读写任务写作讲义

2012届高三英语读写任务写作专题及练习

1.What is a summary?

Summary is a short passage giving the main points of an original article.

2.How to write a summary?

Group Discussion：

1)Read and ___________ the passage.

读懂文章。

2)Find the ________ sentence and _____words.

找准主题句和关键词。

3)Paraphrase the original sentences instead of _______________.

改写而不是抄袭。

4)Omit the ________ and reduce the ________.

省略细节和缩减例子。

5)Don’t include _________ opinion.

不要加入你自己的观点。

6)Simplify the descriptions. Control the ________ of the words.

简短表达,控制字数。

7) Write it in the__________ person .（第三人称）

3.Find out how to compress(精练) paragraphs

Skill1: Omit (省略) the details

Skill2: Omit the examples

Skill3: Use general(概括性) words instead of specific(具体的) words

Skill4: Put the main points of a dialogue in indirect speech (间接引语)

Please follow the examples to choose the proper skill from the ones.

1) Example: Then, you can think of a way to make both sides happy. Here are some tips:

1.Make time to talk. You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future.

2.Keep a diary. It can help you understand more about yourself and your feelings.

3.Show your parents you are growing up. Wash your own clothes and help around the house.

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2) eg: Sometimes, kids don’t think their parents are fair to them. When you want to dress in a modern way, your mum doesn’t like you wearing a mini-skirt. When you are making phone calls to friends, they ask whether you’re speaking to a boy or a girl.

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 3) eg: Kate looked at Paul disapprovingly, ―You use too much salt on your food, Paul. It’s not at all good for you!‖ Paul put down his knife and frowned, ―Why on earth not! If you didn’t have salt on your food it would taste awful…like eating card board or sand…just imagine bread without salt in it!‖

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_______________________________________________________________________________ 4)eg: She brought home several Chinese and English novels, a few copies of Time and Newsweek, and some textbooks. She intended to read all of them during the winter vacation.

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4. 读写任务之一记叙文

1)解题步骤:

(1) 审: 文章主题写作内容主要时态

(2) 阅读所给材料----找出文章的内容要

(3) 记叙文的内容要点:时间(when) 地点(where) 什么人(who) 做了什么事(what)

结果怎么样(how)五要素

(4) 运用要素串联法

2)Useful structures for writing a summary:

The passage is mainly about…

The author tells us a story that...

The story is mainly about …and it tells us that…

Text 1

It was dusk and as I walked alone through the mountains of Greece, I came across six large wolves that were feeding on the body of a dead animal. I had heard many stories about wolves as a child and it was this animal that I feared more than any other.

As I approached, the wolves left the body and started walking towards me, one after another. They stopped about 20 metres from me and stared. The animals looked both beautiful and terrifying. As I drew nearer, the lead wolf raised its head and let out a loud howl. The awful cry rang out across the silent valley. A more frightening sound I had never heard. I was almost certain it signalled death.

Every moment I expected to see the pack dash at me. I knew my only hope was to show my courage. I walked past the line of wolves, like a general moving among his soldiers. They howled out again. But when they saw that their war-cry did not cause me to change my direction or make me run, they feared to come after me; so they let me pass and returned to the dead animal.

Had I turned back or tried to run away when they marched out to meet me I am certain the whole pack would have attacked me in a moment. But my show of courage scared them and kept them back．

Summary:-

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It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, ―I don’t think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.‖ I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted