Abstract:Reading is the direct source of obtaining knowledge in our daily life.With the coming of the information era, and with the rapid rhythm of human lives, the reading pressure people are now suffering from is becoming greater and greater. How can reader access the useful information effectively and rapidly in a limited time?

The author of this article thinks that the necessary way of solving this problem is to improve the reading speed. The following solutions are some useful ways reader need to master: reading in thought unit, that is looking for meaningful groups of words at each eye-stop; skimming emphasizes on finding out the main idea of the paragraph; scanning, aims at finding out the specific message; developing eye control and expanding vision, mean reader needs to catch as many words as they can in each eye-stop. Timed reading and choosing easy and interesing materials are also very important for improving reading speed.

Key words: reading speed; solutions; thought unit; eye-stop; timed reading 

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