雅思閱讀速讀八大技巧 拿走不謝

很多考鴨把雅思閱讀題作為自己提高雅思總分的稻草，然而，奈何文章太長，題量巨大，1個小時的時間根本不夠，講真，native speaker也未必做得到。事實上雅思閱讀考試的目的不是讓你通讀全文，而是學會提取閱讀文章中的關鍵信息。跟著聽力課堂小編一起學習雅思閱讀提分小技巧，學會一目十行的技能吧。

想要提高閱讀速度，首先要知道文章中明顯或者不明顯的“邏輯信號”，它們在英語中又是如何表達的：

雅思閱讀速讀技巧1：因果關系，看果

在文章當中，“因為”引導的內(nèi)容，往往是一段陳述或鋪墊，“所以”引導的內(nèi)容，才是結論和總結。所以速覽時，我們可以暫且把“原因”的部分略過，先看“結果”的部分，從而減省把握文章重點的時間。

引出“原因”的常用表達：because, because of, as a result of, result of, due to, thanks to, owing to, since, for, grateful for等，如：

“Since employees have different needs, what acts as a reinforcement for one may not for another.”

(劍橋雅思真題6, Test 3, Reading Passage 2)

“Since”所在的前半句是原因，關鍵看后半句的結果(結論)。

引出“結果”的常用表達：so, therefore, hence, thus, result in, lead to, consequently, as a result等，如：

“Such findings suggest that one person’s equity is another’s inequity, so an ideal should probably weigh different inputs and outcomes according to employee group.”

(劍橋雅思真題6, Test 3, Reading Passage 2) ：重點看“so”所在的后半句;

“Speech is often unclear and ambiguous. Where possible, therefore, the recording has to be supplemented by the observer’s written comments on the non-verbal behaviours of the participants, and about the context in general.”

(劍橋雅思真題4, Test 3, Reading Passage 3)：重點看“therefore”所在的第二句。

雅思閱讀速讀技巧2：轉折關系，看但是!

“讓步”的內(nèi)容再豪華，都敵不過一個“但是”。這個道理很顯淺，就不多作解釋了。而快速瀏覽文章時，我們就可以暫且只看“轉折”部分的內(nèi)容。反之，遇到“讓步”的內(nèi)容，我們則可暫時忽略不看。

(1)常見表“轉折”的說法

常見表“轉折”的說法還有：but，however，nevertheless，yet，nonetheless等，如：

“Down the centuries, thousands of wells were constructed throughout northwestern India, but the majority have now fallen into disuse…”

(劍橋雅思真題10, Test 1, Reading Passage 1) ：無論前面說了什么，也改變不了“the majority (of wells)”被棄用的現(xiàn)實。重點顯然在轉折詞“but”之后。

(2)引導“讓步”的常用說法

引導“讓步”的常用說法有：whereas，although，though，while，whereas，despite，in spite of，for all等，如：

“Where as most exercises are designed to build up strength or endurance, plyometrics focuses on increasing power – the rate at which an athlete can expend energy.”

(劍橋雅思真題4, Test 4, Reading Passage 1) “whereas”所在的半句為讓步狀語從句，重點看另一個半句(轉折的內(nèi)容)。

雅思閱讀速讀技巧3：遞進關系，看后句

所謂遞進，即前后保持一致意見的情況下，后者在態(tài)度和語氣上更進一步。故，讀懂后者，即可得知前者。速覽文章時，重點先讀遞進后面的內(nèi)容。

常見表達“遞進”的說法有：furthermore，moreover，not only…but also…，in addition等，如：

“The psychiatrists felt that ‘most subjects would not go beyond 150 volts’ and they further anticipated that only four per cent would go up to 300 volts. Furthermore, they thought that only a lunatic fringe of about one in 1,000 would give the highest shock of 450 volts. ”

(劍橋雅思真題5, Test 1, Reading Passage 2) 即便不讀前面的句子，光靠“Furthermore”后面遞進的內(nèi)容也可知，精神病學家預測：會執(zhí)行高伏電擊的人是少之又少的。

雅思閱讀速讀技巧4：關注承上啟下，找關鍵句

承上： 以“代詞”或“所以”為開頭的段落首句，一般都是承接或總結上一段話的內(nèi)容。借助這樣的句子，可以得知上一段話的內(nèi)容重點。如：

“代詞”開頭：

“These research findings are exciting. There is growing evidence in New Zealand that…”

(劍橋雅思真題5, Test 3, Reading Passage 1) 這是文中最后一段的開頭。

從首句的代詞“These”可知，首句是對上一段內(nèi)容的承接，并可知上一段講述的是一些“exciting research findings”。

“所以”開頭：

“Thus ageing and death should not be seen as inevitable, particularly as the organism possesses many mechanisms for repair. It is not, in principle, necessary for a biological system…”

(劍橋雅思真題8, Test 3, Reading Passage 3) 從段落首句的“Thus”可知，首句是對上一段內(nèi)容的承接，而并非本段內(nèi)容的重點。

啟下：“問句”和“量詞+復數(shù)詞”通常是引出下文，通過它們能了解所在段落或緊隨其后的段落的內(nèi)容重點。如：

“問句”： “What were the actual results? (借此問句可知本段的重點是“actual results”)Well, over 60 per cent of the teacher-subjects continued to obey Milgram up to the 450-volt limit in repetitions of the experiment in other countries, the percentage of obedient teacher-subjects was even higher, reaching 85 per cent in one country. How can we possibly account for this vast discrepancy between what calm, rational, knowledgeable people predict in the comfort of their study and what pressured, flustered, but cooperative ‘teachers’ actually do in the laboratory of real life?

(最后的問句揭示，后面段落的重點內(nèi)容是解釋“this vast discrepancy”的原因)” (劍橋雅思真題5, Test 1, Reading Passage 2)

“量詞+復數(shù)詞”：“Yet opinion polls suggest that many people nurture the belief that environmental standards are declining and four factors seem to cause this disjunction between perception and reality.”

(劍橋雅思真題5, Test 1, Reading Passage 3) “four factors”告訴我們，接下來的段落中，重點應該是關于這四種因素的描述。

雅思閱讀速讀技巧5：重視“what”句

“what”經(jīng)常用作表目的或具總結性的句子的開頭，因此，遇到what開頭的句子要多看兩眼，如：

“…If the subject was still reluctant to proceed, Milgram said that it was important for the sake of the experiment that the procedure be followed through to the end. His final argument was ‘you have no other choice. You must go on’. What Milgram was trying to discover was the number of teacher-subjects who would be willing to administer the highest levels of shock, even in the face of strong personal and moral revulsion against the rules and conditions of the experiment.”

(劍橋雅思真題5, Test 1, Reading Passage 2) 原文中，此段很長，但全部都只是屬于一次實驗過程的描述。最后才以“what”為開頭的句子，總結性地道出了實驗的目的，使得此句成為全段重點。

雅思閱讀速讀技巧6：不看：換句話說

“換句話說、也就是說”意味著后面的內(nèi)容與前面一致或是對前面的解釋，因此只用看前面的內(nèi)容即可。

常見的表達有：that is (to say)，i.e.，namely，put another way，in other words等。如：

“The state has no obligation to provide a health-care system itself, but to ensure that such a system is provided. Put another way, basic health-care is now recognized as a ‘public good’, rather than a ‘private good’ that one is expected to buy for oneself.”

(劍橋雅思真題4, Test 4, Reading Passage 3) 略掉“Put another way”后面的內(nèi)容，只看前面。

雅思閱讀速讀技巧7：不看：論據(jù)內(nèi)容

為了論證觀點，文章中經(jīng)常會大量出現(xiàn)各式各樣的論據(jù)，但它們并不是文章的重點。故概覽文章時，論據(jù)可以先忽略不看。而常見的“論據(jù)”形式有：

含“舉例”的句子：for example / instance，e.g.，such as，like等;

含“數(shù)據(jù)”的句子：百分比(%，percentage)，描述統(tǒng)計結果的數(shù)字;

引用名人/專家言論(直接/間接引語)的句子：特別是“引號(‘’)”中的內(nèi)容;

以some，a few，others等表達“某些”的單詞為開頭的句子。

雅思閱讀速讀技巧8：排除標點符號的干擾

冒號(“：”) / 一個破折號(“-”) ，引出解釋，看前面。如：

“冒號”：

“In 1890 he proposed that evolution was irreversible: that ‘a(chǎn)n organism is unable to return, even partially, to a previous stage already realized in the ranks of its ancestors’.”

(劍橋雅思真題10, Test 4, Reading Passage 3)

“一個破折號”：

“...plyometrics focuses on increasing power – the rate at which an athlete can expend energy.”

(劍橋雅思真題4, Test 4, Reading Passage 1)

兩個破折號 / 括號：信息插入或解釋，不用看。如：

“兩個破折號”：

“For the so-called power events – that require a relatively brief, explosive release of energy, like the 100-metre sprint and the long jump – times and distances have improved ten to twenty per cent.”

(劍橋雅思真題4, Test 4, Reading Passage 1)

“括號”：

“This is not to say that infants recognize the reflection as their own image (a later development).”

(劍橋雅思真題9, Test 4, Reading Passage 2)

看到這里，烤鴨們是否有點感覺了呢?現(xiàn)在，我們就以一個完整的段落，來演示一下這些信號詞是如何幫助大家節(jié)省閱讀時間的吧：

(劍橋雅思真題4, Test 4, Reading Passage 1)：

Since the early years of the twentieth century, when the International Athletic Federation began keeping records, there has been a steady improvement in how fast athletes run, how high they jump and how far they are able to hurl massive objects, themselves included, through space. For the so-called power events - that require a relatively brief, explosive release of energy, like the 100-metre sprint and the long jump - times and distances have improved ten to twenty per cent(數(shù)據(jù)). In the endurance events(具體到某類運動，類似“某些”的用法) the results have been more dramatic. At the 1908 Olympics. John Hayes of the U.S. team ran a marathon in a time of 2:55:18(數(shù)據(jù)). In 1999, Morocco's Khalid Khannouchi set a new world record of 2:05:42(數(shù)據(jù)), almost thirty per cent(數(shù)據(jù)) faster. (雖然段落原本有點長，但借助各類小信號，我們能快速地把文段刪減一大半，最終只剩下第一句話，那么自然，閱覽的時間也就跟著縮了一大半。)

有了這些信號，我們就能更快速地掌握各段落大意，了解文章結構，不僅讀文章快了，找答案時也能更有目的性，能避免在與題目不相干的段落里浪費時間，答題準確率自然也會有所提升。那么，這些信號，今天你掌握了嗎?友情提示：“信號”雖然能很大程度上協(xié)助閱讀，但語言本身是靈活的，任何“信號”都只是一個參考方向，并非時刻萬能。最重要的，還是要大家多練多積累，提升自身綜合理解能力。

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