Success With Reading 2（20K）

　　Reading is one of the most important language skills. It can help you understand more and learn more. It can also become a fulfilling hobby. Reading is an essential part of your study of the English language. The only way to improve your reading skills is to practice, practice, practice.

　　By reading this book, you will have the chance to practice. You will learn the skills to find out the key points and the details of an article or a story. You will also learn how to summarize, how to think critically, and how to build up vocabulary.

　　Success With Reading 2 is the second volume of a series exercise books concentrating on training reading skills. The book comprises of hundreds of articles with reading comprehension tests, and each test aims at developing different reading skills. Follow the instruction in front of each unit and finish the tests step by step, reading proficiencies can be acquired by ease. The topics of reading materials are varied. By reading the articles, you will be equipped with not only reading capability but a wide variety of knowledge including arts, history, technology and biology.

　　You may acquire all types of reading skills at school. However, only by practice can you gain high proficiency. And this is the reason why Success With Reading exists.

　　閱讀是英語學習中不可或缺的一部分，提升閱讀能力能夠幫助你更深入瞭解英語。閱讀不只是大略地瀏覽文字，也不僅是單純地看懂文字，閱讀的過程中，必須不斷地運用技巧、持續思考，才能融入文字、吸收文章的精髓。藉由本套書的幫助，讀者能夠自我提升程度，增進英語閱讀能力。

明確的程度分級
　　本套書依照程度分級，難度由淺入深，讀者可依照個人英語程度，選擇合適的分冊。

實用的閱讀技巧
　　本書依照閱讀技巧分為五大單元，包括重點摘要、批判思考、字彙學習、資料搜尋和圖片表格等。每一單元針對各閱讀技巧撰寫，引導讀者正確的閱讀方向，幫助釐清思考。

包羅萬象的內容
　　文章內容豐富，包含了歷史、政治、地理、科技、文化等多種領域，讓讀者一方面能提升閱讀能力，另一方面也能夠吸收一些專業與非專業的知識，增廣見聞。

豐富的彩圖說明
　　每篇文章皆依照主題，搭配了豐富的插圖，輔助讀者學習、幫助理解，並且加深印象。

精心設計的習題
　　根據閱讀的主題，設計了充足的練習題，讓讀者進行自我評量，測試對文章理解的程度。而讀者也可以透過實際的演練，有效地將閱讀技巧轉化為個人能力。

作者簡介

　　Greg Bahlmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a B.A. in English and Private Law. During the 1990s he started a tourism company and a small advertising agency both which he ran with partners. He also busied himself honing his writing skills. In 2001 he moved to Taiwan with the aim of completing his first fantasy novel. His first book was published in 2005 and he is working on a sequel. Greg not only enjoys writing, but also art and computer programming.

Greg Bahlmann

　　南非約翰尼斯堡人，畢業於約翰尼斯堡大學（University of Johannesburg），擁有英語及法律雙學位。於1990年代創立一間旅遊公司，並與人合夥經營一間小型廣告公司。在此期間，他不斷充實自己的寫作技巧。西元2001年，為了完成第一本科幻小說創作，他遷居至台灣，首部小說於2005年出版，目前正在撰寫續集。除了寫作外，他對於藝術及電腦程式設計也有極高的興趣。