PART Ⅰ:LEARN ABOUT READING AND YOURSELF 了解阅读和你自己 1
You Can Read Much Faster 你能读得快得多 3
Measure Present Reading Rate/Comprehension 测试目前的阅读速度／理解力 5
Inventory Selection 1 6
How to Figure Reading Rate 10
Inventory Comprehension Test 1 11
Inventory Selection 2 16
Inventory Comprehension Test 2 20
Inventory Results:Where You Are,Where You Are Going 25
How You Learned to Read Slowly 你是如何学会慢速阅读的 26
Reading Speed—The Eyes Determine It 27
Eyes Are Living Cameras 28
Which "Reader-Photographer"Are You? 29
Check Your Visual "Bite" 检查一下你一眼读多少 31
The Rewards of Accelerated Reading 快速阅读的好处 37
Improved Reading Comprehension 37
Reduced Fatigue 39
PART Ⅱ:IDENTIFY AND OVERCOME YOUR BLOCKS TO BETTER READING 找出并克服阅读障碍 41
Block 1—Failure to Preview 障碍一：不作预览 43
How to Preview a Nonfiction Book 44
How to Preview a Book of Fiction 45
How to Preview a Chapter 46
How to Preview Reports 47
How to Preview Letters(and Memos) 48
How to Preview Magazine Articles 48
Block 2—Wasted Eye Movement 障碍二：过多的眼球活动 50
Minimizing Visual Regressions 51
Minimizing Visual Progressions 52
Minimizing Visual Distractions 52
Block 3—Poor Vision Span 障碍三：视力范围小 54
Block 4—Vocalization and Subvocalization 障碍四：出声读和默读 56
Lipping 57
Tongue Warbling 59
Jawing 59
Adam's Appling 60
Diaphragming 60
Block 5—Miscellaneous Weaknesses 障碍五：其他弱点 62
Pointing/Marking 62
Hand Scanning 62
Slow Page Turning 63
PART Ⅲ:BECOME AN ACCELERATED READER 成为快速阅读者 65
Develop Eye Control and Expand Vision 控制眼球活动，扩大视力范围 67
Drill A 70
Drill B 72
Drill C 74
Drill D 75
Drill E 76
Practical Application 实际运用 77
Wider and Deeper 拓展练习 79
Drill F 80
Drill G 81
Drill H 82
Drill I 83
Drill J 84
Learn Pacing and Block Reading 学习定时阅读和语块阅读 86
Drill K 87
Drill L 89
Drill M 91
Master the Two-Stop Method 掌握“一行两停法” 96
Drill N 97
"For Real"Practice “实战”练习 99
The Web of Life,by John H.Storer 101
Comprehension Test 107
"Go for More"Practice 更多练习 109
"The Cask of Amontillado,"by EdgarAllan Poe 110
Comprehension Test 117
A Short History of the Civil War,by Bruce Catton 119
Comprehension Test 129
Treasure Island,by Robert Louis Stevenson 134
Comprehension Test 139
The Time Machine,by H.G.Wells 142
Comprehension Test 156
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde,by Robert Louis Stevenson 159
Comprehension Test 174
Money Signs,by Elbert Wade 179
Comprehension Test 190
PART Ⅳ:DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS FURTHER 技能扩展 195
How to Estimate the Number of Words 如何估算字数 197
Set Rate;Get Total Reading Time 198
Quarter and Mark 四等分计时阅读 199
Determine Pace 200
"Condition"Yourself 200
Begin Accelereading 200
Book-Length Assignments 长篇作品阅读任务 202
Comprehension Test Animal Farm,by George Orwell 204
Comprehension Test The Pearl,byJohn Steinbeck 209
Comprehension Test The Time Machine,by H.G.Wells 213
Comprehension Test The Light in the Forest,by Conrad Richter 221
Comprehension Test The Turn of the Screw,by Henry James 225
Comprehension Test A Journey to the Center of the Earth,by Jules Verne 230
Comprehension Test Mutiny on the Bounty,by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall 239
Comprehension Test Think and Grow Rich,by Napoleon Hill 248
Comprehension Test The Death of Common Sense,by Philip K.Howard 257
APPENDIX 1—TECHNIQUES OF BETTER STUDY 更佳学习技巧 263
APPENDIX 2—BETTER TEST SCORES 高分招数 267
APPENDIX 3—WHY THIS METHOD WORKS 此方法为何有效 273
APPENDIX 4——HOW TO PREPARE A"TIME-TAPE" 怎样做“时间录音带” 277