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提高閱讀速度需要掌握單詞技巧
一、定義猜詞法
即根據定義猜測詞義的方法。需要定義或解釋的單詞或短語大多是專有名詞、生僻詞或文中的關鍵詞，作者為了使讀者正確理解它們，就得做出較淺顯的解釋或說明。
例一：Giraffe is an animal with a very long neck, four legs and orange skin with dark spots.根據后面對 Giraffe 的解釋，它的詞義為“長頸鹿”。
例二：Anthropology is the scientific study of man.由定義可知 Anthropology 的詞義為“研究人類的科學”即“人類學”。
例三：What is plagiarism? It is using others’ ideas and words without clearly mentioning where the information is from.根據定義我們知道plagiarism的詞義為“剽竊”。
二、定語從句
定語從句對先行詞起限定、修飾或解釋作用，因此我們可以利用定語從句來推測先行詞的詞義。
例一：Second generation Puerto Ricans who were born in New York but who have returned to the island, are called Nuvoricans.
Nuvoricans 的詞義可以由Second generation Puerto Ricans后面的兩個定語從句來得到， 即生在紐約，后又回到波多黎各的人。
例二：Psychophysiology is a science which deals with the relationship between mind and body.根據定語從句我們可以看出Psychophysiology的意思為“身心聯系的科學”，即“心理生理學”。
三、同位短語或同位語從句
同位關系的兩部分之間多用逗號連接，有時也用破折號、分號、引號和括號連接。
例一：According to a report published on the British medical magazine, The Lancet, a study of ten German mobile phone users found that when they turned on their phones, their blood pressure goes up by 5 to 10 millimeters of mercury.根據句法結構的知識，我們知道The Lancet是the British medical magazine的同位語，由此可知The Lancet是一個雜志的名稱。
例二：Semantics, the study of the meaning of words, is necessary if you are to speak and read intelligently.兩個逗號中間的短語the study of the meaning of words是Semantics的同位語，意為“對詞義進行研究的科學”， 即“語義學”。
四、對比結構
尋找文中相互對比、相互對照的線索來確定生詞的含義。
在此類文章中，通常會出現一些表示意義轉折、對比的詞語：however, but, on the other hand, on the contrary, instead of, while, unlike, not, although, yet, despite, in spite of, in contrast, etc.
例一： A good supervisor can recognize instantly the adept workers from the unskilled ones.根據句法結構可知the adept workers和 the unskilled ones.為對比關系，意義相反。由the unskilled ones可推出the adept workers為熟練工人。
例二：Someone liked milk, but others abhorred it.通過but我們知道abhor是like的反義詞，意為“厭惡”。
五、并列平行結構
它表示意義上的并列或相似關系。表示并列關系的詞語為and, similarly, like, just as, also, etc.
例一：A child’s birthday party does not have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun, according to Beth Anacleria, an Evaston mother of two, aged 4 and 18 months.分號前后為兩個并列平行的分句，后一句意為“生日聚會可以充滿快樂、樂趣”，我們可以推測hassle意為“混亂”。
例二：First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole Polytechnique.baffled 和beaten為并列平行關系，根據beaten可以推測出baffled意為“難倒，使受挫，阻礙”之意。
例三：John loves to talk, and his sisters are similarly loquacious.根據and和similarly判定短語loves to talk 和loquacious.之間為同義比較，意為“健談的”。
