每拿到一篇英文article岳服，你是習(xí)慣一詞一句的讀呢，還是快速瀏覽先把握大意呢希俩？當(dāng)然各有好壞：
如果想從更高水平挑戰(zhàn)自己派阱，我們不妨做個嘗試：每段只讀第一句，學(xué)習(xí)使用“上帝視角”來審視文章斜纪，迅速建立邏輯贫母，反思作者的寫作思路文兑。
你可能會說了，本來讀著就夠嗆腺劣，跳著讀就更看不懂了绿贞，就算硬著頭皮上也很有可能理解錯嘛，漏掉關(guān)鍵轉(zhuǎn)折怎么辦橘原？那這就要說到non-fiction的寫作邏輯籍铁，也就是套路，只要你堅信作者每起一段的時候肯定會寫關(guān)鍵句趾断，也就大差不差了拒名。
不過尺度有待把握，不能總是線性思維芋酌，也不能overthinking（我們知道閱讀理解最怕想太多）增显，所以還需不斷試驗和驗證。有點像偵探游戲脐帝，按照線索推斷嫌疑人的作案動機和過程同云。
最后的最后，我們索性用GRE閱讀來驗證是否有效果堵腹！
今天這篇文章討論的是德國政治炸站，因為需要一些背景知識，所以稍顯費力疚顷，甚至有些犯怵旱易。不過通過“段首讀”這個方法，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)掌握核心精髓也就是分分鐘的事兒腿堤。
標(biāo)題：Cool Germany
副標(biāo)題：Germany is becoming more open and diverse. With the right leadership, it could be a model for the West.
第一段首：Since the fall of the Berlin Wall the Ampelmannchen, the jaunty, behatted "little traffic-light man" of communist East Germany, has escaped his dictatorial roots to become a kooky icon of Germany's trendy capital.
第二段首：At first blush that seems a preposterous suggestion.
第三段首：But take the long view, and the Ampelmannchen captures how Germany is changing.
第四段首：The biggest change comes from Mrs Merkel's "open door" policy towards refugees, which brought in 1.2m new migrants in 2015-2016.
第五段首：This is shaking up a society that has long prized stability, opening cultural divides between those...
第六段首：The outcome will determine the future of Europe's biggest economy.
第七段首：At home, the new Germany has shed its post-reunification economic woes and it booming, but it is also aging fast; the largest age group is the 50-to-54s.
第八段首：Abroad, the new Germany could also become a different sort of power.
第九段首：Meanwhile, the refugee crisis is expanding German horizons.
第十段首：All of which makes the character of Mrs Merkel's successor pivotal.
第十一段首：With the right leadership, there is little doubt about the country's capability.
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標(biāo)題：Cool Germany
副標(biāo)題：Germany is becoming more open and diverse. With the right leadership, it could be a model for the West. (看來是很正面的評價)
第一段首：Since the fall of the Berlin Wall the Ampelmannchen, the jaunty, behatted "little traffic-light man" of communist East Germany, has escaped his dictatorial roots to become a kooky icon of Germany's trendy capital. （hmmm阀坏，一堆不常用的詞匯和陌生的背景知識。不過既然是背景介紹释液，我們抓重點就okay啦：德國統(tǒng)一后...the Ampelmannchen...become a icon of Germany全释，）
第二段首：At first blush that seems a preposterous suggestion. (尷尬，完全不知所云误债。沒關(guān)系浸船，"that" 提醒你是承上啟下，那么回到上一段末尾寝蹈，立馬看到 "Germany is entering a new era. It is becoming more diverse, open, informal and hip"...但是preposterous是什么意思呢李命？先放一放，不過at first blush提醒我們箫老，后面肯定會有轉(zhuǎn)折)
第三段首：But take the long view, and the Ampelmannchen captures how Germany is changing. (果然轉(zhuǎn)折就來了?? 但是這個轉(zhuǎn)折似乎有點生硬封字？文章到此，我們回過頭看副標(biāo)題，都是在交代德國正在轉(zhuǎn)變這個背景阔籽。揣摩一下流妻，后面討論the right leadership應(yīng)該才是作者討論的重點)
第四段首：The biggest change comes from Mrs Merkel's "open door" policy towards refugees, which brought in 1.2m new migrants in 2015-2016.
第五段首：This is shaking up a society that has long prized stability, opening cultural divides between those...(結(jié)合第四段，默克爾的難民政策撼動了這個長期以來比較和諧穩(wěn)定的國家笆制，造成了一些文化分歧绅这，從而也就更diverse)
第六段首：The outcome will determine the future of Europe's biggest economy. (撼動的結(jié)果將決定歐洲第一大經(jīng)濟體德國的命運。再次聯(lián)想到副標(biāo)題在辆，我們肯定想往好的方向發(fā)展证薇，那么現(xiàn)在是不是到了討論solution的階段？)
第七段首：At home, the new Germany has shed its post-reunification economic woes and it booming, but it is also aging fast; the largest age group is the 50-to-54s. （國內(nèi)的現(xiàn)狀是：統(tǒng)一后經(jīng)濟增長匆篓，但是老齡化加劵攵取）
第八段首：Abroad, the new Germany could also become a different sort of power.(國外地位。could also鸦概，暗示德國國內(nèi)已經(jīng)做的不錯箩张，在國際上還可以做的更好)
第九段首：Meanwhile, the refugee crisis is expanding German horizons. (Meanwhile在情緒上承上啟下，暗示難民政策也有積極意義)
第十段首：All of which makes the character of Mrs Merkel's successor pivotal. (事在人為完残，《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》作為think tank給出意見伏钠，最終也還要看未來領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的性情)
第十一段首：With the right leadership, there is little doubt about the country's capability. (再次點題横漏，看好德國)
Takeaways:
- Ampelmannchen是大名鼎鼎的德國行人交通號志“小綠人”谨设，統(tǒng)一之前東德使用的小綠人是帶了帽子的男性，西德則是我們常見的中性標(biāo)志缎浇。
