我们知道，托福考试的阅读部分的总时间为60分钟，必须要完成3篇平均长度为700词学术类文章。如果遇到加试，则总时间为80分钟，完成4篇文章。无论有没有碰到加试，算来下平均20分钟要搞定一篇文章。

凡是模考过或者稍微了解这门考试的同学都会有一个感觉：时间不够啊！尤其是阅读！如果这篇文章再给10分钟，我一定能做完、且准确率超高！还有不少同学反映，上到考场，只有5分钟做最后一篇……然后……就没有然后了。

到底是什么原因影响了咱们的阅读速度？困难从来不是一个单细胞动物。影响阅读速度的因素有：单词困难、句子层次分不清、文章题材不熟悉……然而，对于已经有高中英语基础的绝大部分考生来说，阅读速度慢的最大症结在于：总期待读懂每一个句子，结果迷失在细节中，在细节中兜兜转转，时间点滴流逝……然而还是找不到重点。

举个例子，请看OG第233页的文章的一段话：

The development of the modern presidency in the United States began with Andrew Jackson who swept to power in 1829 at the head of the Democratic Party and served until 1837. During his administration, he immeasurably enlarged the power of the presidency. "The President is the direct representative of the American people," he lectured the Senate when it opposed him. "He was elected by the people, and is responsible to them." With this declaration, Jackson redefined the character of the presidential office and its relationship to the people.——NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES

本段第一句：美国现代总统源于AJ，他在1829年作为D党的头上台，干到1837年。

第二句：在他管理期间，他极大地扩大了总统的权力。

第三句，请看。此句有一个醒目的双引号“”，双引号证明这句是引用别人的话。

现在请同学们反过来想想：我们什么时候会引用别人的话？我们自己写作文时，什么时候会引用爱迪生、富兰克林、孔子等人的话？

没错，当我们想用有分量的人来论证我们的论点时。换言之，引用别人的话，无论其内容是什么，都是为了说明论点。论点在哪里？就是其前一句“他极大地扩大了权利”。

因此，这句被引用的话本身的含义就没不重要了，此处为细节，眼睛迅速向后移，加速阅读。

第四句：又有双引号。所以呢？怎么处理？此为细节，眼睛迅速向后移，加速阅读。无论此句在说啥，应该依然为了论证论点“扩权”。

第五句：带着这个宣言……咦，“这个宣言”那肯定解释上面的两句宣言，两句宣言本来是细节，那解释细节的内容，肯定更是细节。怎么处理，你知道了吗？

此段五句话，迅速读完，在脑海中留下的印象是什么？

重点重点细节细节细节。

重点两个：一，美国现代总统源于AJ，二，他扩权了。这两个重点要记住。接下来的都是细节，无论细节具体陈述了什么，都肯定是围绕着本段的重点（论点）展开，可略读。然后可以开始做题。

总而言之，在阅读托福文章的段落时，论点要记住。跟在论点后面细节部分，如引用、举例、证据等，处理办法都一样：眼睛迅速向后移，加速阅读。无论此句在说啥，都是为了论证论点。

这才是托福阅读正确的打开方式。这才是提高速度的根本。

现学现练：请分析下面这个段落，分请哪些是论点，哪些是细节可略读？

The story of the westward movement of population in the United States is, in the main, the story of the expansion of American agriculture—of the development of new areas for the raising of livestock and the cultivation of wheat, corn, tobacco, and cotton. During periods when commodity prices were high, the rate of westward migration increased spectacularly. "Old America seemed to be breaking up and moving westward," observed an English visitor in 1817,during the first great wave of migration. Emigration to the West reached a peak in the 1830's. Whereas in 1810 only a seventh of the American people lived west of the Appalachian Mountains, by 1840 more than a third lived there.——TPO20 P1 Westward Migration

答案：论点（要记住）：During periods when commodity prices were high, the rate of westward migration increased spectacularly.

细节1："Old America seemed to be breaking up and moving westward," observed an English visitor in 1817,during the first great wave of migration. 引用别人的话

细节2： Emigration to the West reached a peak in the 1830's. Whereas in 1810 only a seventh of the American people lived west of the Appalachian Mountains, by 1840 more than a third lived there. 数字对比