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课件网) Assessing Your Progress （P56） Unit 4 Natural disasters Step3 Step2 Step1 Write a summary Discussion: How many steps should we consider before we write a summary Get the structure and main idea. Organise the sentences based on main idea and make them shorter. Complete sentences based on 4W and 1H . Practice: ( 1 ) Read and write down the main idea of the whole passge. Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake .. An earthquake hit_____China on 28 July 1976. _____ _____ _____ _____ Tangshan More than 400,000 people were killed or badly injured. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. The government and the soldiers came and began rescuing and rebuilding the city. Paragraph 1_____ Paragraph 2 _____ Paragraph 3 _____ _____ Paragraph 4 _____ Paragraph 5 _____ _____ The government's support and people's effort makes a new Tangshan. Warning signs before the earthquake. Destruction of the earthquake. Suffering of the people and the city after the earthquake. Help from all over the country. Practice ( 1 ) Get the main idea of each paragraph. Practice ( 2 ) Organise sentences and make them shorter. A summary should be around one third the length of the original text. Write down the key supporting points for the topic. Do not include unimportant details or examples. Attention: Production: Here are some useful expressions 1．表示文章的内容以及研究目的 This paper is aimed at/covers/mainly deals with... This article/passage mainly tells (a story) about... This passage mainly deals with/discusses/explores... 2．表示研究的结论 The author found that... It was concluded that... Finally，the author summarizes that... 3．表示观点或建议 The author suggests/considers that... As far as the author is concerned，... In the author's view，... Complete sentences based on 4W and 1H . Production: Let's start Write a summary based on the text on P50 Production: Show Time Dicuss and choose the best one in your gourp For several days, strange things occurred in the countryside of north eastern Hebei. Then, on 28 July 1976, an earthquake hit Tangshan city. The city was greatly affected and nearly destroyed. Many people were killed or injured. The rescue work began soon after the quakes. Soldiers and medical workers arrived to find survivors and help the people who had lost everything. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the people, a new Tangshan was built. Sample Writing Revise your own summary based on the checklist and hand in tomorrow morning. Does the summary give you a clear idea of what the text is about Does the summary include only the most important information of the text Is the summary the proper length Are there any spelling or punctuation errors Does the writer use correct tenses 汉译英技巧训练 1. 自愿者给困在村子里的人送去了食物和其它补给品。 第一步：简化： 自愿者递送东西给人。 自愿者给人运送去东西。 第二步：句型选择： Volunteers delivered ... ...
