《大学英语快速阅读教材（上册）》.doc

Unit 1 Reading Intelligently Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. A) Do you ever read a passage, yet fail to gain any helpful information from it? Or, do you have to reread something several times to get a full understanding of the content? When we are reading such materials as project documents, trade journals, blogs, business books or e-books, most of us read regularly as part of our jobs, and to develop our skills and knowledge. Now, we are looking at strategies that will help you read more effectively. These approaches will help you get the maximum benefit from your reading, with the minimum effort. B) Before you start reading anything, ask yourself why you are reading it. Are you reading with a purpose, or just for pleasure? What do you want to know after you’ve read it? Once you know your purpose, you can examine the resource to see whether it’s going to help you. For example, with a book, an easy way of doing this is to look at the introduction and the chapter headings. The introduction should let you know who the book is intended for, and what it covers. Chapter headings will give you an overall view of the structure of the subject. C) Ask yourself whether the resource meets your needs, and try to work out if it will give you the right amount of knowledge. If you think that the resource isn’t ideal, don’t waste time reading it. Remember that this also applies to content that you subscribe to, such as journals or magazines, and web-based and social media news － don’t be afraid to cut down these resources if you are not getting value from some publishers. D) How Deep to Read? Where you only need the shallowest knowledge of a subject, you can skim material. Here you read only chapter headings, introductions, and summaries. If yo