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1、大学英语专业写作PrecisthatisaconcentrationofideasfromtheoriginalpieceofwritingthatisboileddownsothatonlytheessenceoftheoriginalremainsAprécisisapassage:Aprécisisabriefsummary,writteninyourownwords,ofalongerpieceofwriting.Itisacondensedversionoftheessentialcontentoftheoriginalmaterial.
2、Apréciscontainsnocomments,noopinionsofyourown.Itcontainsnodetails,noexamples,noillustrations.Thelanguageshouldbeclearandconcise,withalltheunnecessarywordsleftout.Itshouldbetheshortestpossibleaccountofwhatyouhaveread.Placeswhereapréciscouldbeusedinclude:Toshortenorsummarize:new
3、spaperarticles,legalpapersandlaws,rulesandregulations,announcements,directions,businessletters,speechesandconversations,interviews,books&magazinearticles,&lecturesStep1Countthenumberofwordsintheoriginal-yourprécisis10—15%thelengthoftheoriginal.Understandfirst.Readtheoriginalpi
4、ececarefully,andmorethanonce!Beforeyoubegintosummarize,youmustfirstunderstandwhatisbeingsaid!WHAT?YoumeanIhavetowriteaprécis?HowdoIdothat?Youshouldannotatethearticleasyouarereadingittounderstandthestructureandhoweachparagraphcontributestothewholearticle.Step2:Sentencecondensin
5、gUnderstandthecentralideaofeachsentence.Crossoutunneededdescription.SummarizeeachsentenceofthearticleLookattheexampleontheright.“ThereisnoiconinCanadianbusinessmoreuniversallyreveredthanTimHortons”.WouldbecomeTimHortonsisareveredCanadianiconORTimHortonsisaniconinCanada(evensho
6、rter)Step3:Useadictionary!Lookupanywords,orallusionsthatyoudon’tunderstand.Inthepreviousexample,ifyoudidn’tknowwhatthework“Icon”meant,you’dhavemissedoutonmuchofthemeaningofthesentence.Iconandrevered...whattheheckdothosewordsmean?Stillonstep3...Pickoutkeywords,thinkwhattheirrel
7、ationinthoughtis,andinthiswayfindthecentralideaIncludeallarticles(a,an,the)andprepositions(in,onout,of)thatwereintheoriginal.Countcontractions(don’t,can’t)as2words!Thereisafinebalancebetweencuttingouttoomuchoftheoriginal,andgettingdownto¼thelengthoftheoriginalwithoutloosingthe
8、overallessence.Step4:ExpressyourideasconciselyOmitinterjectio
