《大学英语写作练习手册 怎样写摘要》

Introduction1

Section One1

Learn to Write an Outline1

Exercises1

Contents1

1．Rip Van Winkle3

2．Bad Habits4

3．Early Rising5

4．The Arab Desert6

5．The Elephant7

Section Two10

Learn to Write a Summary10

Ⅰ．Stick to the Word Limit10

a）Too Long10

b）Too Short12

1．The Recital13

Exercises13

2．Mozart’s First Recital14

3．Holding Up the Sky15

Ⅱ．What Should Be Kept In the Summary and20

What Should Be Left Out？20

a）Some Essential Points Are Left Out20

b）Too Much Descriptive Details Are Kept In21

Exercises22

1．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen22

2．The Cop and the Anthem26

3．Within 24 Hours29

4．The Light ofa Torch35

5．The Rangers Set a Trap39

Ⅲ．Be Faithful to the Original Passage44

1．Four Men and a Box46

Exercises：46

2．The Celebrated J umping Frog ofCalaveras County51

3．Hearts and Hands58

Ⅳ．Use Your Own Words Where Possible61

Exercises65

1．Role of the Newspaper65

2．Annual Report67

3．Worry and Tension69

4．The Advertising Business73

5．Shoplifting76

Section Three80

Correction Exercises80

Group A．Run—ons and Fragments80

Group B．Verb Forms81

Group C．Wrong Modifiers82

Group D．Logic Problems83

Group E．Erroneous Diction84

Group F．Unidiomatic Expressions85

Group G．A Mixed Exercise85

Section Four91

Learn to Write a Brief English Version for a Chinese Story91

Exercises91

1．身份不明的乘客91

2．加床92

3．我心中的女神94

4．项链95

5．精装的爱97

Correction Symbols In Alphabetical Order99

Bibliography100

Key to the Exercises in How to Write a101

Summary101