1、Chapter 1 Speed Reading. Eyes exercisesvWhat actually happens when we read? jumps Improve your reading speed?v1 Enlarge our eye spanv2 Shorten the time of each pause Enlarge our eye spanvEvery time the eye pauses it sees a phrase or even a sentence, then jump to the next part of the line, you can tr
2、y to look at one word, ad extend your eyesight to the words beside it.Exercise 1There isno better wayto testfishing boatsthan under actual fishing conditions Actual conditions provide theopportunity to try outthe fishing boat under the most adverse weather conditions and the most rapid and unexpecte
3、d passenger movements v1: Question: According to the short passage, which is the best way to test fishing boats?Exercise 2The purpose of life insurance is to prevent financial difficulty for someone else in the event of your death With that in mind, you can determineif you need life insurance by sim
4、ply asking yourselfif your death would put someone else in a tough financial position If the answer is yes,you need insurance.v2: Question: According to the short passage, how to determine whether you need life insurance or not? Phrase reading vEg.: Do you want a cup of tea? B: Do you want a cup of
5、tea?A: Do you want a cup of tea?Exercises 1When you phrase read, it should fell like this. Your eye should move and stop, move and stop. Each timeyour eyes stop or fixate it should see a meaningful phrase. Phrase reading will improve your comprehension and help you read faster.1. what kind of moveme
6、nt dose your eye do when reading something?2. what s the advantage of phrase reading?A. it can help you read faster and comprehend more.B. it tells you more things.C. it makes the passage more interesting.D. you can see more phrases by using it.Exercises 2vIn this exercise, the clusters have been di
7、vided by the oblique lines. Try to understand the passage. On April 15/, 1912/, the Titanic/, the largest ship /in the world/, struck an iceberg/ off Newfoundland/ and sank /in the early morning darkness/, taking over/1500 lives. The luxury liner /was making/her first Atlantic voyage/ from England t
8、o New York/ when the tragedy occurred/. Of the 2,223 aboard/, only about 700 people/ were saved/. Millions of dollars/ in jewelry and furs/ went down with the ship/. The Titanic was thought/ to be unsinkable. Earlier in the night/ the captain of the ship/ had been warned/ that there were icebergs/ i
9、n the area/. The warning/ was apparently ignored/ as the big liner/ sped on through the darkness/, heading swiftly toward its destiny. At 11:40 p.m. / the Titanic/, a man-made giant/, rammed the white, silent giant of nature/and sank in two and a half hours/. Never will the world forget/ that tragic
10、 event.Shorten the time of each pause Many readers may spend a lot more time on the pause of the beginning and the end of a line, sometimes, we may even go to a wrong line, which may take us extra time to restart. Here is a way for you to improve: draw two vertical lines on the reading material, one
11、 near to the beginning and another near to the end of the lines. When start reading, look at the second or the third word of the line (i.e., the first word between the two lines), instead of the first one, move to the right, when its about to finish, stop your eyes on the second or the third word from the back (i.e., the last word between the two lines), then move your eyes to the second or the third word of the next line and go on. For those words beyond the two lines, we can just extend our eyesight onto them. Exercises 1Exercises 2
