1. Watch a BBC video on reading and judgewhether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1) Tony has thought a lot about War andPeace.
2) The first stage of reading is to recognize words.
3) Children are not taught the whole reading process.
4) Tony' s eyes were moving continuously when reading.
5) If a person takes in one or two words ata time when reading, he tends to skip back and wander off the page.
6) A fast reader's eyes move along juddering faster.
7) According to Tony, children should notput their fingers on the page.
8) Tony advises adult readers to use a guide forconcentration of focus.
2. Watch the video again and answer the following questions.
1) What is the conversation mainly about?
2) As far as Tony is concerned, what shouldchildren be taught?
3) What happens to a slow reader when hereads?
4) What does Tony compare a reader’s eye’staking in the whole page to?
5) According to Tony, how can people read athousand words a minute?
6) Summarize Tony Buzan’s suggested way ofreading.
Key
F T T F T T F T
Watch the video again and answer the following questions.
1) It is about how to read more quickly.
2) They have to be taught how their eyes work and how the eye-brain system works in coordination.
3) A slower reader takes in one or two words, skips back, wanders off the page, looks at what's going on around and consequently comprehension is right out of the window.
4) He compares it to the way we take in the whole thing when we are driving and when we are walking in the country.
5) People can do that in a smooth,elegant/graceful and fast way with comprehension.
6) Tony's suggested ways of reading include the following:
a. Reading is not only to recognize the words, but also to learn the entire reading process, e.g. how their eyes work and how the eye-brain system works in coordination.
b. When reading, your eyes are moving along juddering.
c. To read fast, read three or four, four or five words at a time.
d. Use any long-pointed object as a guide when reading fast.
