1 . Reading is an important part of learning English, but many students find it difficult.    1     .

●Read for the main ideas

Read the text for the first time, and don't stop. Read to understand the main ideas    2    . You' ll be surprised that you can usually understand the main idea of the story.

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Context（上下文）refers to words and situations that are around a word you don't understand. Look at the example sentence:

I went to the schlumping to buy some chitla for dinner.

What's "schlumping"?-It must be a store because you bought something there. What's "chitla"?-It must be food because you are going to eat it for dinner.

●Use your own language

One of the best tips on improving reading is to think about how you read in your own language. Start by thinking about how you read different documents. How do you read the newspaper?    4    ?How do you read train schedules? And so on. Taking time to think about this will help give you clues（线索）on how to read in English-even if you don't understand every single word.    5     .

●Understand different reading skills

Here is a quick overview of the four types of reading skills used in every language:

Skimming-used to understand the main idea

Scanning-used to find a particular piece of information

Extensive reading- used for pleasure and general understanding

Intensive reading- accurate reading for detailed understanding