This is the thing that really slows us down. Whenever you find yourself repeating the words in your mind or out loud you are significantly decreasing the speed of your reading. The goal is to read with your eyes, not with your mouth. The easiest trick around this is to repeat something else instead. Something like: “1 2 3 4 5” or “a e i o u”. This will occupy your mind with a simple activity so there’s no other way for you to read than to use only your eyes – which is the true secret of speed reading.
　　
　　這肯定會降低我們的閱讀速度。每次當你發現自己正在腦海里或是嘴里不自覺的重復讀的字時，那意味著你在減慢自己的閱讀速度。我們的目標是用眼睛閱讀，而不是嘴。最簡單的訣竅是重復其他的東西。比如說“1，2，3，4，5……”或“a, e, I ,o ,u”。這會讓你的思想注意在簡單的事情上，這時你除了用眼睛就沒法用其他的方式閱讀了，這是快速閱讀最有效的訣竅。

　　Focus（集中注意力）
　　
　　This may sound obvious but it’s worth mentioning here. When I was reading something in the past, even if it was interesting, I found myself wandering off and thinking about other things, so I had to re-read the same sentence a couple of times. It was, let’s say, “doable” to read an article or a chapter of a book despite not being present with your mind. However, when you’re speed reading it’s totally impossible to do it and be thinking about something else at the same time, so focus!
　　
　　這顯而易見，但還是值得一提。以前當我閱讀的時候，就算是我非常感興趣的東西，也會走神去想其他事情，從而不得不回頭去重新讀已經讀過的句子。雖說你走神的時候閱讀文章或是書中段落也是“可行的”，但如果你想快速閱讀，那就不可能一邊閱讀一邊想其他的事情。所以，請集中注意力!

　　The third word rule（第三字定律）
　　
　　Here’s what you do: start reading each line on the third word, and end each line on the third word from the end. Don’t worry, you won’t lose any information. Your eyes will catch those first and last words too, by using something called the peripheral vision.
　　
　　As an example consider such a line of text:
　　
　　“Marry had a little lamb but she ate it for supper.”
　　
　　The words in bold indicate the focus points.
　　
　　你要做的就是：從每行第3個字開始閱讀，在每行倒數第3個字結束閱讀。不必擔心，你不會漏看任何信息。用眼睛的余光你會看到開頭和結尾的幾個字。
　　
　　舉個例子，看下面這句話：
　　
　　“瑪麗把她的小羊羔燉了做晚飯。”
　　
　　黑體字就是你要開始和結束的地方。
　　
　　Don’t read every word separately（不要單個的讀每個字）
　　
　　The easiest way of doing this is to read from a bigger distance (like 2ft). The goal here is to not focus on single words individually, but to read two or three of them in just one snapshot. So the idea is, you look at a fragment of text and read a couple of words all at once, then you take another snapshot of the words next to them, and so on.
　　
　　這樣做最好的辦法就是離遠點閱讀(約2英尺)。這里的目標是不要把注意力集中在單個字上，而是一眼就讀2~3個字。這樣做的好處就是看一眼文章就能一次讀幾個字，下一眼就能看到相鄰的幾個字，依次類推。
　　
　　Don’t skip back（不要倒回去讀）
　　
　　This is a very common problem. It happens without us even knowing it (at first). The fact that skipping back to re-read a single word (or even a whole sentence) slows you down is obvious. If you want to improve the speed of your reading you have to fight this habit. But first you have to acknowledge that it exists, realize that you are indeed doing it. Then simply try to stop. Reading with your finger helps a lot here, just remember to follow the finger at all times.
　　
　　這是很普遍的問題。一開始我們甚至不會意識到這個問題?；仡^重復閱讀詞語(甚至整個句子)會明顯減慢閱讀速度。如果你想提高閱讀速度，就必須改掉這個習慣。但首先你必須承認這個問題存在，意識到你正在這樣做。然后就盡量改掉它。跟著手指閱讀會幫助你改掉這個毛病，只要記住任何時候都跟著手指走。

　　Start too fast（開始快點讀）
　　
　　Start reading too fast to be able to comprehend everything comfortably. Then after a page or two slow down to the speed that’s comfortable for you. Just like driving on a highway, if you’re doing 90 and slow down to 70 it feels slow, but if you’re doing 50 and speed up to 70 it feels fast even though it’s the same speed.
　　
　　一開始快點讀，直到你能適應這個速度。讀幾頁后回到你適合的速度。這就像你在告訴路上開車時，從90碼后來降到70碼，你會感覺慢，但是從50碼加速到70碼時，雖然速度相同，但感覺上快多了。