英语翻译The most obvious and practical answer to the question "W

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The most obvious and practical answer to the question "Why read faster?" is to save yourself time.How much is your time worth to you?Suppose you could do your required reading in one-half or one-third of the time it takes you now.Could you find something to do with the time saved?Most of us could.Think of the time and money that could be saved by schools,businesses,and the government if people read more efficiently.A reading expert once figured out how much money would be saved if every American over fifteen years of age were given reading training for a month.Computed at fifty cents an hour,the savings in time required for all the reading in the nation would be worth about five billion dollars.It is amazing how many readers will plod along at one-third their possible speed all their lives.They think they are going to miss a word and forget it is ideas they are reading for.They miss the view of the forest because they look at the trees so hard.They make reading such slow,hard work that they hate to read.They feel themselves getting eyestrain,losing their train of thought,dozing off,and finally giving up.These readers cling to some old wives' tales about reading fast.Beverly Harte Gray,a former Evelyn Wood instructor,lists some of these false ideas and answers them in this way.1) Fast readers understand and remember less than slow readers.FALSE.Fast readers are alert,active,and efficient readers.Vast research as well as records kept by speed-reading teachers proves this notion to be untrue.On the other hand,slow readers tend to be passive and unskilled.Their comprehension or understanding is often low because they work too far below their potential to remain alert and interested.As a result,their minds wander.
2) Only very bright people can read fast.FALSE.Research and the records of hundreds of teachers show that anyone with average intelligence (and good eyesight) can read and understand simple material at 800-1,200 words per minute (wpm).The brain can absorb more rapidly than one can send material to it.A habit of lazy,passive reading has produced slow readers.Eye muscles will respond to training.One needs a mental "set" to absorb material quickly.3) Rapid reading is satisfactory for only easy or unimportant material.FALSE.It is true that efficient readers do not read everything at the same rate.They vary speed and techniques according to the difficulty of the material and their purpose of reading it.They will find,however,that as their basic rate improves,their rates for other materials will also improve.Their rapid,medium,and slow rates will all increase.Thus,a well-trained reader may be reading difficult material twice as fast as a nontrained reader reads easy material.Remember:Rapid readers can read as slowly as they choose and as fast as they choose.

回答“为什么要更快地阅读”最明显和实际的答案是节省自身的时间.对于你来说你的时间价值多少?设想你可以用你现在所用时间的二分之一或者三分之一来完成必需的阅读.对于节省下来的时间你是否可以去做其他的事情?我们大部分人都是可以的.想想如果人们可以阅读的更有效率,可以由学校、商业和政府节省多少的时间和金钱.一个阅读专家曾经算出如果每个15岁以上的美国人接受一个月的阅读训练将会节省多少钱.以每小时50美分计算,全国人民在阅读方面节省出来的价值将为500万美元.令人吃惊的是,有多少读者将会终生以他们可以达到的速度的三分之一来阅读.他们认为他们将会错过一个字并且忘记它是他们阅读的主旨.他们错过了整个森里的全景只是因为他们太仔细地看着树木.他们将阅读变成他们讨厌的那种缓慢、费力的工作.他们开始觉得视疲劳、失去他们的一连串思路并且打瞌睡,直到最后放弃.这些读者坚持一些古老的关于阅读快速的无稽之谈.Beverly Harte Gray,从前的一个伍德教师,列出一些这种错误的观点并且以这样的方式回答它们.1）快速阅读者比慢速阅读者理解及记忆的少.这是错误的.快速阅读者是灵敏、积极及有效的读者.由快速阅读老师保存的大量研究以及记录证明了这个想法是不真实的.另一方面,慢速阅读者更趋向于被动和不熟练.他们的理解力或者认知通常很低是因为他们的运作远低于他们潜在的可以维持的灵敏及兴趣.结果他们的思想就散漫.
2）只有非常聪明的人才能读的快.这是错误的.上百名老师的研究及记录表明,任何一个拥有平均智力（和好的视力）的人都能够以800-1200个字每分钟的速度阅读并理解简单的材料.大脑可以比人们发给它材料的速度更快地接收内容.懒惰地被动地阅读习惯会制造出慢速阅读者.眼部肌肉将会响应训练.人们需要一个智力的“设置”来更快地接收材料.3）快速阅读只适用于简单或者不重要的材料.这是错误的.事实是有效率的阅读者不会以同样的速度阅读所有的东西.根据材料的难易程度以及他们阅读的目的来改变阅读速度及技巧.然而,他们将会发现随着他们基本速度的改进,他们对于其他材料的速度也会随之改进.他们的快速、中速以及慢速都将会提高.因此,一个训练有素的阅读者阅读困难材料时的速度将会是非训练阅读者阅读简易材料速度的两倍.请记住：快速阅读者可以自由选择阅读的快慢.