summary writing 英语作文写作技巧.ppt

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1、SummaryWritingChapter5ObjectivesGiveanappropriatedefinitionforasummaryKnowthecharacteristicsofagoodsummaryLearnthetechniquesinsummarywritingLearnthestepsinsummarywritingPracticeI.Whatisasummary?Asummaryisashortenedpassage,whichretainstheessentialinformationoftheoriginal.It

2、isafairlybriefrestatement---inyourownwords---ofthecontentsofapassage.Note:yousimplyreportbackwhatthewriterhassaid,withoutmakingvaluejudgments.II.CharacteristicsofagoodsummaryCanbeunderstoodwithoutreferencetotheoriginal;Isafaithfulreproductionof,orcontainsonlytheideasorinfo

3、rmationof,theoriginal;Isbriefwithoutanyunnecessarydetail;IsareadableunifiedwholeIII.TechniquesinsummarywritingParaphrasingToparaphrasemeanstocompletelyandcorrectlyexpressotherpeople’sideasinone’sownwords.Examples:1.You’vecookedusallahotpotato.(atroublesomepersonorissue)2.P

4、reventionisbetterthancure.（预防胜于治疗。）(Itisbettertopreventsomethingunpleasantfromhappeningthantrytoputitrightafterwards.)★Ithelpsusunderstandtheoriginalbetter.★Ithelpsusgraspthecentralideaandthemainpoints.★Ithelpsuswritesummariesthatarebriefandtothepoint,andinourownwords.Thei

5、mportanceofparaphrasing★Readtheoriginalcarefullyandcomprehenditsmeaningwhollyandcorrectly.★Considertheoriginalarticleasawhole,notinisolatedsentences.Stepsofparaphrasing1.First,trytofindthemainideainthereading;it’susuallyinthefirstparagraph.Next,skimthroughthearticle,glanci

6、ngatanyheadingsandgraphics.Then,readtheconclusion.Theintenthereisbothtogiveyourselfareviewoftheworkandtoeffectivelyengageyourselfwithit.III.Techniquesinsummarywriting2.Thengobackandreadtheoriginaltextcarefully,jottingdown（草草记下）notesonorhighlightingtheimportantpoints.Writet

7、hecentralideaandtheauthor’sreasons(purposeandintent)forholdingthisviewpoint.Notethesupportingelementstheauthorusestoexplainorbackupher/hismaininformationorclaim.3.Makeanoutlinethatincludesthemainideaandthesupportingdetails.Arrangeyourinformationinalogicalorder,forexample,m

8、osttoleastimportantorchronological.Yourorderneednotbethesameasthatintheoriginal,butkeepre