西安外国语大学357翻译基础（英语）summary

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【How to write a summary】
1. To write your summary, first scan the document you are summarizing to get an overall
impression.
2. Then read it carefully,highlighting the most significant information.
You will want to especially pay close attention to the first and last sentence of each paragraph.
Usually the first sentence is the topic sentence and the last a summary of the paragraph so they
will have the most important ideas.
The First Sentence: An easy way to begin writing a summary is to refer to the author and what
they have written about.
A general format for the first sentence is as follows:
【First Sentence Examples】
In his/her/the article {“Article name,”} {Author’s name} + {primary verb} + {main idea}.
Example: ‘’In his article “Children and Video Games,” Steve Peterson strongly recommends that
parents should not allow their children to play video games. ‘’
There are a number of primary verbs that can be used in a summary. Some of the most
common are listed here. 1. Claims 2. Recommends 3. Argues 4. Reports 5. Shows 6. Insists 7.
Explains 8. Describes 9. Suggests
Note:
Many of these verbs will often be followed by the word “that”.
【Other First Sentence Examples】
In the article “Men are different than women”, the author describes 10 important differences
between men and women.
In this article, the author explains how the Chinese economy has developed so quickly in the last
ten years.
【The Rest of the Summary】
The first sentence should be followed by the main ideas and supporting ideas in the same order
that they appear in the text.
Remember that all sentences should be stated in YOUR OWN WORDS.
If you absolutely must use a sentence or phrase from the original text, make sure that it is put
within quotation marks (" ").
Also remember that you are just restating what is expressed in the text; you should NOT be
adding any of your own opinions.
【Longer Summaries】
Most summaries will be quite short. But if you are writing a longer summary you can add some
phrases like the ones below.
The author goes on to say that ... The article (author) further states that ... (Author’s last name)
also believes that… (Author’s last name) concludes that…
No matter what format you choose to use, stating the main purpose of the article in the first
couple of sentences is very important if you want to write a successful summary.
After you have written this you can try to write a summary of each paragraph.
If the article you are summarizing is written well this should be easy to do. It will be harder if the
paragraph does not have a good topic sentence.
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