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读了文章How to Speed Read on the Web，感觉很不错，最关键是举例了。本来读中文，已经晓得如何略读，跳读寻找有用的信息。整理这篇文章，目的是学习下如何快速的阅读英文。这是我自己的一个缺点啊。多多学习。不过这篇主要讲的是如何在网络上阅读的。

工欲利其事，必先利其器。是这么说的吧，你，阅读者，就是阅读的工具。所以首先要整理你自己。下面开始。

重中之重，组织你自己(First thins first: Organize yourself)

在开始浏览信息，寻找有用的信息前。根据下面的原则，更好的管理你的时间。

1、把信息区分优先顺序

确定你要从哪里阅读，确定你要阅读的材料中，那些是有价值的，那些是优先阅读的！把重要的文章加入收藏夹，你也可以使用http://del.icio.us。收藏治好，决定那个不错，但是不重要，那个重要，并且有价值读，扫描一遍。

2、知道扔掉什么

收藏有价值的链接有两个作用，一个是重读，一个是连接到你自己写作的文章里面。而其他的链接就大致读一下，找一些有用相关的信息会用到这个手段。不要吊进不重要的陷阱里。对那些利用价值不高的文章，只截取有用的地方就可以了。

3、存储信息

把有用的信息直接粘帖复制到记事本里。但是我更为推荐的，是把你认为有用的信息写在你自己的文章里。尤其是一些思路性的东西。不过，随身携带个小本子是可非常不错的方法，这比任何键盘都快。你可以列提纲，写下灵机一闪的小方法。

在网络上快速阅读的规则

必要的规则，可以切实提高你的阅读速度，这不光对网络阅读有用，而且对线下阅读也有用。下面就是这些规则：

1、关键信息 — 读者想传达给读者的信息都包含在标题、副标题以及文章的第一句里面。

2、新瓶装旧酒 — 当一件事情发生后，随后的发展和编辑的信息，都是从前面的文章中取材，这就是新瓶装旧酒。所以说， 94%— 到96%的最新新闻都是这样制造的。

3、支撑信息 — 这常常写在标题下面的空白处。这些句子用来强调、加强和说明标题的含义。

4、修饰成分 — 图形和一些辅助文字，如引用等，大多数都是用来说明标题内容的。但是有的时候也值得一看，因为有时包含一些有趣的小片段。

5、结论 — 并不像别人强调的那么重要，因为大多数情况下，结论都说明标题是正确的，或者表达一种观点，一种态度或者是文章作者推导出来的可能的结论。

怎样才能提高网络阅读速度 — 例子

呵呵，这个还是上原文吧，毕竟原汁原味。

Science news articles

• Aggression as rewarding as sex, food and drugs

The title says it all here: You don’t need to look any further! Aggression is rewarding as sex is, as food is, etc. As I said, the first sentence contains the crucial information, the most important facts. In this case, it almost repeats the title:

New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward - much like sex, food and drugs - offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent sports like boxing and football.

The rest of the article just serves as support — scientific proof in this particular example — to the title. Look at this:

It is well known that dopamine..

You don’t need to go any further. The proof of what you read in the title is dopamine, a chemical in our brains. Or:

For the experiments, a pair of mice…

OK. They found this via mice, the standard lab method. The next 3 paragraphs further describe the fun the people in the lab had with the mice. That serves as support, and that’s it.

And finally, here comes the conclusion, which regurgitates what you already know for the third time, just by using a little bit of support information:

“This shows for the first time that aggression, on its own, is motivating, and that the well-known positive reinforcer dopamine plays a critical role.”

Check out the text beneath the image:

Scientists find that brain rewards aggressive behavior similarly to the way it rewards for ingesting sex, food and drugs.

OK, sex can’t be ingested, but you get it: same info as found in the title and the first sentence. Let’s see the next example.

Current events

• Gang robs Zurich of top paintings

Do you need to go any further than the title? Ok, if you want some additional data, you just need to read the subtitle…

An armed gang has stolen four paintings worth some $160m (£82m) by the great painters Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet from a museum in Zurich.

…and the first paragraph:

Swiss police said the robbery happened at the Emil Buehrle Collection on Sunday. The three thieves are at large.

From just the subtitle and the first paragraph you now know the authors and the value of the stolen paintings, plus the fact that the thieves are still at large.

If you take a look at the subheading, it says “Impossible to sell”. And that fact is repeated further down the article. The fact that a member of staff was threatened is repeated twice. There is even no conclusion here.

Eye-catchers are good: A timeline of major recent art thefts and the images of the stolen paintings. Good information for anyone further interested in the subject. But you, as a speed reader, you don’t need those if you are just sifting through the information — you already know the core facts. And based on that, you’ll also know if you deem the article important or irrelevant.

Current events as an example of recycled material:

• Shot East Timor leader ‘critical’

This happened on Sunday, 22:00 GMT (the time zone of Great Britain, home of BBC news). At the time of writing of this article on speed reading on the Web, the last update to the article was made today, (Monday), at 11:00 GMT.

The article was updated a few times in this period, and anything deemed important is once again found in the title, subtitle and first paragraph.

The subtitle has the most important information, expanding on the title:

East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta is in a critical condition and has been put into an induced coma, after being shot by rebel soldiers.

Subsequent paragraphs retell the timeline, as the events unfolded and more information poured in:

Mr Ramos-Horta was shot in a pre-dawn attack on his Dili home, and later airlifted to Australia for treatment.
Later Prime Minister Xanana Gismo declared a 48-hour state of emergency, including a night-time curfew.
Mr Gusmao, who was targeted in a separate incident but was unharmed, described the events as a coup attempt.
Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado and another rebel died in the attack on Mr Ramos-Horta.

The subheadings within the article tell you all: ‘Under control’, ‘Failed coup’ and ‘Unrest fear’. Everything else is support info.

Speed reading to find the essential information

• Global Telecom: 3 Emerging Market Plays with Massive Upside!

The title is once again the message, but this time, there is a lengthy introduction. Speed read through the first sentences, or first words of each paragraph and you’ll find the rest of the crucial information. It is placed in the fifth paragraph:

This article highlights 3 global wireless telecom companies that will play a key role in connecting our world through satellite based communications.

It is enough to read the words “This article” to realize that you’ve hit the paragraph that will tell you what’s the story about.

Beneath each subheading, the first sentence summarizes what you need to know:

America Movil (NYSE: AMX) is the dominant wireless telecom company in Central and South America.

Vimpel-Communications (NYSE: VIP) is the largest wireless telecom provider by market cap in Russia, and the majority of the former satellite countries from the former Soviet Union.

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (NYSE: VSL) doesn’t quite fit the mold of a pure play wireless provider, but VSL encompasses a growing telecom company in all aspects of a rapidly growing dominant power.

应该像下面这样阅读长文章

1. 寻找页面顶部或者底部有没有全文的链接，在Wired 上的所有文章，在页面底部都要全文链接按钮。一些网站有文章可以打印的版本。
3. 阅读所有副标题
4. 这将给你的很好的阅读文章的角度，帮助你抓住文章中的重要概念，以及理解文章的内容。键盘上的Page up,和Page down按钮是很有作用的按钮，当快速阅读的时候，我发现这两个按钮比鼠标好用多了。
5. 阅读图片下面的文字和加粗的文字
6. 这可以进一步加深你对文章的理解。在这里没有加粗文字，但是有一些链接来强调一些东西。找到他们，阅读他，不要陷到周围的文字里。
7. 快速阅读文章
8. 要想快速阅读，做到以下几点：
   • 放松
   • 舒适坐着，直立的坐着
   • 不要交叉双腿，要分开双腿。
   • 当你想放松的时候，把意念放在脑海里，甚至你也可以大声的说出来，我使用的句子是：“I want to rapidly read through this article and understand its content”. 通过这种方式，我们可以告诉大脑你要做的事，这是必须要做的。
   • 现在，开始快速阅读文章，不要往复阅读。一直往前阅读，即使碰到不理解的，也不要在意他。一会读完在回顾他。就这样一直往前阅读直到文章的结尾。.

在你读过之后，你就会发现，大多数信息都是不相关的，很多信息都是为了主题服务的，都是用来充填文章的。

当然，有一些文章不能像这样阅读。比如how-to类、教程类文章。这里文章需要说明一些概念和方法，因此需要缓慢阅读。还有些人总追求高速度，这没有必要，如同走路一样，每个人都有自己的步速，阅读也一样。

好了，原文中有用的信息都整理出来了。希望对大家有用。