二．通过意群来阅读 通过阅读速度缓慢的人总是喜欢精耕细作，逐词细读，从一个单词看到另一个单词，这样就中断了阅读的整体性，连贯性，破坏了正常的思路，影响到对文章中心思想的把握。而有效率的读者总是从句子看到句子，也就是从一个意群看到另一个意群。以下面的句子为例： The little boy ,Johnnie,had been up with a packet of m ints,and he said he wouldn't go out to play until the post had come. 应用意群法即为： The little boy,Johnnie,------ had been up ------ with a packet of mints,--------and he said he wouldn't go out to play-------- until the post had come.
三．运用文章内容的暗示来了理解词意 平时阅读时不可避免地遇到一些生词，人们总是把他们视作拦路虎，动辄求助于字典，影响了阅读速度和连续性。事实上，你不用字典就能猜出生词或短语的含义，其中包括几个方面： 1．运用定义 有时作者知道某个单词许多读者来说不熟悉或很陌生，为了使读者更易理解词义，可能会在句子中归纳一个定义，这种暗示易辨认。例如： a. All other birthdays are called single ( born day )。The sixty-first birthday is called hang up ( beginning of new life 新生活的开始 ). b. The harbor is protected by a jetty ----- a wall built out into the water. c. Jane is indecisive, that is ,she can't make up her mind. 在这些例子中作者运用括号，破折号或 that is 短语赋予这些生词一个定义，使句子易于理解。 2． 运用再陈述 在阅读时读者常常会碰到一种陈述会给出尽可能多的定义。例如： a. He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill. ( 句中出现 pale 苍白，weak 虚弱，ill 病等词语，由此可知，wan 是指病态，非健康的脸色 ) b. I am a resolute man.。.Once I set up a goal, I won't give it up easily. ( 我一旦树立一个目标，就不会轻易放弃，由此推断出 resolute 是倔强，固执之意 ) 3． 运用一般常识 通常如果运用自己的体验或一般常识，你也会很容易猜出许多词义。例如： a. The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel.( 门框 )
