Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容寫一篇60詞左右的內(nèi)容概要。

We live in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft (手藝) no longer exists. One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability (持久性). “Homes in those days were well-built,” they say. There is no doubt that these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.

Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price. For example, more people can no longer afford solid oak stairways, although they were once fairly common in older homes. Nor can they afford the high labor cost of employing a carpenter to build the stairway. Yet if someone can pay the high cost, there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways. And not only would these carpenters know how to build them, they would probably do a better job than carpenters of old.

One thing the modern carpenter has which enables him to do a better job is much more advanced tools. Such tools as laser beams and power planes help them lay out a house better and make more precision cuts (精確切割) on the wood. Also, it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.

The problem of modern quality, then, really boils down to the problem of material, for the modern carpenter is just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fifty years ago, but only if given proper material.

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Answer 1

【答案】People who think highly of carpenters of ancient hold the view that craft is dead in modern society (要點1). However, carpenters today can still build homes of good or even better quality if they are given proper materials and reasonable pay. (要點2)Additionally, modern carpenters are more knowledgeable and equipped with advanced tools.(要點3) Therefore, they are sure to produce craftsmanship better than, or at least as good as that made in the past. (要點4)

【解析】

這是一篇概要寫作，要求考生根據(jù)所給關(guān)于木匠的內(nèi)容寫一篇60詞左右的內(nèi)容概要。

完成一篇概要寫作，需要經(jīng)過三個步驟：

1.讀懂原文，抓住段落主題句。在閱讀過程中，需要準確把握文章的段落大意，學會剔除非重要信息，弄清楚不同體裁的文章內(nèi)部的邏輯關(guān)系以及文章的篇章結(jié)構(gòu)。如本文是屬于議論文，議論的段落結(jié)構(gòu)多采用總分結(jié)構(gòu)，即作者先提出一個論點，然后段落其他的拓展句都是圍繞這個論點進行展開。如第一段的最后一句“There is no doubt that these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.”作者先提出了很多人把建筑材料的質(zhì)量與手工藝的質(zhì)量混為一談，中間論述，最后總結(jié)現(xiàn)代木匠可以比之前的老木匠做得一樣好甚至更好。

2.組織語言，轉(zhuǎn)換表達，合理合并觀點。在找到主題句明確全文中心的基礎(chǔ)上，不全盤照抄原文句子，盡量用自己的語言轉(zhuǎn)換表達，組織好語言，注重語言表達的獨立性和準確性以及高級性，同時要注意篇幅的比例安排，用較多的文字去表達重要的內(nèi)容。如本文的第二段主題句“Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price.”和最后一段的主題句“The problem of modern quality, then, really boils down to the problem of material”可以轉(zhuǎn)換合并為“carpenters today can still build homes of good or even better quality if they are given proper materials and reasonable pay.”

3.通讀全文，邏輯連貫。要牢記各段落要點之間的邏輯關(guān)系和自然銜接，用恰當?shù)年P(guān)聯(lián)詞，銜接詞去連貫全文，如本文在轉(zhuǎn)折時用了however作為銜接詞，最后做總結(jié)的時候用了therefore。常見的銜接詞有：

1.表文章結(jié)構(gòu)順序：First of all, Firstly/First, Secondly/Second… And then, Finally, In the end, At last

2.表并列補充關(guān)系：What is more, Besides, Moreover, Furthermore, In addition As well as, not only…but (also), including,

3.表轉(zhuǎn)折對比關(guān)系：However, On the contrary, but, Although+clause(從句), In spite of+n/doing, On the one hand…,On the other hand… Some…,while others…,as for, so…that…

4.表因果關(guān)系：Because, As, So, Thus, Therefore, As a result