For many people today,reading is no

For many people today,reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they mustread letters,reports,trade publications,interoffice communications,not to mention newspapersand magazines;a never-ending flood of words.In 1 a job or advancing in one,the ability to read and comprehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failure.Yet the unfortunatefact is that most of us are 3 readers.Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age,and never get over them.The main deficiency(缺陷)5 in the actual stuff of language itself-words.Takenindividually,words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrases,sentences and paragraphs.7 however,the untrained reader does not read groups of words.He laboriously readsone word at a time,often regressing to 8 words or passages.Regression,the tendency to look back over 9 you have just read,is a common bad habit in reading.Another habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word either orally or mentally as 11 reads. To overcome these bad habits,some reading clinics use a device called an 12,which moves a bar(or curtain)down the page at a predetermined speed.The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds comfortable,in order to "stretch" him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast,14 word-by-word reading,regression and subvocalization,practically impossible.At first 15 is sacrificedfor speed.But when you learn to read ideas and concepts you will not only read faster,16 yourcomprehension will improve.Many people have found 17 reading skill greatly improved after some training.18 Chalice Au,a business manager,for instance,his reading rate was a reasonably good 172words a minute 19 the training,now it is an excellent 1378 words a minute.He is delighted that howhe can 20 a lot more reading materials in a short period of time.