4個基本方法讓你的託福閱讀提速
託福閱讀考試中，許多考生都來不及閱讀完整篇文章，就要開始做題了。其實，這也很正常，對於閱讀速度不快的考生們來說，他們需要練習一些快速閱讀法。由此，小編爲考生們整理了一些快速閱讀方法，希望能對考生們的閱讀有幫助。
4個基本方法 讓你的託福閱讀提速
方法一：快速泛讀(fast extensive reading)
這裏講的泛讀是指廣泛閱讀大量涉及不同領域的文章，要求讀得快，理解和掌握文中的主要內容就可以。要確定一個明確的閱讀定額，定額要結合自己的實際，可多可少，例如每天讀20頁。
方法二：計時閱讀(timed reading)
計時閱讀每次進行5～10分鐘即可，不宜太長。因爲計時快速閱讀，精力高度集中，時間一長，容易疲勞，精力分散反而乏味。
方法三：尋讀(Scanning)
尋讀又稱查讀，同略讀一樣，尋讀也是一種快速閱讀技巧。
尋讀是一種從大量的資料中迅速查找某一項具體事實或某一項特定信息，如人物、事件、時間、地點、數字等，而對其它無關部分略去不讀的快速閱讀方法。
方法四：略讀(skimming)
略讀又稱跳讀(reading and skipping)或瀏覽(glancing)，是一種專門的，非常實用的快速閱讀技能。
略讀有下列幾個特點：
A.以極快的速度閱讀文章，尋找字面上或事實上的主要信息和少量的闡述信息。
B.可以跳過某個部分或某些部分不讀。
C.理解水平可以稍低一些，但也不能太低。
託福閱讀背景材料：笑聲能開啓一段新的關係
A great way to get to know someone better is to say something that makes them laugh.
想要更好地瞭解別人，一個好辦法就是說些能讓他們發笑的事。
Sharing a few good giggles and chuckles makes people more willing to tell others something personal about themselves, without even necessarily being aware that they are doing so, suggests new research.
新研究顯示，分享一些好笑的事會讓人更樂意告訴別人自己的私事，甚至當他們這樣做的時候，也根本不會意識到這一點。
Alan Gray of University College London discovered the tidbit in a new study recently published in the journal Human Nature.
英國倫敦大學學院(University College London)的艾倫?格雷(Alan Gray)在研究中發現了這一有趣的現象。最近，他的這項研究成果發表在了《人類天性》(Human Nature)雜誌上。
According to Gray, the act of verbally opening up to someone is a crucial building block that helps to form new relationships and intensify social bonds.
格雷認爲，用言語向他人敞開心扉的行爲是幫助人們建立新關係，增強人與人之間社會聯繫的重要基本要素。
Such self-disclosure can be of a highly sensitive nature — like sharing one’s religious convictions or personal fears — or a superficial tidbit such as one’s favorite type of food.
自我表露的過程具有高度敏感性——好比分享宗教信仰或者害怕之物——或者只是一個流於表面的趣聞，比如最愛的食物類型。
To investigate the role and influence of laughter in this disclosure process, Gray and his colleagues gathered 112 students from Oxford University in England, into groups of four.
爲了調查笑聲在自我表露過程中扮演的角色和產生的影響，格雷和他的同事從英國牛津大學(Oxford University)召集了112個學生，並把他們分爲四組。
The students did not know one another. The groups watched a 10-minute video together, without chatting to one another.
學生們彼此都不認識。每組會坐在一起看一個10分鐘的視頻，期間並無交談。
The videos differed in the amount of laughter they invoked, and the amount of positive feelings or emotions they elicited.
視頻的區別在於，引人發笑的頻率和傳達積極情緒或情感的效力各有不同。
One featured a stand-up comedy routine by Michael McIntyre, another a straightforward golf instruction video, and the third a pleasant nature excerpt from the “Jungles” episode of the BBC’s Planet Earth series.
一個視頻是邁克爾?麥金太爾(Michael McIntyre)的單人喜劇秀，一個是簡短的高爾夫教學片，第三個是從《BBC行星地球系列》(BBC’s Planet Earth series)“叢林”(Jungles)一集裏節選的一個令人愉悅的自然片段。
The levels of laughter and the participants’ emotional state after watching the video was then measured. Each group member also had to write a message to another participant to help them get to know each other better.
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The participants who had a good laugh together shared significantly more intimate information than the groups who did not watch the comedy routine.
比起那些沒有觀看喜劇的組別，一起歡笑過的參與者們向彼此分享了更多的親密信息。
Gray suggests this is not merely because it is a positive experience, but because of the physiology behind a good laugh. It actually triggers the release of the so-called “happy hormone” endorphin.
格雷認爲，究其原因，不僅在於歡笑是一種積極的體驗，還因爲歡笑的背後隱藏着的心理學。實際上，正是這種心理學的作用引發了所謂的“快樂荷爾蒙”——內啡肽(endorphin)的釋放。
The findings support the idea that laughter encourages people to make more intimate disclosures to strangers. Furthermore, researchers discovered the sharing of the information occurred so spontaneously, the person who disclosed information was seldom aware that he or she had done so.
這項研究證實，笑聲能促使人們對陌生人透露更多隱私。此外，研究人員還發現，信息的分享就這樣自然而然地發生了。那些透露信息的人很少會意識到自己正在這麼做。
It was only the listener who realized that it had happened.
只有傾聽者纔會發現這一行爲。
Vocabulary
tidbit：趣聞
stand-up comedy：單人脫口秀，單口相聲
託福閱讀素材：希拉里要成爲“普通美國民衆的捍衛者”
Hillary Clinton brought years of speculation to an end last night by officially announcing she is running to become the first woman president of the United States.
美國前國務卿希拉里·克林頓(Hillary Clinton)4月12日晚正式宣佈參選下屆2016年美國總統，爲外界持續數年的揣測畫上了句號。如果競選成功，她將成爲美國曆史上首位女總統。
Her second bid for the White House comes seven years after she was defeated by an upstart Barack Obama and forced to admit she was unable to "crack the highest, hardest glass ceiling" for women in US politics.
這是希拉里第二次參加總統選舉。七年前，在2008年美國總統選舉中，巴拉克·奧巴馬(Barack Obama)異軍突起，希拉里被迫承認自己無法在美國政治領域爲女性“打破那層最高、最堅固的玻璃天花板”。
Mrs Clinton has been known to the American people for decades as a First Lady who stood by her husband during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, a senator from New York and a globe-trotting US secretary of state.
數十年來，在美國民衆的眼中，希拉里一直是站在丈夫身邊伴他走過萊溫斯基性醜聞的第一夫人，是紐約州聯邦參議員，是周遊各國的國務卿。
But the 67-year-old, who recently became a grandmother, hopes to re-introduce herself to voters as a gentler and more human candidate who is taking nothing for granted.
然而，現年67歲、剛剛當上外祖母的希拉里，卻想向她的選民重新介紹自己——一個更溫和、更具人性的總統候選人，對任何事都不掉以輕心。
She launched the campaign with a short online video where she promised to be a "champion for everyday Americans", who would represent the country's traditional heartland as well as a rapidly changing country that includes gay people and ethnic minorities.
希拉里用一個網絡短視頻開啓了她的競選之旅。她在視頻中承諾要成爲“普通美國民衆的捍衛者”。所謂普通美國民衆，不僅指代傳統美國核心人羣，還包括日新月異的國土上的同性戀者和少數族裔。
"I'm hitting the road to earn your vote, because it's your time and I hope you will join me on this journey," she said.
“我要開始爭取你們的選票，因爲這是你們的時代，我希望你們能和我一起踏上征程。”她在視頻中說。
Her campaign, which will be officially known as Hillary for America, said it would be "humble" in its effort to make her the most powerful person in the world.
競選活動將被正式命名爲“Hillary for America”，競選團隊表示將以一種“謙卑”的姿態來開展活動，努力讓希拉里成爲世界上最具權勢的人。
Mrs Clinton's second quest for the White House is likely to begin with small-scale events in Iowa, the rural state where Mr Obama's insurgent first defeated her in 2008.
此次是希拉里第二次參加總統選舉，很可能會在愛荷華州先行舉辦一系列小規模活動。2008年，在與奧巴馬的較量中，希拉里就在這個農業州遭遇了滑鐵盧。
The candidate is expected to hold intimate events in coffee shops and community centres rather than mega-rallies in front of thousands of supporters.
據悉，她將在咖啡店和社區中心舉辦一系列親民活動，而不會選擇在數千支持者面前舉行大型集會。
Unlike the 2008 campaign, when Mr Obama was already a household name backed by an army of young supporters, Mrs Clinton faces no high-profile opponents in the race to become the Democratic nominee for president.
2008年時，奧巴馬已經是一個家喻戶曉的名字，擁有大批的年輕支持者。與當時的情況不同，希拉里此次角逐民主黨候選人時，並未遇到什麼備受矚目的對手。
Mrs Clinton holds an overwhelming lead in the polls and in fundraising and several potential rivals in her own party have opted to stay on the sidelines rather than challenge her path to the White House.
希拉里在票數和籌資上佔據了壓倒性優勢。黨內幾位潛在競爭對手紛紛選擇旁觀，而並未對她的白宮競選之路發起挑戰。
Her real test is likely to come in next November's general election, where she will face the winner of a crowded Republican field of candidates that includes Jeb Bush, the brother of George W Bush.
希拉里的真正考驗可能會在2016年11月總統大選時到來。屆時，她的對手將是從共和黨多位候選人中脫穎而出的勝利者。共和黨候選人中包括喬治·W·布什(George W Bush)的弟弟傑布·布什(Jeb Bush)。
Bill Clinton defeated Mr Bush's father, George HW Bush, in 1992 and the 2016 election could see another face off between the two American political dynasties.
1992年，比爾·克林頓(Bill Clinton)曾打敗傑布·布什的父親喬治·HW·布什(George HW Bush)，當選總統。此次2016年總統選舉中，我們將看到美國兩大政治家族的又一場對決。
Mr Clinton will be supported on the campaign trail by her husband, who remains one of the most popular figures in US public life but is expected to play "a backstage advisor" role for the first year of the campaign.
希拉里的競選活動將得到丈夫克林頓的支持。作爲美國公衆生活中最受歡迎的人物之一，克林頓此次在競選活動第一年中將扮演“幕後顧問”的角色。
She will also be joined by her daughter Chelsea, who recently gave birth to her first child, Charlotte. Mrs Clinton has often mentioned her concern for Charlotte and the infant's generation as one of her motivations for running for president.
希拉里的女兒切爾西(Chelsea)也將參與到母親的競選之中。切爾西近期剛剛生下了第一個孩子夏洛特(Charlotte)。希拉里常常提到，對夏洛特以及夏洛特這一代人的擔憂，是她競選總統的動力之一。
Vocabulary:
upstart: 崛起的
glass ceiling: 玻璃天花板，指在公司企業和機關團體中，限制某些羣體(女性、少數民族)晉升到高級職位的障礙。
globe-trotting: 全球奔波的
hit the road: 啓程
insurgent: (集團內部的)反對派;反抗者
campaign trail: 競選遊說之行
託福閱讀背景材料之Apple Watch美國首日百萬預訂
An estimated 957,000 American shoppers ordered Apple Watches on Friday - a sign the tech giant's newest gadget is already seeing more initial success than its first iPhone or the iPod.
據估計，4月10日，美國共有95.7萬用戶預訂了蘋果公司的Apple Watch智能手錶，標誌着這一科技巨頭的最新產品初戰告捷，比首款iPhone或iPod還要成功。
That estimate comes from Slice Intelligence, which measures digital commerce by tracking consumer e-receipts.
這一數據來自市場研究公司Slice Intelligence。該公司通過追蹤消費者電子收據估算數碼產品的銷售情況。
Those ordering an Apple Watch Sport, the cheapest version, spent $382.83 per watch and those ordering the Apple Watch spent $707.04.
其中，最便宜的運動版每隻平均訂購價格爲382.83美元，而標準版每隻爲707.04美元。
'As expected, most consumers–62 percent– purchased the less-expensive Sport model,' said Jaimee Minney of Slice.
“與預期一樣，大多數消費者--62%--選擇購買價格較爲便宜的運動版。”Slice公司的傑米·明尼(Jaimee Minney)稱。
However, many Apple Watch buyers invested in the pricier case but the cheapest band, with more than one third adding a black or white Sport band.
不過，也有不少購買者選擇用較貴的標準版外殼搭配最便宜的運動錶帶。三分之一的用戶選擇加購一條黑色或白色運動錶帶。
The data also showed that most consumers opted for the larger 42 mm case, with Its data from online shoppers showed an average of 1.3 watches bought per customer, with $503.83 spent per item.
數據顯示，大多數消費者傾向於更大尺寸的42mm規格。線上消費數據還顯示，平均每人預訂了1.3只Apple Watch智能手錶，每隻平均消費爲503.83美元。
Sport buyers were slightly more likely to choose the 38 mm case, with 32 percent purchasing the smaller version, versus 24 percent of Apple Watch buyers.
購買運動版的消費者中，選擇38mm規格的比例稍高，有32%。而標準版購買者中僅有24%購買較小規格。
The most popular type of case was the Space Gray aluminum case, with 40 percent of Apple Watch buyers choosing the option, followed by: stainless steel at 34 percent, silver aluminum at 23 percent and finally Space Black stainless steel at three percent.
最受消費者歡迎的外殼是“太空灰”鋁製外殼，佔所有訂單的四成，其次分別爲不鏽鋼(佔34%)、銀色鋁(佔23%)和太空黑不鏽鋼(佔3%)。
The Black Sport Band was by far the most popular among both Apple Watch and Apple Watch Sport buyers, with 49 percent overall pre-ordering one, followed by the White Sport Band at 16 percent and the more expensive Milanese Loop ($149 versus $49 for the black Sport band) rounding out the top three at around 10 percent.
截至目前，黑色運動腕帶在所有腕帶中最受買家青睞，佔所有訂單量的49%。排名第二的是白色運動錶帶，佔16%。緊隨其後的是價格較高的米蘭尼斯錶帶(售價149美元，黑色運動錶帶售價49美元)，約佔10%。
The watch, which allow users to check email, listen to music and make phone calls when paired with an iPhone, goes on sale officially on April 24.
與iPhone配對後，Apple Watch智能手錶具有查收郵件、聽音樂、接電話等功能，將於4月24日正式上市。
The watch is Chief Executive Tim Cook's first new major product launch and the company's first foray into the personal luxury-goods market.
這款智能手錶是蘋果公司首席執行官蒂姆·庫克(Tim Cook)發行的首款重要產品，也是蘋果公司首次進軍個人奢侈品市場。
Despite mixed reviews, which generally praised the watch's styling but criticized its less-than-spectacular battery life and slow-loading apps, people flocked to Apple stores to get a close-up look.
儘管評價褒貶不一，大都褒的是款式，貶的是差強人意的待機時長和緩慢的應用下載速度，蘋果實體店依然有顧客蜂擁而入，只爲一睹Apple Watch真容。
4個基本方法 讓你的託福閱讀提速
