For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. f+rz|(6vs{
In __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure. Sq:0w
Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers. l L]y~u
Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them. JCAq8=zM
The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words. 7ugZE93!
Taken individually, words have __6__ meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. __7__ , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. [{C )LDN
He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages. .9O$G2'oh
Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. 9&RFO$WH
Another habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads. oD}uOC}FS{
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an __12__ , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. ~b {Gz6u>
The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order to“stretch”him. nx0K$ Ptq
The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. t >8XTqqi
At first __15__ is sacrificed for speed. pm{| ? R
But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve. ~
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Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training. h*ZC*eV>
__18__ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute __19__ the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. \QU^>2 3
He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time. [pVamE
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