Reading is a dialogue between us and a wise tutor, a self-enrichment on the way to work, and a warm companion before going to bed. In the eyes of people who love books, reading is the whole of life! However, in this fast-paced information age, all kinds of competition are cruel and fierce, and people all hope to master more knowledge than others in a limited time. Reading, as a way to absorb information and turn knowledge into one's own use, is very important in our life!

Many people will say, "Who can't read? I began to learn reading when I was in kindergarten, and then I went to primary school, junior high school and senior high school. Teachers have exercised our reading ability through reading comprehension exercises and exams! " Even if you are a college student, even if you are a frequent reader, can you really read? There are three realms of reading: reading, reading, reading! Only by turning "reading" and "learning" into real "reading" can we love and understand reading, and finally understand the content of the article, draw information and turn it into our own knowledge reserve as much as possible, and apply it to our future study and life. In this era of "fast fish eat slow fish", "Aauto is faster", "Express" and "Fast Broadcast", everything is "fast". Today I want to share "Fast Reading" with you.

Everyone wants to have the reading skill of "remembering everything at a glance"! It is true that some reading experts have this talent, but ordinary people can improve their fast reading ability through practice and achieve twice the result with half the effort! Before I want to achieve this effect, I want to ask you a few questions:

Do you like reading?

Do you really want to improve your reading ability?

3. Can you keep practicing?

If the answers to all three questions are in the affirmative, congratulations, you have already stepped into the goal of "reading at a glance and reading at ten lines". Now let's start our journey to the goal.

Step 1: Test your current reading ability.

Reading ability includes at least two indicators: speed and comprehension. You can prepare a stopwatch and an unread article (count first). After reading this article, write down the reading speed in words per minute. Then dictate what you have just read and write down the results of the comprehension test. Here is a standard to understand the test: it cannot be repeated: 0; Important content and pulse drop: 50%; And recalled some secondary points: 50-100%; Repeat all the main points and points and describe some details in your own language: 100%.

Step 2: Find the crux of inefficient reading.

Remember when we learned to ride a bike as children? If you tread slowly, you will easily fall down! The same is true of mountain climbing. Climb quickly with the rhythm, and you can climb to a certain height with all your strength. If you climb a step, try to be steady, or don't slide, it's easy to go down the mountain. The same is true of reading. Usually, word-for-word reading is the chief culprit of low reading efficiency. Word-for-word reading will not only slow down the reading speed, but also affect our overall understanding of the content of the article and hinder our concentration. Good readers read articles according to semantic units. A good reader can even read the upper and lower lines at the same time without the restriction of the original expression order.

Step 3: Several exercises to improve reading ability.

Exercise 1: Practice reading with a pen or forefinger as an auxiliary tool.

The human eye is not good at capturing still images, and it is easily stimulated by the outside world, so it turns its attention to finding moving objects. Study hard because it violates the natural mechanism of the human brain. Breaking the line is a difficult link. For every three hours of reading, a whole hour is wasted. In reading, we can try to use a pen, or a finger, or the whole palm to assist reading. These means to guide your eyes are to learn to consciously control your eyes and still absorb information without assistance.

First, we found an "exercise book". A long article that you haven't read and the content is not so profound can be a book that you have always wanted to read but have no time to read (except comics or magazines). As a special exercise book, don't browse at ordinary times.

The specific operation method is as follows:

1, read from the beginning under the guidance of a pen tip or finger, time 1 minute.

2. 1 minute later, mark your reading speed.

3. Time again 1 min, and retell what you have just read in your own words (you can say the key words and the key points of the article, just retell it without thinking).

4. refer to the percentage standard mentioned in the preparation stage to judge your understanding.

In the next few days, I picked up the "exercise book" again, followed by the last mark, and continued to practice auxiliary reading. This exercise should take at least 10 minutes. Try to spare more time to do this exercise until you feel that assisted reading has become a habit, that is, it can reach the level of subconscious operation.

It is worth reminding everyone that from now on, you must clearly distinguish between reading practice and normal reading outside of practice. Once the daily training time is over, you should forget all the requirements in the practice. When the training progresses to a certain extent and the new reading skills become the ability of subconscious operation, you can naturally apply them to your usual reading.

Practice Exercise 2: Reading exercises to broaden your horizons.

A good reader can usually read 4-5 words at a time. We found the tofu block article in the newspaper and moved it back and forth with a piece of white paper, reading a whole line without moving the focus. Then close your eyes and play back the picture in your mind. Practice line by line. After practicing for a period of time, you can try to read all the tofu articles in the newspaper by this method of "reading ten lines at a glance" (just move your fingertips from the center of one line to the center of the next), provided that all this does not affect your understanding. It takes a lot of time and patience to have the ability to read across lines. "Circle practice" can help you achieve this goal.

Step 4: Focus.

Where should we focus our attention when reading? How can I concentrate for a long time? A true master of reading will concentrate part of his thoughts on the point behind his head during the whole reading process. In ancient China, there was a "thinking hat" with a protrusion on the inside pointing to the back of the head. We can recall that in the past, when we were taking exams or doing problems, we couldn't help scratching our "back of the head" when we encountered problems. The point in the back of the head is very important for us to concentrate and think. When reading, as long as you focus on that point in the back of your head, you will unconsciously relax and keep your mind awake.

Exercise 3: When we feel tired or don't want to study. We might as well close our eyes and sit quietly. Inhale through your nose and count slowly in your mind 1.2.3. Exhale through your mouth and count slowly from 1 to 4. When you exhale, relax your shoulders and let them sink. Imagine that all the stress will leave you with a little carbon dioxide. Always focus on breathing, feel the ups and downs of the lower abdomen, try to keep a deep breath and inhale every breath into the abdomen. When breathing repeatedly, focus on exhaling, and imagine that every muscle and nerve of yourself is relaxing a little while breathing. Put your fingertips on the back of your head and consciously feel the touch of your fingers. When inhaling, focus on that point, and when exhaling, continue to sink your shoulders. Imagine pressing the golf ball hard to the point on the back of your head and feel the pressure of the ball at that point. Keep breathing deeply. Pay attention to the golf ball when inhaling. When exhaling, continue to relax the muscles of the shoulders and arms and practice repeatedly until you relax. Finally, just close your eyes and imagine that point in the back of your head for a few seconds, and you can relax and recharge your batteries.

Scientists have concluded that the higher the level of adrenaline in the blood, the worse the thinking ability of the brain. Therefore, if you want to read fast and learn well, you must first learn to relax yourself. Once you find that your mental state is declining again, you can consciously bring your attention back to that point behind your head.

Step 5: Cultivate understanding.

As long as we get rid of the habit of word-for-word or word-for-word reading and learn to read semantic units by broadening our horizons, more than half of the task of cultivating understanding will be completed. A master reader knows how to make full use of his brain resources, while processing the text information he has just read, he actively thinks and sorts out the context of the article step by step. Visual card is the most effective auxiliary tool to improve visual reading ability.

I am reading a useful book now. I will finish it quickly first, and mark what I think is important with a pencil when reading. After reading it in one go, I will immediately make a mind map of this book, which is the visual card here. When making visual cards, the theme of the article should always be in the most conspicuous center. Other contents are organized around the theme according to the logical level, radiating like a big tree. The more specific the information, the more branches and the denser the leaves.

The process of each author writing a book or an article is the process of transforming divergent thinking into linear words. The author completed the initial idea, then brainstormed, scattered ideas, organized scattered ideas, sorted and refined them in a certain order, and finally sorted them into linear characters. The reader's task is just the opposite. With the help of linear text information, the author's original divergent thinking is deconstructed again. With the help of visual cards, you can see the structure of the whole article at a glance. Then judge whether the author's thinking is clear and the logic is reasonable.

Practice 4: Make visual cards and cultivate new reading habits.

In the process of making visual cards, we first try to use horizontal typesetting. Horizontal paper can stimulate people's thinking in images.

Second, always write the theme of the article in the center of the white paper: in the process of making visual cards, the more visual elements are used, the deeper the memory will be. Different colors, different fonts, different thick and thin strokes, different additional symbols, etc. They are conspicuous labels, which can make memories associate and make articles easy to understand.

Third, the backbone with clear structure: try to form a general impression when the first reading is completed. Draw the first few trunks. In addition, don't completely ignore the order. The first main line draws the upper right corner of the white paper, and then draws other main lines clockwise. Other levels are also treated according to this principle.

Fourth, write all the words on the line: the trunk belongs to the trunk, the branches belong to the branches, and the corresponding text content should also be written in the correct position. Imagine the whole card as a big tree.

Fifth, the handwriting must be neat. Only neat words can form a complete image at the moment of reading, and the card can produce the effect of the whole picture. Another purpose of making visual cards is to recall the corresponding information by browsing the cards without rereading the articles in the future.

Sixth, use symbols and illustrations. The general principle is that the more conspicuous the better, the more colors the better. Novices' visual cards are generally full characters. As long as you are used to abstract expression, your visual card will become clear at a glance, which is more conducive to understanding and memory.

If you are a student, the focus of reading is to learn new knowledge and prepare for the exam. You should get into the habit of making visual cards as a necessary part of every reading. If you persist in this way, before the exam, others are in a hurry and don't know where to start reviewing, but you can make the whole knowledge network within reach. I was most afraid of remembering geography and history in high school. I have no choice but to study math and physics in science. Now that I think about it, if I had known this method before, I would have studied liberal arts, and then I could choose my favorite major related to literature when I went to college.

If you are an office worker, use an eye chart as a means of reading training. The process of making cards is the process of forcing your brain to think positively. In order to accurately grasp the author's overall thinking and clarify the context of the article, we must learn to complete the thinking steps while reading. After thinking, the essence of the author's knowledge can be absorbed by us and transformed into our own ability and knowledge reserve for work and life.

To make a visual card of an article, step 1 to clarify the overall context of the article; Step 2, summarize keywords at all levels; The third step is to find out the logical relationship between keywords. In this way, the whole chart frame can be formed in the brain. These three steps are also a test of our learning ability. Finally, making visual cards can also replace retelling and play a role in checking the degree of understanding. In contrast, traditional note-taking wastes valuable time and energy.

Step 6: Enhance your memory.

There is no direct relationship between memory and brain development. We can't remember some things now because we didn't remember them carefully at first. The memory gap between people depends entirely on whether to adopt memory methods and effective ways of thinking. I made an attempt myself, which proved once again that age is not the cause of memory decline. When I was in college, I liked Tang poetry and Song lyrics very much, but I just couldn't recite them. When I was in high school, I studied science. When I was in college, my daily courses were organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry and so on. Literature is a small hobby of mine, and I have never set foot in it. I always thought I couldn't remember those favorite Song Ci poems, but I have a bad memory. When I was idle in Hefei last summer, I really wanted to learn Song Ci. According to a teacher's method, I recite Song Ci with understanding, but I can recite a Song Ci in half an hour every morning. I persisted for about a month and actually recited a song every day. It is said that my memory should be much worse than when I was in college twenty years ago, but the result was beyond my expectation. It shows that there is a great relationship between memory and understanding. Moreover, a person's memory of an article depends on his knowledge reserve in this field. For example, doctors have a better memory of medical papers than laymen.

Retelling is not only a very effective self-test method, but also can help us deepen our impression and form long-term memory invisibly. It is a good reading habit for a master to pause occasionally while reading and recite what he has just read in his mind. Retelling belongs to the active processing of information, and all the actively processed information can leave a deeper impression in the brain, thus transforming short-term memory into stronger medium-and long-term memory.

Exercise 5: Reading+Retelling

Choose a complete natural paragraph in the exercise book at random, read it first, then close the book and repeat what you have just read in your own language. Reading plus retelling is a complete unit. After completing one unit, continue to practice the next unit for at least 5 minutes. We can add this exercise to our daily training plan, and the more times we practice, the better.

Since the human brain can receive external information through the five senses, it can also use these five senses to enhance memory. The secret of never forgetting is to fully combine the five senses of the human body. It is equivalent to storing the same information repeatedly in different parts of the brain. There is no difference between good and bad memory. Others remember more than you do, and remember it well, mainly because they know how to give full play to their memory potential and use their five senses to help them remember.

We can try to read the first few paragraphs of the article in one breath, then close our eyes and lean back in the chair to recall what we have read. Keep practicing for 5 minutes every day, and before long, we will find that our imagination and memory have made amazing progress. Add this exercise to the daily training plan, and you can practice it for a while at a time.

In order to fundamentally improve the ability to remember written information, we must develop the following four habits. Before reading an article or a book, you must first make clear your reading goal. After defining the reading goal, activate your relevant knowledge reserve. In the process of reading, pause from time to time and repeat what you have just read. Make full use of your five senses when reading.

Reading is an inscrutable knowledge, and there are always many unknown fields ahead, waiting for us to explore and try. Reading is also a very important means for everyone to input knowledge. Mastering this technology will bring unexpected gains to our life and work. All skills are inseparable from diligent practice. Just like a martial arts master, he never works hard even if he is familiar with one move and one style of martial arts. Even if you have a treasure house, you still won't have good kung fu! Pablo casals, a world-famous Spanish player, still practiced piano for four or five hours every day at the age of 90, because he felt that he still had room for improvement. If we practice reading skills with this spirit, we can not only practice the ability of fast reading, but also enjoy endless reading fun and endless knowledge reserves. May everyone who likes reading and is willing to change his life through reading become a smart reader who reads quickly, knows much and remembers accurately after reading this article!