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Reading English Newspaper can help us improve our reading ability, learn more
vocabulary and let us know what has happened in the world. We can read
newspaper via the methods below:
a. Turn to the front page. Read the headlines to know what has happened,
because the most important things are put on the front page.
b. Choose the first five articles that attract you. Then read the first two to three of
them.
c. If you want to read more, you can turn to other columns, such as sport. Then
choose the top five articles, read their title and the first paragraph. We can use
these methods to reduce the time we read the newspapers meanwhile keep us
informed of important events. 　
　 　 　
　 A: Reading English Newspaper can improve EFL students’ ability of vocabulary and the
skill of reading. But it doesn’t mean that you need to look over the all content in
the newspapers. First, you can find the topics you interest. Then, just read these
topics you scan. You also don’t finish every paragraph of them. If the content is
really interesting for you, read it thoroughly. So you may get good mood to read
what you interest. Gradually, you are able to absorb many kinds of new
information and have good storage of vocabulary. 　
　 　 　
　 A: Because reading newspaper can improve our reading and writing skill as well as
increasing vocabulary, it benefits us to study English. English newspaper contains
many useful and common words. Moreover, one can acquire international news
from reading English newspaper. How do we read it to achieve reading efficiency?
a. First, we should choose the right newspaper to read and not choose some
tabloid newspaper which contains gossips and poor language.
b. Then, choose some articles to read but skip articles which are not interesting
and less important to your interest or need.
c. Before reading the articles, read the headline of each article first to choose five
articles which interest you.
d. Just read each article its first and second paragraph which will provide you
general ideas about the event you’re reading. 　
　 　 　
　 A: Reading English newspapers can improve reading skills, increase English
vocabulary and learn more things to write. But we need to know how to read
newspaper well if it’s going to turn out an advantage to us. First, make the
newspaper thinner. This means just read the headline, the topic of the article,
then find the interesting sections that you like. Second, browse every article you
like just one or two paragraphs. Read no more than five articles. You can
understand what it is talking about and you don’t want to waste your time, right?
Third, read more about the article you like by reading the information containing
“when”, “where”, “what”, “who”, and “how”. That will help you read quickly. The
last one, don’t be afraid of new words. You can understand what it means in the
context.
A: Everyday read five articles. Don’t be demanding. It’s enough. Besides, you heed to
read every title about the article and choose five articles which you are interested
in. Constantly read newspapers everyday. That will help you increase your
vocabulary. Remember words through context and frequently expose yourself to
these words. Once they appear several times, you will remember them easily. You
read more, you can write better essays because your knowledge is adequate to
provide interesting ideas to talk about. Shortly, reading English newspaper will not
only upgrade your language ability but also become more knowledgeable.