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1·Speed-reading courses preach a form of skimming that doesn’t help comprehension or retention.

快速阅读课程所教授的技巧不能帮助理解和记忆。

2·As you improve, buy one of the books on speed-reading andsettle on the pattern which works best for you.

当你有了提高，可以买一本关于快速阅读的书并确立确定最适合你的方案。

3·The speed-reading huckster Evelyn Wood claimed that a professor boasted of consuming more than 2, 500 words per minute with outstanding recall and comprehension.

速读推广者埃文莱·伍德（Evelyn Wood）声称一个“记忆和理解能力卓然超群”的教授一分钟能消化超过2500个单词。

4·Superhuman mental powers, including his extraordinary sense of hearing and blazing speed-reading, are as vital to Superman as his bullet-beating velocity and steel-bending strength.

超人的精神超能力，包括他拥有的听觉超能力和阅读超能力，就像他拥有的可以躲避子弹的速度和折断钢铁的力量一样至关重要。

5·In fact, speed reading has been made known to people since 1959, when US educator Evelyn Wood introduced a speed reading program.

事实上，自1959年美国教育家伊芙琳·伍德推出了快速阅读计划以来，人们就知道了快速阅读。

6·However, there is no real science behind speed reading.

然而，快速阅读背后并没有真正的科学理论支撑。

7·Several US presidents have even asked their officers to take speed reading courses.

一些美国总统甚至要求他们的官员参加快速阅读课程。

8·Reading includes four steps. It's not easy to finish. Speed reading courses and books are useful for us.

阅读包括四个步骤，这不容易完成。快速阅读的课程和书籍对我们有用。

9·Speed reading is not actually possible, said Elizabeth Schotter, a scientist at the University of South Florida, U.S. Schotter pointed out that people who say that they can teach others how to speed read are usually doing it to make money by selling courses and books.

“快速阅读实际上是不可能的。”美国南佛罗里达大学的科学家伊丽莎白·肖特指出。她说那些声称自己可以教别人如何快速阅读的人，通常是通过出售课程和书籍来赚钱。

10·Your reading speed and comprehension are tested during this exercise.

你的阅读速度和理解能力将在这个练习中得到测试。