英文摘要怎么写.ppt

英文摘要怎么写
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What is a summary?
A summary is a short version of a longer piece of writing. It’s about one-third to one-fourth as long as the original passage. It saves time, space and energy by producing an reduced form of an article or other long document.
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Qualities of a Summary
The qualities of a summary are as follows:
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Objectivity:
No idea that is not the author’s should be included in the summary, and no opinion of the summary writer should be in the summary. No judgments are permitted in a summary.
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Completeness:
Depending on the assignment, the summary should contain every main idea in the article. Stating only the first main idea or only one main idea and details to support it will not give the reader a complete idea of what the article was about.
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Balance:
Giving equal attention to each main idea and stressing ideas that the author stresses will result in an accurate summary.
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After finishing writing a summary, how do you judge or check it? Questions to judge a valid summary are as follows:
1) Did I include all the important ideas?
2) Did I omit all unnecessary words and phrases?
3) Does the summary read smoothly?
4) Would a reader of my summary who had not read the article get a clear idea of the article?
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Process of summary writing
You should bear in mind the following
requirements:.
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your summary should not be longer than
a third of the original passage; it Should
be faithful to the original, with no change
in facts or views, and no important points
left out; and it should be written in
continuous prose, not in the form of an
outline
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Here is a six-step process for writing summaries:
1. Select the essential points from each section of the document by underlining and numbering them.
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