快速阅读Skimming&Scanning

FastReadingLecture2Skimming&scanningSkimming&scanning:略读：理解大意跳读、查读：查找具体信息Skimming&scanning:TheyareimportantFastReadingSkillsSkimming&scanning:Theirpurpose:toraceagainstTime!Skimming&scanning:Forfastreading,timeiskey.Skimming&scanning:Infastreading,Timecanbebothyourfriendandyourenemy.Inordertodothebestyoucan,you’llhavetolearntoWorkWithTime.Skimming&scanning:Forfastreading,oneofthebiggestproblemsisTime.Youhaveafewminutestoreadalongpassageandanswerthequestions,whichmeansyou’llhavetobeabletogettheinformationyouneedQuickly.Allfastreadingquestionswillrequireyoutousestrategiesandtechniquesinordertocompletethetaskinthegiventime.Skimming&scanning:Developingthesethreereadingskillswillhelpyoumanageyourtimeeffectivelyandimproveyourreadingscores.SkimmingScanningReadingfordetailSkimming–GettingTheGistSkimmingisafastreadingtogetthegeneralideaofthetext.Differenttechniquesforskimminginclude:Skimming–GettingTheGista).Runningyoureyesoverthetexttogetthegeneralmeaning–notstoppingatwordsyoudon’tunderstandasthiswillonlyslowyoudown.b).Readingthefirstandlastparagraphofatext,andsummariesifoffered.c).Lookingcloselyatthetopicsentences–themostimportantsentenceofeachparagraph.Scanning–GetOnlyWhatYouNeedScanningisrapidlyrunningyoureyesoverthetextinordertolocateSpecificDetails.Threestepstoscanninginclude:Scanning–GetOnlyWhatYouNeeda).ReadthequestionandSearchforKeyWordsorideasassociatedwiththequestion.b).YoureyesthenMoveQuicklyOverthePage,flittingaroundthetext,backandforth,upanddown.c).LessReadingandMoreSearching,thebrainhuntsforspecificinformation–aword,aphraseoranumber.ReadingforDetails–FindYourAnswerThisfinalsteprequiresacarefulandclosereadingofthepassageyouhavearrivedatafteryoursearch,inordertofindtheanswer.Whenwereadfordetail,wereadEveryWordinatextandthinkcarefullyabouttheoverallmeaningofeachsentence.Let’spracticeSkimmgusingthequestionbelow:ChooseaheadingthatBestMatchestheupcomingparagraph.Remembertounderlineyourkeywords.a).Parentsaretoblameforthestateofchildrentoday.b).AreportwithmanyconclusionsandworriesabouttheUnitedKingdom.c).Growingupanunhappygeneration.d).Therearesomanysocialproblemsyoungpeoplefacetoday.Let’spracticeSkimmgusingthequestionbelow:ChooseaheadingthatBestMatchestheupcomingparagraph.Remembertounderlineyourkeywords.a).Parentsaretoblameforthestateofchildrentoday.b).AreportwithmanyconclusionsandworriesabouttheUnitedKingdom.c).Growingupanunhappygeneration.d).Therearesomanysocialproblemsyoungpeoplefacetoday.Inrecentyears,evidencehasbeencollectedwhichsuggeststhattheproportionofBritishchildrenandteenagerswhoareunhappyishigherthanmanyotherdevelopedcountriesaroundtheworld.Forexample,arecentlypublishedreportsetouttomeasure“well-being”amongyoungpeopleinthenineteenEuropeancountries,foundthattheUnitedKingdomcamebottom.Thereportwasbasedonstatisticsandsurveysinwhichyoungpeopleansweredquestionsonawiderangeofsubjects.Theunitedkingdomisarelativelyunequalcountrywitharelativelyhighproportionofyoungpeoplelivinginhouseholdswithlessthanhalfthenationalaverageincome.Thisseemstohaveanegativeeffectonhowtheyfeelaboutthemselves.Let’sskimthefirstandlastsentencesfromthepassage:Inrecentyears,evidencehasbeencollectedwhichsuggeststhattheproportionofBritishchildrenandteenagerswhoareunhappyishigherthanmanyotherdevelopedcountriesaroundtheworld.Forexample,arecentlypublishedreportsetouttomeasure“well-being”amongyoungpeopleinthenineteenEuropeancountries,foundthattheUnitedKingdomcamebottom.Thereportwasbasedonstatisticsandsurveysinwhichyoungpeopleansweredquestionsonawiderangeofsubjects.Theunitedkingdomisarelativelyunequalcountrywitharelativelyhighproportionofyoungpeoplelivinginhouseholdswithlessthanhalfthenationalaverageincome.Thisseemstohaveanegativeeffectonhowtheyfeelaboutthemselves.Inrecentyears,evidencehasbeencollectedwhichsuggeststhattheproportionofBritishchildrenandteenagerswhoareunhappyishigherthanmanyotherdevelopedcountriesaroundtheworld.Forexample,arecentlypublishedreportsetouttomeasure“well-being”amongyoungpeopleinthenineteenEuropeancountries,foundthattheUnitedKingdomcamebottom.Thereportwasbasedonstatisticsandsurveysinwhichyoungpeopleansweredquestionsonawiderangeofsubjects.Theunitedkingdomisarelativelyunequalcountrywitharelativelyhighproportionofyoungpeoplelivinginhouseholdswithlessthanhalfthenationalaverageincome.Thisseemstohaveanegativeeffectonhowtheyfeelaboutthemselves.a).Parentsaretoblameforthestateofchildrentoday.b).AreportwithmanyconclusionsandworriesabouttheUnitedKingdom.c).Growingupanunhappygeneration.d).Therearesomanysocialproblemsyoungpeoplefacetoday.Sowhat’souranswer?c).Growingupanunhappygeneration.Sowhat’souranswer?Let’spracticeScanningusingthequestionbelow:HowmanyEuropeancountriesareinthereport?RemembertounderlineyourkeywordsLet’spracticeScanningusingthequestionbelow:HowmanyEuropeancountriesareinthereport?Let’spracticeScanningusingthequestionbelow:HowmanyEuropeancountriesareinthereport?NowyouknowyouarelookingforanumberInrecentyears,evidencehasbeencollectedwhichsuggeststhattheproportionofBritishchildrenandteenagerswhoareunhappyishigher