英语翻译
Thereadingpassageswhichfollowareallofanaveragelevelofdifficultyforyourstageofinstruction.Theyareallaboutfivehundredwordslong.Theyareabouttopicsofgeneralinterestwhichdonotrequireagreatdealofspecializedknowledge.Thustheyfallbetweenthekindofreadingyoumightfindinyourtextbooksandthemuchlessdemandingkindyouwillfindinanewspaperorlightnovel.IfyoureadthiskindofEnglish,withunderstandingatfourhundredwordsperminute,youmightskim(浏览)throughanewspaperatperhaps650~700,whilewithadifficulttextbookyoumightdroptotwohundredortwohundredandfifty.
PerhapsyouwouldliketoknowwhatreadingspeedsarecommonamongnativeEnglish-speakinguniversitystudentsandhowthosespeedscanbeimproved.TestsinMinnesota,U.S.A,forexample,haveshownthatstudentswithoutspecialtrainingcanreadEnglishofaveragedifficulty,forexample,Tolstoy’sWarandPeaceintranslation,atspeedsofbetween240and250wordsperminutewithaboutseventypercentcomprehension.StudentsinMinnesotaclaimthataftertwelvehalf-hourlessons,onceaweek,thereadingspeedcanbeincreased,withnolossofcomprehension,toaroundfivehundredwordsperminute.
