杭州学军中学高二英语新题型写作summary-----1 I :What is a summary? A summary is a brief restatement of the essential thought of a longer composition. It reproduces the themeof the original with as few words as possible. II :Tips on summary writing While reading 1.Is the passage a narration, exposition, argumentation or a description ? 2.Are there any topic sentences or key words? If so, underline them and paraphrase them. While writing 1. Structure 1) Topic sentences 2) Main supporting points/evidence 3) About 60 words 2. Language 1) To use your own words* 2) To be concise (leave out the details; reduce the examples; simplify the descriptions; eliminate all repetitions. )3) To present the information fairly, do not give your own comments4) To use the third person to retell 5) Tenses (narration often in the past tense) 文体类型一:议论文议论文通常包括论点、论据和结论, 因此写议论文的概要主要是找出主题句(the topic sentences)、支撑句(supporting sentences)和结论句( conclusion sentences)。其中最主要的是找准主题句。概要模板:论点+论据(+结论)Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt. In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was, thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546.Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a ...