雅思閱讀中的快速閱讀，究竟有多重要？

　　So why skimming is so important to your test success?

　　為什么快速閱讀對你考試成功如此的重要?

　　It's simple, really: even if your English language skills are as close to perfection as possible, you won't be able to demonstrate it on the exam unless you manage to answer the majority questions.

　　這真的很簡單：即便你的英語語言技能是如此的接近于完美，但你也沒有辦法在考試中證明它，除非你能回答大多數(shù)的考題。

　　When it comes to the most common complaints about the test, they all focus on one issue in particular: not having enough time to answer all of the reading comprehension questions. Because test takers are so focused on reading and absorbing the meaning of every word, they lose out on valuable time......Time that could be spent getting that ultimate passing score!

　　當(dāng)涉及到考試最常見的抱怨就是，人們都特別的關(guān)注在一個問題上：沒有足夠的時間回答閱讀理解中所有的題目。因為考生如此專注于閱讀和理解每一個單詞的意思，就這樣浪費了寶貴的時間。...時間應(yīng)該被花在最終考試的通過分?jǐn)?shù)上!

　　If you've been gripped by a cold hard "test practice" fear, not to worry: the skimming strategy below will help you breeze through the toughest part of the test– guaranteed.

　　如果你已經(jīng)被這種冰冷的硬性的“測試練習(xí)”恐懼所籠罩，不要擔(dān)心：下面這種快速閱讀策略將保證會幫助你輕松完成考試中最難的部分。

　　• Don't worry about absorbing every single word of that reading comprehension passage. Instead, the goal is to find out the reading passage's main information as quickly as possible. To do this, read the exam questions first and underline main keywords. Then make a note of these keywords as you skim through the reading passage, as these are the answers you're looking for.

　　• 不要憂心于去理解閱讀理解文章中的每一個單詞。相反，目標(biāo)是盡快找出閱讀文章中的主要信息。要做到這些，首先閱覽考試的題目并劃出關(guān)鍵詞，然后在你快速閱讀文章的時候找出那些關(guān)鍵詞并做好標(biāo)志，因為這就是你在尋找的答案。

　　• Read the first paragraph quickly and underline any word that is capitalized, a number, a reference to time, or odd.

　　• 快速閱覽第一段并劃出任何一個大寫的詞、一個數(shù)字、一個參考的時間或者奇數(shù)。

　　• Read the last paragraph quickly and underline any word that is capitalized, a number, a reference to time, or odd.

　　• 快速閱覽最后一段并劃出任何一個大寫的詞、一個數(shù)字、一個參考的時間或者奇數(shù)。

　　• Train yourself to skim like a pro by only reading first and last paragraphs. Now take a look at the test questions and see if any can be answered by this information alone. Once you've knocked out these questions, only read the first and last sentence of the middle paragraphs. These spots are rich with the information you need to ace your reading comprehension section.

　　• 僅僅閱讀文章的第一段和最后一段，來訓(xùn)練自己像一個專業(yè)人士一樣略讀?，F(xiàn)在看看那些考題并找出是否有任何可以被單獨作為答案的信息。一旦把這些問題都解決了，只看中間段落的第一個和最后一個句子。這些有著豐富的信息點足可以成為你閱讀理解部分取得好成績的王牌。

　　How to Apply Skimming to three kinds of Reading Comprehension Questions.

　　如何將快速閱讀技巧運用于三種閱讀理解題。

　　• Word Use Questions

　　• 單詞使用題

　　• Citation Questions

　　• 引用題

　　• General Passage or Inference Questions

　　• 一般段落或者推斷題

　　Word Use Questions

　　These questions ask you how a particular word is used in the passage. They often look like this:

　　In line x, the word "[word]" most nearly means . . . .

　　To answer these questions, take the quoted word out of the sentence that's cited in the question, and then substitute each of the answer choices into the cited sentence. Only one of the answer choices will make any sense.

　　單詞使用題

　　這些問題問你一個特別的單詞在文中被如何應(yīng)用，他們通?？雌饋磉@樣：在第x行中，單詞“單詞”的意思大概是. . . .

　　要回答這些問題，請從這個問題中引用的句子中取出引用的詞，然后將每個答案替換為被引用的句子，只有一個答案是有意義的。

　　Citation Questions

　　Citation Questions point you to a specific section of the text and ask you a question about it. They often look like this:

　　the author probably mentions [a particular concept] in line x in order to . . .

　　To answer a Citation Question, you need to read the cited part of the passage and look for the answer choice that restates most of the citation.

　　引用題

　　引用題把你帶到文中一個特定的章節(jié)，問你一個關(guān)于它的問題，他們通常是這樣的：作者可能在x行中提到了一個特定的概念為了. . .

　　要回答一個引用題，你需要閱讀文章中所引用的部分，并尋找答案選項，以重新陳述大部分的引用。

　　General Passage Questions

　　These questions ask about the text as a whole. They might look like this:

　　The author of the passage would be most likely to support which one of the following statements?

　　General Passage or Inference Questions are easy to answer once you've answered all the Citation Questions. You just follow the same steps as for Citation Questions, but consider all of the citations in the other questions to be fair fame for the General Passage Questions.

　　As you see that none of the question types requires you to read the entire passage.

　　一般段落題

　　這類問題一般把文章作為一個整體來問。他們可能看起來這樣：

　　這篇文章的作者很可能會支持下列哪一種說法?

　　一旦你已經(jīng)回答了引用題那么一般段落題或者推斷題回答起來就很容易。但是考慮到所有的引用的其他問題是為了一般段落題好的名聲，你只需要按照回答引用題一樣的步驟來做。

　　就如你看見的沒有哪一種類型的問題需要你閱讀整篇文章。