《新时代大学进阶英语综合教程2》

崔丽萍

目录

  • 1 Unit 1 Society and Responsibility
    • 1.1 Part I Reading 1
    • 1.2 Part II Video
    • 1.3 Part III Writing 1
    • 1.4 Part IV Reading 2
    • 1.5 Part V Writing 2
    • 1.6 Part VI Critical Thinking and Presentation
  • 2 Unit 2
    • 2.1 Part I Reading 1
    • 2.2 Part II Video
    • 2.3 Part III Writing 1
    • 2.4 Part IV Reading 2
    • 2.5 Part V Writing 2
    • 2.6 Part VI Critical Thinking and Presentation
  • 3 Unit 3
    • 3.1 Part I Reading 1
    • 3.2 Part II Video
    • 3.3 Part III Writing 1
    • 3.4 Part IV Reading 2
    • 3.5 Part V Writing 2
    • 3.6 Part VI Critical Thinking and Presentation
  • 4 Unit 4
    • 4.1 Part I Reading 1
    • 4.2 Part II Video
    • 4.3 Part III Writing 1
    • 4.4 Part IV Reading 2
    • 4.5 Part V Writing 2
    • 4.6 Part VI Critical Thinking and Presentation
  • 5 Unit 5
    • 5.1 Part I Reading 1
    • 5.2 Part II Video
    • 5.3 Part III Writing 1
    • 5.4 Part IV Reading 2
    • 5.5 Part V Writing 2
    • 5.6 Part VI Critical Thinking and Presentation
  • 6 Unit 6
    • 6.1 Part I Reading 1
    • 6.2 Part II Video
    • 6.3 Part III Writing 1
    • 6.4 Part IV Reading 2
    • 6.5 Part V Writing 2
    • 6.6 Part VI Critical Thinking and Presentation
Part IV Reading 2
  • 1 Section A&nb...
  • 2 Section B&nb...
  • 3 Section C&nb...

Reading Skill: Summarizing


When you read a long passage or listen to a long lecture, summarizing is a way of taking notes. It will help you remember the important parts of what you read or heard.

When you summarize, you have to paraphrase the main ideas, using your words to note down what you have learned. Don't includes mall details or quotes. Here are some steps to follow.

Write a first draft of your summary, including the following items:

1.     The author's name.

2.     The article's/ chapter's name (perhaps even the magazine's or book's name in which the article or chapter appeared).

         3.     The author's thesis statement. Here's an example:

“In the excerpt from The Idea of a University , John Henry Newman argues that the real purpose of a university education is to help students become wise, enable each one to understand as much as possible of the world in which (s)he lives and to see clearly how each piece of knowledge relates to each other piece of knowledge.”

Summary sentences for each paragraph or section should be written in the same order that the author presents the essay.


Now please read Passage B carefully, and write a short summary (100-150 words) after you read.

For your reference:

In “Goodbye Muse, Hello Prada”, Goran Simic documents the difficulties of his immigration  to Canada, and how it taught him that sometimes we must temporarily put aside our dreams.


A respectable poet and bookshop owner in his native Bosnia, Simic is forced to take a job as a manual labourer in a Holt Renfrew clothing warehouse in order to pay the bills. He dismisses his work as slavery. Simic is depressed by the job, and the fact thathe has to give up his passions to make ends meet. However, he gradually sees that his struggles are not insurmountable, as some of his co-workers have lost relatives, or have to work two jobs just to support their families. The essay ends with Simic at World Book Day, telling the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, whose husband owns Holt Renfrew, that he is quitting his job at the warehouse, implying that he is able to overcome his struggles, and once again pursue his passion.