AbstractReadingisthedirectsourceofobtainingknowledgeinourdailylife.Withthecomingoftheinformationera,andwiththerapidrhythmofhumanlives,thereadingpressurepeoplearenowsufferingfromisbecominggreaterandgreater.Howcanreaderaccesstheusefulinformationeffectivelyandrapidlyinalimitedtime?Theauthorofthisarticlethinksthatthenecessarywayofsolvingthisproblemistoimprovethereadingspeed.Thefollowingsolutionsaresomeusefulwaysreaderneedtomaster:readinginthoughtunit,thatislookingformeaningfulgroupsofwordsateacheye-stop;skimmingemphasizesonfindingoutthemainideaoftheparagraph;scanning,aimsatfindingoutthespecificmessage;developingeyecontrolandexpandingvision,meanreaderneedstocatchasmanywordsastheycanineacheye-stop.Timedreadingandchoosingeasyandinteresingmaterialsarealsoveryimportantforimprovingreadingspeed.Keywords:readingspeed;solutions;thoughtunit;eye-stop;timedreading中文摘要阅读是我们日常生活中获取知识的直接来源。随着信息时代的到来，生活节奏的加快，阅读的压力变得越来越大。如何在有限的时间内有效地、快速地获取有用的信息？本文作者认为要想解决这个问题，必须要提高阅读速度。而提高阅读速度必须掌握如下技巧：成组视读，即视线每停留一次可看到具有逻辑意义的一组单词；略读法，重点在于找出一个段落的中心思想；寻读法，目的主要是有目标地找出文中某些特定的信息；扩大视线范围，就是在原来的基础上，每次视线停留都尽量多地阅读单词。此外，还有其他技巧，如定时阅读和选择简单有趣的阅读材料。关键词：阅读速度；方法；成组视读；视线停留；定时阅读1.IntroductionThisageisaneraofknowledgeexplosion.Andnow,duringthenewSpaceandComputerAge,peopleareexperiencinganInformationRevolution.(于大雨,2004:1)Lastcentury,theknowledgeoftheworlddoubleseveryfiveyears.Now,itdoublesmuchfastermorethanpeoplecanimagine.Insuchasituation,peopleneedtoknowmoreabouttheworld.Meanwhile,mendonothaveenoughtimetoreadinformationoneafteranother.Fastreadingbecomesanecessaryskillnowadays.Asitisknowntoall,theamountofinformationpeoplegetdirectlyrelatestotheamounttheyread.Therefore,peoplearesupposedtoreadmoreandtoknowmore.Theonlywaytoachievethisgoalistoimprovethereadingspeed.Forthisreason,readershavetoobtaintheabilityofspeedreading.Dividedbyreadingspeed,therearethreekindsofreaders:slowreader,betterreaderandgoodreader.Slowreaders,asitiscalled,usuallydislikereadinga