IELTSReading: try this 'time' experiment

雅思阅读：试试这个“时间”实验

IELTS students often say that "not having enoughtime" is their biggest problem in the reading test. But is time really theproblem?

雅思学生经常说“时间不够”是他们在阅读测试中最大的问题。但时间真的是个问题吗？

Try this experiment to find out how time is affectingyou:

试试这个实验，看看时间是如何影响你的：

1) Normal speed

正常速度

Give yourself one hour to do afull reading test (from one of the Cambridge books). Or just take one passageand do that in 20 minutes. How many correct answers did you get?

给自己一个小时做一个完整的阅读测试（来自剑桥大学的一本书）。或者只写一段话，20分钟内完成。你得到了多少个正确答案？

2) Too fast

太快了

Give yourself just 30 minutes to do a full reading test,or only 10 minutes to do one passage. Use skimming, scanning, guessing, or anyother 'trick' to get through all of the questions. This goes against my normaladvice, but it's fine for this experiment.

只给自己30分钟的时间做一个完整的阅读测试，或者只给自己10分钟的时间写一篇文章。使用略读、扫描、猜测或任何其他“技巧”来完成所有问题。这违背了我的正常建议，但对这个实验来说没问题。

3) Too slow

速度太慢

Give yourself 2 hours to do a fullreading test, or 40 minutes to do one passage. Read everything slowly andcarefully, and aim for a perfect score!

给自己2小时做一个完整的阅读测试，或者40分钟做一篇文章。慢慢仔细地阅读每一篇文章，以获得完美的分数为目标！

Results:

结果：

What happened when you performedthis experiment? What scores did you get at normal, fast and slow speeds? Wastime really the big problem, or did the experiment highlight any otherdifficulties?

你做这个实验时发生了什么？你在正常速度、快速速度和慢速速度下得了多少分？时间真的是个大问题吗？还是实验突出了其他困难？

在准备雅思考试的烤鸭们，可以根据这个节奏尝试做练习，并不断修正遇到的问题，做好归纳总结，从而提升自己的雅思阅读能力。