I wish I'd found this a long time ago. Somehow, I find that reading maths related works is easier is I know how to "speak" what I'm reading, even if I don't actually know what it means in detail. If I'm "reading" something mathematical and don't know how to speak it in my mind, something wants to turn off and say "just ignore this." But if I can read it, and just not understand the details, then my mind is satisfied to read over it; and I can go back afterwards and lookup the details on the bits I didn't understand.
Does anybody else experience dealing with math this way?