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1、练习一Formanypeopletoday,readingisveryimportant.Inapplyingforajob,theabilitytoreadandcomprehendquicklycanmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Yettheunfortunatefactisthatmostofusarepoorreaders.Mostofusdeveloppoorreadinghabitsatanearlyage,andnevergetoverthem.Themaindeficiencyliesintheactualstu
2、ffoflanguageitself-words.Takenindividually,wordshavelittlemeaninguntiltheyarestrungtogetherintophrases,sentencesandparagraphs.Unfortunately,however,theuntrainedreaderdoesnotreadgroupsofwords.Helaboriouslyreadsonewordatatime,oftenregressingtorereadwordsorpassages.Regression,thetendencytolookbac
3、koverwhatyouhavejustread,isacommonbadhabitinreading.Anotherhabitwhichslowsdownthespeedofreadingisvocalization-soundingeachwordeitherorallyormentallyasonereads.Toovercomethesebadhabits,somereadingclinicsuseadevicecalledanaccelerator,whichmovesabar(orcurtain)downthepageatapredeterminedspeed.Theb
4、arissetataslightlyfasterratethanthereaderfindscomfortable.Theacceleratorforcesthereadertoreadfast,makingword-by-wordreading,regressionandvocalization,practicallyimpossible.Atfirstcomprehensionissacrificedforspeed.Butwhenyoulearntoreadideasandconcepts,youwillnotonlyreadfaster,butyourcomprehensi
5、onwillimprove.Manypeoplehavefoundtheirreadingskilldrasticallyimprovedaftersometraining.练习二Thepast20yearshavebeenenormouschangesinthelivesandstructureoffamiliesinBritain.Thebiggestchangehasbeencousedbydivorce.Asmanyas1outof3marriagesnowendinit,leadingtoasituationwheremanychildrenlivewithonepare
6、nt.Therehasalsobeenahugeriseinthenumberofwomenwithchildrenwhowork.Thelargeriseindivorceshasmeantmanywomenneedtoworktosupportthemselvesandtheirchildren.Evenwherethereisnodivorce,manyfamiliesneedbothparentstoworkinordertosurvive.Thishascausedanincreaseinchildcarefacilities,thoughitisveryexpensiv
7、eandcanbedifficulttofindinmanyareas.Inaddition,womenarenolongerhappytostayathomeraisingchildren,andmanyhavecareersearningasmuchorevenmorethanmen,thetraditionalbreadwinner.Therehasalsobeenasharpincreaseinthenumberofsinglemothers,particul
