Summary Writing 概要写作
What is a summary?
A summary is a _s_h_o_r_t_en__ed__ passage which keeps _t_h_e__k_e_y_i_n_fo_r_m__a_t_io_n_______ of the original（原文） in your __o_w_n___ words but without your opinion.
main idea of the passage
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key points
4-5 sentences 60-80 words
A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
1. Get a general understanding of the passage In 1976, a g_r_e_a_t_/_t_er_r_i_b_le_/_m__a_s_s_iv_e__ earthquake struck Tangshan, causing _g_r_e_a_t_l_o_ss_e_s_.
were __d_a_m_a_g_e_d__.
Dams fell / Bridges…not safe; Railway tracks…useless
__S_u_p_p_l_ie_s____ were __c_u_t_o_f_f_____.
Cows never give milk Pigs and chickens were dead Sand filled wells Water, food and electricity were hard to get.
Nearly everything was destroyed, with buildings and facilities d_a_m__a_g_e_d_ and supplies __c_u_t_o_f_f____.
A terrible earthquake destroyed the whole city and killed many people.
of northeast Hebei.
signs
water; well walls; animals; lights; sound; pipes
There were _s_i_g_n_s__ of earthquake.
But the one Bmuitllipoenopleeotphleouogfhtht elitctiltey,owf thhoestehoeuvgenhts. little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.
1) Find the topic sentences if any
Part1: Strange thingCsawnewreehjaupsptepnuintgailnl the countryside of ntoorptihcesaestnHteenbceei.s
Part2: It seemed as tiof tgheethweorrltdowmaaskaet aan end. summary?
_d_es_t_r_o_y_e_d_ the whole city
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_k_i_l_le_d_ many people
In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
2/3 of them thousands of families 400, 000
A terrible earthquake destroyed the whole city and killed many people.
Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.
Part3: All hope was not lost.
2s 概括）
Strange things were happening.in the countryside
Part Ⅰ (Para1) ___b_e_f_o_r_e__ the earthquake Part Ⅱ (Para2-3) __d_u_r_i_n_g____ the earthquake Part Ⅲ (Para4) ___a_f_t_e_r_____ the earthquake
2. Get the key points
1. There were signs of earthquake but people thought little of them.
It seemed as if the world was at an end.
a _t_e_r_ri_b_l_e earthquake
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at 3:42 directly below one of the greatest was felt…200 kilometres away ; 1/3 of the nation a huge crack; steam burst; rivers of dirt
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Nearly everything was destroyed, with buildings and facilities damaged and supplies cut off.
2. A terrible earthquake destroyed the whole city, with many people _k_i_ll_e_d__, buildings and facilities _d_a_m_a_g_e_d__ and supplies __c_u_t_o_f_f___.
Everywhere they looked nearly everything was
destroyed.
All hospitals/ 75% factories/
B_u_il_d_in__g_s_a_n_d__fa_c_i_lities buildings / 90% homes … gone