The consonants are soft and the vowel is reduced.

辅音柔和，元音读。

So, all the other words in between somewhat get contracted.

所，在这之间的其他词都有点读了。

And that is that it's okay to skim through books.

那读书籍可的。

Many people skim the pages, because they're just too lazy to read each word.

很多人读因为懒得逐字阅读。

And for that reason, we will use the scanning technique.

因此们要使用读技巧。

Everything else is somewhat reduced and pronounced fast.

对于其他的单词，们会进行读。

I'm not feeling guilty for skimming or for not finishing one.

不会因为读或没有读完而感到内疚。

And so for our techniques, we will have to scan for information.

所们的技巧读来获取信息。

Many of the most common words in English are words that are unstressed or reduced.

英语中最常用的单词大多数轻读或读的词。

The reason Americans reduce helping verbs is because they are function words.

美国人读助动词的原因助动词虚词。

So, it's not only the reductions that matter.

所，重要的不仅仅读。

Let's look at a few more examples of words that lose unstressed vowels.

让们再看几个读了非重读元音的单词。

And again, 'it' is reduced, right?

这里的“it”又一次被读了，对吧？

He could skim over a handful of pages of a book to absorb the most complex concepts.

他能读几页书能吸收最复杂的概念。

And then the two other words, " is" an " it" reduce into two schwas.

另外两个单词 is 和 it 被读成两个非中央元音。

So you need to reduce some of the sounds, you cannot pronounce all vowels.

所你需要读一些音，你不能发所有的元音。

The next hack has to do with reductions and connected speech.

下一个技巧与读和连词有关。

In this exercise, I will pronounce all the syllables first, then drop the unstressed vowel.

在下面这个练习中，会先读出所有的音节，然后读非重读元音。

Skim the text while keeping an eye out for main ideas, vocabulary terms, and anything else important.

即读文章，同时留意文章大意、词汇和其他重要内容。

First, by using systematic skimming—having a look at the title, back cover, contents, and preface.

首先，通过系统性地读（这本书）了解它——查看标题、封底、目录和序言。