这段话并不长，但是如果让你在30秒钟之内说出主旨是什么，恐怕比登天还难吧！其实不然！请看首句中有一个词benefits是个正向词，紧接着第二句话中lower levels of family stress, higher…, better health, higher… satisfaction等都是正向词。第三句话中higher satisfaction, happier等也都是正向词。这说明这段话作者的基本态度是正向的，那么段落主旨就是首句中的benefits，而第二和第三句话就在具体论述有哪些benefits。至于self-esteem, marital等生词不认识都无所谓了，因为本段落中，除了这些正向词之外，其余的单词的存在都是多余的。30秒足够你“顿悟”了吧！
其次，关系是更为重要的，因为它的存在更加使得单词变得多余。例如：
In business as a whole, there are a number of factors encouraging the prospect of greater equality in the workforce. Demographic trends suggest that the number of women going into employment is steadily increasing. In addition a far greater number of women are now passing through higher education, making them better qualified to move into management positions.
这段话中，首句a number of factors encouraging…是一个正向词，说明在分析好的因素。第二句number…increasing和第三句higher education, better qualified都是正向词，说明在具体论述第一句话中的好的因素。但是，二三句之间的一个In addition让我们知道了这两句话之间是一个“递进”关系，那么其前后的方向应该是相同的。所以，当我们看完第二句话之后，发现这个“递进”关系时，后面的内容根本不需要看了。至于prospect和demographic trends即使都是你的生词，又怎能妨碍你抓住段落的主旨——a number of factors呢？
常见的表示方向的关系有如下几大类：
表示前后方向相反：
转折关系： but/however/yet, on the other hand, despite
对比关系： more/less…than…, unlike
表示前后方向相同：
并列关系： A and B, not…nor…, first, second, third
递进关系： moreover, in addition/additionally/besides, not only…but also…
那么请大家来做一个练习：
Managerial and executive progress made by women is confirmed by the annual survey of boards of directors carried out by Korn /Ferry /Carre /Orban International. This year the survey shows a doubling of the number of women serving as non-executive directors compared with the previous year. However, progress remains painfully slow and there were still only 18 posts filled by women out of a total of 354 non-executive positions surveyed. Hilary Sears, a partner with Korn /Ferry, said, ‘Women have raised the level of grades we are employed in but we have still not broken through barriers to the top.’
上面一段话，完全可以浓缩成以下内容：
… progress(+) … doubling of the number(+) … However … painfully slow(-) … raised the level of grades(+) … but … not broken through(-) …
也就是说，从两次出现“however/but”这种转折关系词来看，这一段话一直采用的是一种“对比”结构，分别论述了妇女找工作的好坏两方面。怎么样，你能否仅仅用30秒钟完成阅读？
一旦你能 精通“无词阅读法”，那么在面对每篇将近1000字的雅思阅读文章时，就一定能产生这样的“郁闷”心情：怎么文章有这么多生词我不认识，却能够读懂大意？这在以前简直就是mission impossible嘛！但是，不要惊讶，因为你已经“顿悟”了阅读！ 四、“无词阅读法”对于完成题目的直接效果
