A 'cold' reading, that is reading the passage without seeing it before hand will probably influence how much of it you get through in a minute. You'll also need to take into account your familiarity with the text. * I've used the word 'indication' because you are reading aloud rather than giving a speech or talking to a friend. The Norsemen considered the rainbow as a bridge over which the gods passed from earth to their home in the sky. The Greeks used to imagine that it was a sign from the gods to foretell war or heavy rain. To the Hebrews it was a token that there would be no more universal floods. Some have accepted it as a miracle without physical explanation. Throughout the centuries people have explained the rainbow in various ways. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. These take the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors.

When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow.

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