word, ma

6、ybe even moving theirlips, should get a greater reward shouldnt they? Sorry. In fact, speedreading techniques will increase ones comprehension and retention.Getting Ready to ReadSo, were ready to read. But dont read the book yet. There are a few steps to take first.FIRST: ELIMINATE ALL DISTRACTIONS:

7、 Get rid of ANYthingyour mind could think about besides the reading material. Is thereconversation? Activity? TV? An uncomfortable seat? Music in thebackground? （OK OK, I know many of my readers are college students whoclaim they “study better” with music in the background. Go ahead andclaim it but

8、you are wrong. You might “like it” better, but you donot study better. ANYthing which might occupy your mind waters downyour concentration even occupying your “mind-in-background.” Foolyourself if you wish but if you really are serious about readingfaster, eliminate distractions.SECOND: Ask: What is

9、 my purpose? Why are you readingthis? And what kind of literature is it? Is it a classic or fictionwork you are reading for fun? Then, why hurry through it at all? Like aleisurely meal, sit back and taste each bite turn over the deliciousphrases in your mind. Or is collateral reading for a course wh

10、ere youare must be familiar with the central notions? Then finding the notionsis why you are reading, right? Or maybe you are reading collateralwhere you will be tested on the content? Or maybe collateral readingwhere you will be required to say, “I read every single word?” Or isthis a book where yo

11、u will be tested on the terms and dates therein?Or, maybe you are just reading the book searching for some new ideasfor your own situation. Or you have to write a review. Or maybe youplan to teach it to others. See how different your purpose might be foreach? Before you open the book, take a minute

12、to state your purpose toyourself. It will largely determine how you read the book from then on.THIRD: Do a 10 minute PRE-READ. Take ten minutes orless and pre-read the entire book. Go ahead and try this if youvenever done it before. Treat a book like a jigsaw puzzle. Dump it out,then organize all th

13、e pieces first before putting it together. Read thedust cover and any cover reviews. Then look through the author blurb.Move to the Table of Contents and see if you can figure out the wholebook from this page. Page through the entire book, page by page andglance through all summaries, tables, pull-o

14、ut quotes,diagrams（especially）, and scan through all the section titles and yougo.Chances are youll find the KEY CHAPTER while you are doing this. Some publishers say （off the record, of course） “A book is simply one great chapter with a dozen other filler chapters.” If this is so, find that chapter

15、. FOURTH: Read the KEY CHAPTER. Start using the rapidreading techniques mentioned later to read this KEY CHAPTER through.You are not obligated to wait until you have read all the chaptersbefore this one, as if you must eat your green beans before the icecream. The book is yours go ahead and get the

16、central idea beforeyou start!Once youve read the key chapter you are ready to read the rest. Inorder from the front to the back, or in some other order which bettersuits your purpose. Now for some actual reading tips tips.III. Rapid Reading Techniques1. Raise your speed- comfort level. How comfortab

17、leare you speeding in a car? How fast do you have to go before you feelyou are “on the edge?” 70 MPH? 90? 120? How about 210 MPH, the speedthe Indy car drivers can average? Get the point? Some people havelearned to drive faster; their comfort level has been raised. You cando the same thing for readi

18、ng. Face it, speed-reading isnt mostlyabout technique; it is about mind set. Indeed this may be the reasonyou can play a CD while reading you are merely driving along at25MPH. Can you imagine an Indy car driver playing music in the No. The driver focuses all his or her skills on the track.If you are

19、 out for a Sunday afternoon stroll in your book, then ignorethis. But if you are serious about becoming a speed-reader, then startexpecting more of yourself.2. See the book as a mine full of ORE not GOLD. Booksoffer wonderful gold to the prospector. But the reader must sortthrough tons of ore to fin

20、d and refine the gold. The speed readerchanges mindsets: quits fooling around with the ore and searches forthe gold. What is a book anyway? What are words? They are “carriers” oftruth, thoughts, ideas, a thesis, information, terms, concepts,notions. One reads a book to get the message, not to obsess

21、 on thewords. （Im tempted here to talk about Bible study, but we shall let itpass this time.） Switch your mindset to looking for the gold.3. Quit Subvocalizing. Most of us learned to read bysounding out the words. The trouble is, most of us never stopped. Sure,maybe we no longer audibly sound them o

22、ut, or even move our lips, butin our heads we are “reading to ourselves.” We have learned to read byMouth-and-Ear. To become a speed reader one must discard this habit （orat least reduce it） and adopt the eye-and-mind method. It is mostly amatter of mind set. Instead of acting like the ear （even in

23、one insideyour head） is the route to the mind, begin believing that the eye isthe gate to the mind. Start drinking in books through your eyes. Letthe books pass into the mind directly from the eye, skipping the mouthand ears. Go ahead and start trying it.4. Use your finger. For most beginning speed-

24、readersthis is a shock. They remember reading in grade school with theirfinger and assume it slows one down. Actually the finger is your pacecar. It leads you forward at a speedy pace, and keeps you on focus andavoiding back-skipping. There are several ways to use your finger （orhand） but just try i

25、t out for starters. As you improve, buy one of thebooks on speed-reading and settle on the pattern which works best foryou.5. Break the Back-skip habit. Most of us read along aline of type like this one to get the interpretation of the meaning,but as we read our eyes jump back to dwell on a word we

26、just passed. Wedo this without knowing it. In fact, probably the only way to discoverhow many times you back skip is to have someone watch you read andcount the eye-darts back. But, unless you have someone you feel prettycomfortable staring you in the face while you read, just trust me you probably

27、back-skip. How to stop? First confess you do it. Thenstart recognizing when you do it. Finally when tempted to back-skip,treat the book like a movie that is, even if you miss something in amovie, you dont stop the video and replay it. You just let it flow onthrough, hoping youll make it up later.6.

28、Use your peripheral vision. Just like you must develop amuscle in the gym, so your mind can be trained to use the eye-gate totake in a broader amount of data. For instance, instead of reading leftto right across the lines, pretend there is a line right down themiddle of this page and you are following the line. Let your eye takein through peripheral vision the phrases to the right or left. Can youdo it? With practice you can train your mind to read on “both sides ofthe road” even though your eyes are on the center line. To practicethis skill most sp