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1、ThePrécisAprécisisaclearconcise,orderlysummaryofthecontentsofapieceofwriting.Howdoyoupronouncethisstrangeword?Pray-see.Iusedtopraytosee,untilIgotmyglasses…nowIcanseeeverythingjustfine!Hah-hah,neverletanyonetellyouanowlcan’tbefunny.thatisaconcentrationofideasfromtheoriginalpieceofwritingthati
2、sboileddownsothatonlytheessenceoftheoriginalremainsAprécisisapassage:Aprécisisabriefsummary,writteninyourownwords,ofalongerpieceofwriting.Itisacondensedversionoftheessentialcontentoftheoriginalmaterial.Apréciscontainsnocomments,noopinionsofyourown.Itcontainsnodetails,noexamples,noillustratio
3、ns.Thelanguageshouldbeclearandconcise,withalltheunnecessarywordsleftout.Itshouldbetheshortestpossibleaccountofwhatyouhaveread.Placeswhereapréciscouldbeusedinclude:Toshortenorsummarize:newspaperarticles,legalpapersandlaws,rulesandregulations,announcements,directions,businessletters,speechesan
4、dconversations,interviews,books&magazinearticles,&lecturesStep1Countthenumberofwordsintheoriginal-yourprécisis10—15%thelengthoftheoriginal.Understandfirst.Readtheoriginalpiececarefully,andmorethanonce!Beforeyoubegintosummarize,youmustfirstunderstandwhatisbeingsaid!WHAT?YoumeanIhavetowriteapr
5、écis?HowdoIdothat?Youshouldannotatethearticleasyouarereadingittounderstandthestructureandhoweachparagraphcontributestothewholearticle.Step2:SentencecondensingUnderstandthecentralideaofeachsentence.Crossoutunneededdescription.SummarizeeachsentenceofthearticleLookattheexampleontheright.“Therei
6、snoiconinCanadianbusinessmoreuniversallyreveredthanTimHortons”.WouldbecomeTimHortonsisareveredCanadianiconORTimHortonsisaniconinCanada(evenshorter)Step3:Useadictionary!Lookupanywords,orallusionsthatyoudon’tunderstand.Inthepreviousexample,ifyoudidn’tknowwhatthework“Icon”meant,you’dhavemissedo
7、utonmuchofthemeaningofthesentence.Iconandrevered...whattheheckdothosewordsmean?Stillonstep3...Pickoutkeywords,thinkwhattheirrelationinthoughtis,andinthiswayfindthecentralideaIncludeallarticles(a,an,the)andprepositions(in,onout,of)thatwereintheorigi
