北京师范大学考博英语summary练习材料

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1、新概念英语第4册25——48课均有summary联系，新概念英语4教师用书上有答案复习时可参考练习Towriteyoursummary,firstscanthedocumentyouaresummarizingtogetanoverallimpression.Thenreaditcarefully,highlightingorunderliningthemostsignificantinformation.Youwillwanttoespeciallypaycloseattentiontothefirstandlastsentenceofeac

2、hparagraph.Usuallythefirstsentenceisthetopicsentenceandthelastasummaryoftheparagraphsotheywillhavethemostimportantideas.TheFirstSentence:Aneasywaytobeginwritingasummaryistorefertotheauthorandwhattheyhavewrittenabout.Ageneralformatforthefirstsentenceisasfollows:FirstSentenceE

3、xamplesInhis/her/thearticle{“Articlename,”}{Author’sname}+{primaryverb}+{mainidea}.Inhis/her/thearticle{“Articlename,”}{Author’sname}+{primaryverb}+{mainidea}.15Example:Inhisarticle“ChildrenandVideoGames,”StevePetersonstronglyrecommendsthatparentsshouldnotallowtheirchildrent

4、oplayvideogames.nThereareanumberofprimaryverbsthatcanbeusedinasummary.Someofthemostcommonarelistedhere.1.Claims2.Recommends3.Argues4.Reports5.Shows6.Insists7.Explains8.Describes9.SuggestsNote:Manyoftheseverbswilloftenbefollowedbytheword“that”.OtherFirstSentenceExamplesnInthe

5、article“Menaredifferentthanwomen”,theauthordescribes10importantdifferencesbetweenmenandwomen.nInthisarticle,theauthorexplainshowtheChineseeconomyhasdevelopedsoquicklyinthelasttenyears.TheRestoftheSummaryThefirstsentenceshouldbefollowedbythemainideasandsupportingideasinthesam

6、eorderthattheyappearinthetext.RememberthatallsentencesshouldbestatedinYOUROWNWORDS.Ifyouabsolutely15mustuseasentenceorphrasefromtheoriginaltext,makesurethatitisputwithinquotationmarks("").Alsorememberthatyouarejustrestatingwhatisexpressedinthetext;youshouldNOTbeaddinganyofyo

7、urownopinions.LongerSummariesnMostsummarieswillbequiteshort.Butifyouarewritingalongersummaryyoucanaddsomephrasesliketheonesbelow.nTheauthorgoesontosaythat...nThearticle(author)furtherstatesthat...n(Author’slastname)alsobelievesthat…n(Author’slastname)concludesthat…nNomatterw

8、hatformatyouchoosetouse,statingthemainpurposeofthearticleinthefirstcoupleof