1.Phrases
1.exert much effort in sth. 费力做某事
eg. If, in reading, you exert as much effort in conceptualizing these meaningless words as you do important ones, you limit not only your reading speed but your comprehension as well.
如果在阅读时费太多时间死抠每一个字眼，你的阅读的速度和对文章的理解都会受影响。
(1)exert one's utmost effort 尽某人最大的努力
eg. Exercise great restraint and exert one's utmost effort.
仁至义尽。
(2)conceptualize: If you conceptualize something, you form an idea of it in your mind 构思
2.plug the gaps in one's knowledge 知识的查漏补缺
eg. Reread more carefully to plug the gaps in your knowledge.
重读时应该更加的仔细，好记住那些你漏掉的知识点。
3.quiz oneself 自我检测
Rather than automatically rereading, take a few seconds to quiz yourself on the material you have just read and then review those sections that are still unclear or confusing to you.
相比机械的重复阅读，你更应该花一点点时间检测一下自己是否掌握了刚刚看完的内容，然后复习那些还不明确或存有困惑的部分。
(1)automatically 自动地，不自觉地，机械地
3.the information explosion信息大爆炸
Today proliferation of books and printed matter brought about by the information explosion creates a reading problem for everyone.
由于信息大爆炸导致的书籍和印刷品的数量大大增加，对每个人的阅读都会造成一定障碍。(1)proliferation增长
(2)printed matter印刷品=printed materials
4.stand out
If something stands out, it is very noticeable.显眼v.
Italicized words and phrases so that crucial new terms and definitions will stand out.
5.set off衬托
Lists of points set off by numbers or paragraphs that begin with the phrases such as "The three most important factors . . . " etc.
point 要点
6.tip off 提示
These tip you off to the main points that the author wants you to learn.
7..absorb the idea 接受某个概念
She hopes that on at least one of these exposures you will absorb the idea.
2.words
1.process
When people process information, they put it through a system or into a computer in order to deal with it.处理（信息）
Spend your time learning ideas, not painfully processing words visually.
你应该花更多时间去学习那些看不到的、抽象的想法，而非苦于映入眼帘字词。
2.savour
If you savour an experience, you enjoy it as much as you can.尽情享受
We are not sure just how this attitude develops, but some authorities have suggested that it stems from the days when the Bible was the main book read, savored, and reread.
我们还不能确定这种想法是怎样形成的，但一些专家认为这能追溯到大多数人只能阅读、细细品味然后重复阅读《圣经》的时代。
3.perusal
Perusal of something such as a letter, article, or document is the action of reading it. un.阅读
You must, of course, make daily decisions as to what is worth spending your time on, what can be glanced at or put aside for future perusal, and what can be relegated to the wastebasket.
relegate to the wastebasket 丢进垃圾桶
4.sweep
If someone's eyes sweep an area, they move across the area from side to side.目光扫视
Furthermore, if you have developed the habit of focusing your eyes too narrowly and looking at word parts, it will be harder for you to learn to sweep down a page of type rapidly.
a page of type 一页书
5.boldface粗体，黑体
You may be accustomed to overlooking boldface headings and titles which are the obvious clues to the most important ideas.
6.redundancy 重复=repetition
7.myth
7.doggedly 固执地
Many students automatically regress or reread doggedly with a self-punishing attitude.
regress回归，倒退，退化
3.sentenses
To be sure, there are students for whom one exposure to an idea in a basic course is enough, but they either have read extensively or have an excellent background or a high degree of interest in the subject.
老实说，对于一些基础课程的书，有些学生的确只看一遍就够了，但是那些学生要么是博览群书，要么家庭背景雄厚，要么是对这个科目有着极其浓厚的兴趣以致看一遍就能掌握全部内容。
Sir Francis Bacon once said that some books are to be nibbled and tasted, some are to be swallowed whole, and a few need to be thoroughly chewed and digested no matter how trivial the content.
培根曾说，有些书可以慢慢、细细品味，有些书可以囫囵吞枣，但还有小部分书需要我们能吃透里面所有、甚至是琐碎的内容。
Sir Francis Bacon 培根
4.other knowledge
1.Book-of-the-Month Club
The Book of the Month Club (founded 1926) is a United States subscription-based e-commerce service that offers a selection of five new hardcover books each month to its members.
2.Pavlvovian-like rereading
不假思索的重读（直：巴甫洛夫式的重读）
However, this is not to imply that an unthinking Pavlovian-like rereading is necessary to understand and retain materials.
Pavlvovian 经典条件反射，是一种关联性学习，巴甫洛夫将这种产生条件行为的学习形态描述为“动物对特定制约刺激的反映”。
3.[idioms]
clutch up
to become very tense and anxious; to freeze with anxiety.
1.If you "clutch up" when trying to read fast or skim and worry about your comprehension, it will drop because your mind is occupied with your fears and you are not paying attention to the ideas that you are reading.
2.I have been known to clutch up before a race.
5.mind map
