Introduction

Section One

Learn to Write an Outline

Exercises

Contents

1．Rip Van Winkle

2．Bad Habits

3．Early Rising

4．The Arab Desert

5．The Elephant

Section Two

Learn to Write a Summary

Ⅰ．Stick to the Word Limit

a）Too Long

b）Too Short

1．The Recital

Exercises

2．Mozart’s First Recital

3．Holding Up the Sky

Ⅱ．What Should Be Kept In the Summary and

What Should Be Left Out？

a）Some Essential Points Are Left Out

b）Too Much Descriptive Details Are Kept In

Exercises

1．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

2．The Cop and the Anthem

3．Within 24 Hours

4．The Light ofa Torch

5．The Rangers Set a Trap

Ⅲ．Be Faithful to the Original Passage

1．Four Men and a Box

Exercises：

2．The Celebrated J umping Frog ofCalaveras County

3．Hearts and Hands

Ⅳ．Use Your Own Words Where Possible

Exercises

1．Role of the Newspaper

2．Annual Report

3．Worry and Tension

4．The Advertising Business

5．Shoplifting

Section Three

Correction Exercises

Group A．Run—ons and Fragments

Group B．Verb Forms

Group C．Wrong Modifiers

Group D．Logic Problems

Group E．Erroneous Diction

Group F．Unidiomatic Expressions

Group G．A Mixed Exercise

Section Four

Learn to Write a Brief English Version for a Chinese Story

Exercises

1．身份不明的乘客

2．加床

3．我心中的女神

4．项链

5．精装的爱

Correction Symbols In Alphabetical Order

Bibliography

Key to the Exercises in How to Write a

Summary