The four-year study demonstrated that our online reading patterns are the precise opposite of our reading patterns when we read newspapers or magazines.

四年的研究证明，网站用户的浏览习惯与报纸、杂志读者的阅读习惯相反。

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Screens have changed our reading patterns from the linear, left-to-right sequence to a wild skimming and skipping pattern as we hunt for important words and information.

电子设备的屏幕让我们由从左向右的线性阅读习惯，变成寻找关键词和重要信息的疯狂略读模式。

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The researchers hunted for quakes with nearly identical patterns of peaks and troughs on a seismograph reading.

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When brain usage patterns of people performing a Google search are compared with those of people reading a book, the usage is greater and in completely different regions.

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And because technical analysts read stock charts and look for patterns in closing prices, sophisticates like to portray them as no more than cheap fortune tellers reading tea leaves.

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