重燃人们快速阅读的兴趣_BEC初级作文

重燃人们快速阅读的兴趣

Reading these days is often a few minutes on the phone in the grocery-store line, not an hour curled up with a book on the couch. This quick-hit reading is sparking a renewed interest in the art of speed reading.

在当下，阅读常常就是在超市排队时拿着手机看上几分钟，而不是蜷在沙发上拿着一本书读上一个小时。这种快餐式阅读重新引起了人们对速读艺术的兴趣。

People read more than ever on mobile devices and usually in 10-minute bursts, according to research by e-reading subscription services. To tap into this, there's a revival in traditional speed-reading classes as well as new apps that promise to make reading on a small screen easier.

据电子书订阅服务机构数据，如今人们在移动设备上读书的频率比以往任何时候都高，每次通常是读上10分钟。为了利用这一点，传统速读课程正在复兴，旨在使小屏幕阅读更加便利的新应用软件也在不断涌现。

(How fast do you read? Time yourself and try speed-reading tips in an interactive.)

（你的阅读速度有多快？测测你的速度，并尝试一下互动图里的速读窍门。）

When Brett Kirby, age 33, reads the news in the morning, he doesn't grab a newspaper or browse a website. He picks up his phone and has his articles flashed to him, one word at a time, 650 words a minute.