James

(我是) James

How you doing?

你好嗎？

I'm reading the newspaper

我正在看報紙

and having a hard time understanding it.

但我發現我很難理解報紙的內容

I'm really not comprehending it.

我真的不是很了解報紙的內容

"Comprehending" means to understand, or we could say "comprehension."

Comprehending 的意思是了解，或者我們可以說 comprehension（理解力）

Comprehension is a good skill to learn

理解力是很值得學習的技能

Many people can read but they don't truly understand what they're reading

很多人他們有辦法閱讀，但他們無法真正理解他們所閱讀的內容

So, we're gonna work on this to give you some hints

所以，我們要來針對這個問題提供你一些提點

on how you can work with English, reading

教你該如何閱讀英文

and understand what you're reading. OK? Now

且理解你所閱讀的內容。好，現在，

I suggest, the first time you read something:

我建議你第一次閱讀東西時

Read it quickly!

快速地看過！

And don't use a dictionary. That's right!

而且不要使用字典。就是這樣！

A dictionary is not good.

使用字典是不好的

Because you miss out on something very important

因為你會忽略一件非常重要的事

That thing is called ...

那就是 context (脈絡)

Many times in your own language, when you read something

當你閱讀你的母語所寫成的文字內容時，

you don't understand all of the words.

當你有不了解的詞彙時，

You don't always go for a dictionary.

你不會每次都跑去查字典，

You read another words around it

你會去看這個詞彙附近的文字

and you find out what that word means.

並嘗試去猜測這個詞彙所代表的含意

That's important for comperhension.

這對於理解文章是很重要的

OK?

好嗎？

So,

所以

first step,

第一步

read ... quickly

快速地 ‧‧‧ 閱讀

and underline

且 (在你看不懂的字下方) 畫線做記號

So! For the first step I want you to :

所以！第一步我希望你：

Read quickly,

快速閱讀，

and underline the words you don't know

且在你不懂的字下畫線

By doing this we're starting your brain on the passage of working on the new information

藉由這樣做可以讓你的大腦開始處理新的資訊

and geting the context of the information.

並了解新資訊的脈絡

Now, that's not gonna help you understand,

光是這樣還不能幫助你理解

but there are two other steps. So, let's go over them!

但是我們還有 2 個步驟，讓我們來看看吧！

After you read quickly, you're gonna have questions:

在你快速閱讀後你會開始產生疑問：

What are these other words?

這些字到底是什麼意思啊？

Here is what we're going to do to help you with that.

接下來是能在這方面幫助你的方法

The second time we're going to read it again.

在第二步驟，我們要再閱讀一次文章內容，

But this time what I want you to do is

但是在這一次，

use your dictionary and we're going to take

我希望你去查字典，

each paragraph that you read

且你每看過一個段落，

and make one sentence that summarizes it, OK?

就用一個句子幫這段落做出小結，好嗎？

So, we're going to do read it again. This time

所以我們再來閱讀一次

use the dictionary

且這次要使用字典

and summarize each paragraph.

並統整每個段落大意

How does this help you? Well,

這樣為什麼可以幫助到你呢？

in the first case we read, we didn't understand the words.

在一開始閱讀的時候，我們無法理解每個字的意思，

Your brain starts to ask what did they mean.

你的大腦會開始猜測這些字可能的意義

We take the time to read it again and answer the questions for you brain

我們再一次閱讀，就會讓你的大腦找到一些答案

that enables you to summarize each paragraph

這能使你為每個段落做總結

giving a basic meaning of it. OK?

這樣會讓你對文章有基本的了解，OK？

There's too much information in each paragraph to summarize with one sentence

每個段落的資訊可能多到你無法在一句話裡涵蓋

but it puts you in the right track to really understand what you're reading.

但藉由這樣的統整可以幫助你真正理解正在閱讀的資訊

Which leads me to the third step.

接著我們來到第三步驟

OK, ready? Let's go!

準備好了嗎？開始吧！

On the third step...

在第三步驟

We want to... Yes! I know! Read it again!

我們要…你知道的，再閱讀一次

Yep! But this is the important part, 'cause now you're actually going to understand.

是的，但這是很重要的部分！現在你才真正要開始理解

Trust me! It's really cool! Watch...

相信我！這真的很酷！你看…

At this time we're going to read the whole article and summarize everything we've read, OK?

現在我們要閱讀整篇文章且摘要文章內容，OK？

OK! Once you've done that and summarized everything,

OK！當你完成了並把每個部分都做完摘要

we're actually on the path to writing essays.

我們其實就是正在寫一篇短文了

Things you might used in TOIEC or TOEFL,

在多益或托福你可能會用到

but that's another chapter. For now,

但那是另一個主題了。現在，

let's go over the reasons why you will do this.

讓我們重新複習一次我們要這樣閱讀的原因

By summarizing everything, you actually have to understand what you're doing.

就由摘要文章，你就必須確實了解你剛所讀過的內容

We've read it three times. Each time going deeper into what we've been reading.

到目前為止我們這篇文章已經看了三次。每閱讀一次我們對於所看的內容會有更進一步的理解

But that is not the cool part, the really cool part is this.

但這還不是最酷的地方，最酷的地方是這個

By reading it over and over, you are actually learning idioms, phrases and words

藉由一次又一次的反覆閱讀，你會學習到慣用語、片語以及單字

that you won't forget.

而且這些用法你不會忘記

And here is the cool part

最酷的部分在這裡

You'll read faster. Right? Because you are learning these things and keeping them.

你閱讀的速度更快了，是吧？因為你在學習這些事並記住他們

Every time you read something new, you'll remember it!

每閱讀一次新的東西，你就把他記住了

So, you cut down your reading time. Cool, told you!

所以到最後你就可以減少閱讀時間，酷，跟你說了吧！

I know it's slow at the beginning, but I promise you if you follow this method,

我知道剛開始的時候會花費比較多的時間，但我保證，

for a little while, say a month,

若你持續使用這個方法閱讀一陣子，例如一個月

you'll notice a greatest improvement in your reading,

你將會發現你在閱讀上會有明顯的進步

and even more important, you will find that you really understand.

更重要的是，你會發現你真的理解你所閱讀的內容了

Comprehension, kinda cool. Anyway, it's James, got to go, but before I do, important message.

能夠正確理解是件很酷的事情。總之，我是 James，我要走了，但在走之前，有重要的資訊

If you have any more questions on comprehension,

若你針對閱讀理解的部分有任何問題

a place you can meet me at, and some other teachers

提供你一個可以詢問我或者其他教師的管道

is www dot Eng, as in English, Vid, as in video, dot com.

就是 www 點 eng，就和 english 的拼法一樣，Vid，就和 video 的拼法一樣，點 com

We will be happy to answer your questions and get some of your advice and feedback.

我們會很開心可以回答你的問題，並聽聽一些你們的建議與回饋

I''m out. Comprehension. Have a good day.

就這樣啦，理解，祝你有個愉快的一天