In this video we are going to talk about the ACT reading passage types, the four passage types that you're going to encounter on the test, and also what specifically you should be paying attention to on each passage type, because ACT has it's favorite questions for each passage. 所以，如果你在阅读的时候提前知道你应该准备什么，你会有更好的准备 他们要问你的那些问题。

好的，首先，让我们复习一下你将要遇到的段落，所以我们有四段关于ACT阅读测试的，和 they are generally in this order. Fiction comes first, so you're going to see an excerpt from a short story or 一部小说，是散文小说，这很好，因为那意味着没有诗歌。好吧，也许不太好，但要知道你不会遇到任何诗歌， it's all going to be short stories, novels, that type of thing.

The next passage you're going to encounter is the Social Science passage. And this can be from anything in the social sciences. 举几个例子，可以是考古学、历史、政治学、经济学、心理学、教育学、地理学等等。 Then you're going to see a Humanities passage and this is more in the realms of art and literature, maybe it's about dance, maybe it's a personal essay or memoir, maybe it's about television or radio, maybe it's about philosophy.

最后你会看到一段自然科学的文章。这是关于科学的，可能是关于生物学，化学， meteorology, medicine, zoology, that type of stuff, we'll talk about the order in which you can think about doing the passages a little bit later in the video, but this is the passage, this is the order in which the passages appear on the test. Okay, so let's talk about that first one the fiction passage.

Here's what you need to pay attention to. First of all the story line. 这部戏会问你是否知道故事的来龙去脉。叙述是什么？ What's the chain of events here? This is a little bit more difficult but 《易用》还将向你询问角色，角色是如何展现的，以及角色之间的关系。

So what I mean by this character being revealed is, how do you learn about who these characters are? Both facts about them, but also their motivations, their personalities. A lot of times this is through dialogue, so pay attention to the dialogue. If a character is saying something like, I hate my little sister, well, that says something about 在他们的关系中，他们的性格揭示了他们性格的某些方面。

So make sure you're keeping track of that. Also keep track of the passage's mood or tone. 很多时候，你会在小说中遇到一个语气或情绪问题。 那是不是很幽默？严重吗？

Is it dark? Is it foreboding? 弄清楚它是什么，别忘了它可能很幽默。很多时候，学生不准备在考试中处理幽默。 他们认为情况非常严重。所以一定要学会轻松愉快的东西。

很多时候，在如此严肃的考试中，那个老笑话会让学生们听得一头雾水。 正如我在对话前提到的，这非常重要。对话如何揭示人物性格。 This is something the ACT specifically says that they will ask you questions on. So be prepared for it.

Now some students are not a fan of fiction, that's okay. I'm very much a fan of fiction, but some students are not, so they choose to leave this passage for last. A lot of times they find it to be the most ambiguous. 其他的都很简单。当我们有小说时，他们谈论的是隐喻。

Maybe there's a lot of figurative language going on and they find it difficult. Totally fine to leave it for last. 然而，我发现小说的段落从简单易懂到抽象， 因此，一个提示是阅读第一段，自己做这个决定。你可能会发现这看起来非常简单明了，或者 你可能会发现，你不知道发生了什么，你想继续，把它留到最后，当你可以看到你有多少时间来投入。

好的,那么接下来我们有社会科学passage, here's what you should be paying attention to. 什么名字和哪个概念搭配，所以如果它讨论的是一个特定的经济学理论，是谁提出了这个理论， 一定要记住这一点，因为你会在问题中遇到这些名字，这对你有好处，至少知道某人在哪里 在文章里说了一些你知道去哪里找的东西。

另外，非常重要的是，保持因果关系。如果某件事导致了另一件事或者你发现了一个转变 关键词表明，确保你在文章中标记它。我几乎可以保证这方面也会有问题， 以及两件正在比较的事情。所以确保你知道任何与其他事物相比的东西，所以再说一遍 也许这是一种经济学理论与另一种经济学理论的比较。

Make sure you know how they are similar and how they are different. And finally sequence of events. 这是非小说类文章中的一件大事，包括社会科学。先发生什么，后发生什么。 The chain of events, all right. So let's talk about the humanities passage.

Sometimes, humanities passages are going to seem a lot like fiction, if they are a memoir, if they are told from a first person prospective. This can sometimes happen. The difference is that at least the author is writing facts, or they're 把他们的生活当作事实来谈论，这就是区别。你可能会遇到一段 you feel kind of looks like fiction to you, so just be prepared for that.

你要注意的是作者对所有这些段落的观点。 他们怎么看？人文学科的段落，虽然不总是， 从作者的角度来看，你会发现更多的偏见。也许他们在批评什么。

也许他们在鼓掌。所以一定要注意。 What do they think about their topic? You also want to pay attention to relationships between events, ideas, people, trends or modes of thought. There's always going to be different events, or people, or ideas discussed.

确保你跟踪他们，以及他们之间的关系。如果是回忆录，就像我提到的，请特别注意作者的观点 感觉和观点，因为当我们处理回忆录或第一人称叙述时，它最终是一个问题。 他们最终有点像那些虚构的问题。所以要注意感受和观点。

现在，最后，自然科学部分。你应该注意什么？ Well, lots about the relationships. You'll notice I talk about this again and again. Relationships, what are the relationships between things? And particularly cause and effect relationships.

You should always be paying to this in all the non-fiction passages, if you find that anything is a trigger or results in something else. Comparisons. Once again, and sequence of events. So you can see the pattern here, what you want to be focusing on, relationships, comparisons, sequence of events. And I'm telling you this, and I'm reiterating it, because the ACT just 有它最喜欢的问题类型，并一直问你。

So you're not gonna be able to memorize or understand everything from the passage, but if you're actively reading and you know what to focus on a little bit more, that's stuff is gonna jump out at you as something that there's probably going to be a question on. And finally, this is really important for the science, you'll often see that there's specific scientific laws, or rules, or theories, or definitions being given, and you can bet there's going to be a question on that as well, so pay attention.

现在，段落顺序。正如我之前提到的， 有些学生更喜欢读非小说而不是小说，或者他们更喜欢读科学而不是人文学科。 很多学生会按顺序通过这些简单的阅读测试，这对他们来说非常好。

一些人发现他们对一种通道类型有强烈的偏好。 So if this sounds like you, remember that you can do the passages in any order. There's only four, so you can make that decision. Start with your strengths, start with what you like to read about to build your confidence, and 然后继续读那些你可能不太喜欢的段落。

好的，这是我们对通道类型的概述。看看我们的其他视频的问题和类型 specific strategies to be dealing with all of these passages.