For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words.
e2 R! Z* k& d% _In __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.
# {/ U m: Z3 eYet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers.
: G5 U0 a, ], o# m& Y `$ ~# d/ pMost of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them.
- b8 z* e/ e) }5 H z6 l; QThe main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.
2 J2 b/ Y1 F! r/ H: A4 LTaken individually, words have __6__ meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. __7__ , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.
# ~9 G4 P) s0 [" pHe laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages.
" `; f% ?* R7 V( i9 w$ xRegression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.
* t7 B( i7 z, R3 h% rAnother habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads.
0 X2 ^. Y# P' NTo overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an __12__ , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed.1 V- p$ J% P: C; g
The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order to“stretch”him.
4 P* o; f9 t& dThe accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. u# P' P: F% L. b
At first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.
1 ]& I6 P; H+ x2 M! H: ?But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve. 2 B1 k/ B; U9 h, }0 g9 J, _
Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training.
, t& d0 K ]1 c! F, E! j__18__ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute __19__ the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute.; T7 \; C5 M3 h" ` P1 v# c
He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time.
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