不少雅思学生都反映，雅思阅读尽管是雅思考试四大科目中最容易拿分的，但是时间不够是一个大问题，大段大段的雅思阅读内容，如何快速理解呢?主语不难找。当主语找到之后接下来就是谓语动词了。陈述句一般来说谓语动词在主语之后，但是并不是每个主语后面的动词都是谓语，因为一句话主句谓语动词只有一个(除去并列的谓语动词)。如果主语后面出现that，where，which，who，when，although等连词连接的从句，则谓语动词需要跳过一个，找第二个。举例如下：
The unity that should characterize the strong system is developed by affording opportunity for diversity, which appears to be essential if education is to develop in consideration of the needs of children and youth.
这句话上面提到过，the unity是主语，后面紧接着是that 因此，我们需要跳过一个动词即从句动词characterize，而去找第二个动词is developed，而后者就是主句谓语了。
第二种情况是如果主语后面出现逗号，一般需要找第二个逗号，紧随第二个逗号后面的动词一般就是谓语动词了。举例如下：
The SETI institute, a Californian research foundation, managed to raise $ 16 million to fund Project Phoenix, which is using the Australia Telescope at Parks in New South Wales for its search.
这句话the SETI institute作为主语，后面出现逗号，则需要跳过两逗号之间的内容，那么紧随其后的managed就是谓语动词了。
主干中只要找到主谓就大功告成，宾语一般都是非常容易找的。
下面给个更雷的，请大家分析它的主谓宾：
The fact that programs in these languages, although made up largely of English words and some well-known mathematical symbols, are unintelligible to the lay reader indicates the gulf which still exists between the kind of verbal instructions which can be given to another human, and the coded instructions required by the computer.
当找到主谓之后，基本上阅读这句长句的主要目的已经达到，剩下的内容那就要看我们高不高兴看，愿不愿意看，和看不看的懂了。因为，除了主谓，剩下的内容就是修饰，而丰富的修饰语向来都是长句必备的准备给雅思考生的杀手锏。但是，这些内容需要都看懂吗?当然不需要，甚至，很多时候根本不需要看。这就要看这句话和题目本身的联系了。举个例子：
1. The unity that should characterize the strong system is developed by affording opportunity for diversity, which appears to be essential if education is to develop in consideration of the needs of children and youth.
还是上面举过的例子。除了主干the unity和is developed，剩下的比如用来修饰the unity的that should characterize the strong system,这个从句，我的要求是看你看的懂的词汇，也就是说挑一些简单的单词来读。这就要主动阅读。在这句从句中，可以只是读懂strong system就可以了。一般来说，大多数挑选的单词都是具体的名词为主。
那么对于修饰语by affording opportunity for diversity, which appears to be essential if education is to develop in consideration of the needs of children and youth 来说，挑一些最简单的单词来大致读懂语言。比如，opportunity, essential education, needs children and youth.只要把以上的单词大致读懂，那么这句话的内容就非常清晰的展现在各位面前。