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1、在听过双语录音，指读过双语文本之后，在能听懂的情况下，听全英语录音，指读英语文本。

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3、看着书听英语录音指读并给每一段编号。

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5、低年级初次读可以降低速度，高年级或水平高的可以提高速度最高到2倍速。提高语速可以提高阅读效率。阅读速度可以从每小时4000字到12000字不等。

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Chapter 3 The Letters from No One

Harry receives the worst punishment he has ever received after the escape of the snake. When he is finally allowed out of his little room under the stairs, school is over and the summer holidays have begun. But Harry is excited for the end of summer.  

When school begins in the fall, for the first time in his life, he will be going to a different school than Dudley. Harry will be going to Stonewall High and Dudley will be going to the same private school Uncle Vernon went to, Smeltings.  

One day during the summer, Aunt Petunia goes into London to buy the uniform Dudley must wear at Smeltings. Later that evening, Dudley puts on his brand new uniform and shows his mother and father.  

Boys who go to Smeltings must wear a maroon jacket, orange shorts, and a straw hat called a boater. They also must carry a stick, like a cane. They use the stick to hit each other in class while the teacher is not looking.  

When he sees his son in his new uniform, Uncle Vernon says it is the proudest moment of his life. Aunt Petunia is crying with emotion. Harry has difficulty not laughing out loud.  

The next morning, when Harry comes into the kitchen, there is a terrible smell. The smell is coming from a large bucket in the sink. It is filled with dirty clothes in grey water.  

What is this? Harry asks Aunt Petunia. She looks at him with an angry look on her face. It is never a good idea to ask questions in the Dursley house.  

It is your new school uniform. I am colouring some of Dudley's old clothes for you. It will look like your school uniform when I finish.  

Harry does not think it will look like anyone's school uniform. He tries not to think how the other boys will make fun of him when they see him in his new school uniform.  

After a moment, Uncle Vernon comes into the kitchen with Dudley who is banging his new smelting stick against the table and walls.

They Both make a face when they smell Harry's new uniform. Suddenly, they hear the sound of the mailman opening the mail slot in the front door, and then the sound of letters hitting the floor.  

Get the mail, Dudley, says Uncle Vernon. Make Harry get it, answers Dudley. Get the mail, Harry, says Uncle Vernon. Make Dudley get it, answers Harry.  

Go ahead and hit him with your smelting stick, Dudley. Harry jumps out of the way and runs to get the mail.  

There are three things on the floor at the door. A postcard from Uncle Vernon's sister, Marge, a brown envelope that looks like an electricity bill, and a letter for Harry.  

Harry picks it up and looks at it. His heart begins to beat very rapidly. No one ever in his whole life has ever written a letter to him.  

Who would write him a letter? He has no friends. He has no other relatives. But here it is, a letter.  

The envelope is thick and heavy. The address is written in bold, emerald green ink, and it is clearly addressed to him, Mr. H. Potter.