首先，听磁带，并课文朗读2~3遍，了解单词的意思，根据磁带将文章合理断句。并且将文章分段，了解句子与句子，段与段之间的关系。如，递进，转折，因果，条件等等

　　第二步，采集文章中的信息点，用单词或符号给与表示。在采集信息点过程中，可以参考课后的写作摘要。并且自己用“→”表示递进，用“+”表示并列，用“>”表示总结，用“←→”表示转折等等。

　　第三步，根据自己的符号和摘录的提醒对课文进行复述。

　　现在以新三第一课a puma at large的第一段为例：

　　Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.

　　符号摘录如下：

　　puma—large—cat—america

　　report (wild puma 45 S L)----L zoo→not seriously

　　←→evidence↑=>expert(zoo) obliged to investigate←description—people claim see---similar

　　速记的方法非常有效，但是遗忘的时间也比较快，所以希望同学们结合新概念背诵3步法使用。