英语概要作文写作技巧.ppt

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1、SummaryWritingChapter5ObjectivesGiveanappropriatedefinitionforasummaryKnowthecharacteristicsofagoodsummaryLearnthetechniquesinsummarywritingLearnthestepsinsummarywritingPracticeI.Whatisasummary?Asummaryisashortenedpassage,whichretainstheessentialinformationoftheoriginal

2、.Itisafairlybriefrestatement---inyourownwords---ofthecontentsofapassage.Note:yousimplyreportbackwhatthewriterhassaid,withoutmakingvaluejudgments.II.CharacteristicsofagoodsummaryCanbeunderstoodwithoutreferencetotheoriginal;Isafaithfulreproductionof,orcontainsonlytheideas

3、orinformationof,theoriginal;Isbriefwithoutanyunnecessarydetail;IsareadableunifiedwholeIII.TechniquesinsummarywritingParaphrasingToparaphrasemeanstocompletelyandcorrectlyexpressotherpeople’sideasinone’sownwords.Examples:1.You’vecookedusallahotpotato.(atroublesomepersonor

4、issue)2.Preventionisbetterthancure.（预防胜于治疗。）(Itisbettertopreventsomethingunpleasantfromhappeningthantrytoputitrightafterwards.)★Ithelpsusunderstandtheoriginalbetter.★Ithelpsusgraspthecentralideaandthemainpoints.★Ithelpsuswritesummariesthatarebriefandtothepoint,andinouro

5、wnwords.Theimportanceofparaphrasing★Readtheoriginalcarefullyandcomprehenditsmeaningwhollyandcorrectly.★Considertheoriginalarticleasawhole,notinisolatedsentences.Stepsofparaphrasing1.First,trytofindthemainideainthereading;it’susuallyinthefirstparagraph.Next,skimthroughth

6、earticle,glancingatanyheadingsandgraphics.Then,readtheconclusion.Theintenthereisbothtogiveyourselfareviewoftheworkandtoeffectivelyengageyourselfwithit.III.Techniquesinsummarywriting2.Thengobackandreadtheoriginaltextcarefully,jottingdown（草草记下）notesonorhighlightingtheimpo

7、rtantpoints.Writethecentralideaandtheauthor’sreasons(purposeandintent)forholdingthisviewpoint.Notethesupportingelementstheauthorusestoexplainorbackupher/hismaininformationorclaim.3.Makeanoutlinethatincludesthemainideaandthesupportingdetails.Arrangeyourinformationinalogi

8、calorder,forexample,mosttoleastimportantorchronological.Yourorderneednotbethesameasthatintheoriginal,butkeepre