One famous surgeon always made it a rule to spend at least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each night Whether he went to bed at 10 p.m 2.30 a m. made no difference. Even if you cannot keep to this kind of discipline, it is a good idea to make sure you always have a general interest book in your pocket Don't forget it should be a book which entertains you and the English must not be too difficult for you Nearly all speed reading"course have a pacing"element some timing device which lets the students know how many words a minute he is reading You can do this simply by looking at your watch 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached Check the average number of ords per page for the particular book you are reading. Pace yourself every three or four days, always with the same kind of easy, general interest book.You should soon notice your habitual w p.m. rate creeping up. obviously there is little point in increasing your w.p. m rate if you do not understand what you are reading When you are conciously trying to increase your reading speed ,stop after every chapter if you are reading a novel or every section or group of ten or twelve pages if it is a textbook and ask yourself a few questions about what you have been reading. If you find you have lost the thread of the story,or you cant remember clearly the details of what was said, reread the section or chapter. Try this from time to time. Take four or five pages of the general interest book you happen to be reading at the time. Read them as fast as you possibly can. Don't bother about whether you understand or not Now go back and read them at what you feel to be your normal"wp. m rate, the rate at which you can comfortably understand. After a lightning speed"read through probably around 600w.p. m, you will usually find that your normal"speed has increaed perhaps by as much as 50-100 w.p.m. This is the technique athletes use when they habitually run furt3 One famous surgeon always made it a rule to spend at least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each night.Whether he went to bed at 10 p.m. or 2.30 a.m. made no difference.Even if you cannot keep to this kind of discipline,it is a good idea to make sure you always have a general interest book in your pocket.Don’t forget it should be a book which entertains you and the English must not be too difficult for you. Nearly all “speed reading” course have a “pacing” element — some timing device which lets the students know how many words a minute he is reading.You can do this simply by looking at your watch 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached.Check the average number of words per page for the particular book you are reading.Pace yourself every three or four days,always with the same kind of easy,general interest book.You should soon notice your habitual w.p.m.rate creeping up. Obviously there is little point in increasing your w.p.m.rate if you do not understand what you are reading.When you are conciously trying to increase your reading speed,stop after every chapter if you are reading a novel or every section or group of ten or twelve pages if it is a textbook and ask yourself a few questions about what you have been reading.If you find you have lost the thread of the story,or you can’t remember clearly the details of what was said,reread the section or chapter. Try this from time to time.Take four or five pages of the general interest book you happen to be reading at the time.Read them as fast as you possibly can.Don’t bother about whether you understand or not.Now go back and read them at what you feel to be your “normal”w.p.m.rate,the rate at which you can comfortably understand.After a “lightning speed”read through probably around 600w.p.m.,you will usually find that your “normal” speed has increaed perhaps by as much as 50—100 w.p.m.This is the technique athletes use when they habitually run furt