Structure (结构)
• In the UK, Physical Education (PE) is compulsory in state schools until the age of 16 – that is, sports are compulsory for as long as education is compulsory. Every year, more and more parents complain to their children’s schools about PE. They believe that their children shouldn’t have to participate in physical activity if they don’t want to. Supporters of PE, however, believe that it is a crucial element of all-round schooling and our society’s well-being. They insist PE in schools remains one of the few places by which the youth can be forced to participate in aerobic (有氧的) exercise.
• Finally, the pursuit for national sporting achievement begins in schools. If schools don’t have compulsory PE, it is much harder to pick out, develop and equip athletes to represent the country on a wider stage. However, it’s much easier to find suitable individuals if there’s a full sports program in every school.
• Besides, physical education helps to develop character and the mutual (相互的) respect required to succeed in an adult environment. Playing team sports builds character and encourages students to work with others, as they would be expected to do in most business or sporting environments. Sport teaches children how to win and lose with good grace and builds a strong school spirit through competition with other institutions. It is often the experience of playing on a team together that builds the strongest friendships at school, which endure for years afterwards.
Step 1: Identify the genre (体裁) and topic of the pasion (记叙文). B. Exposition (说明文). C. Argumentation (议论文).
• Topic: Compulsory Physical Education in the UK
Step 2: Find the topic sentences and figure out the structure of the passage.
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The structure of the passage
Topic: Compulsory PE in the UK
Summary Writing
Criteria for a good summary
• 理解准确，涵盖全部要点。
Contents (内容)
• 能准确使用相应的语法结构和词汇。 • 完全使用自己的语言。
Language skills (语言)
• 有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，使 所完成的概要结构紧凑。
• Firstly, they believe that participation in sport promotes health. In fact physical education is a springboard for involvement in sport and physical activities throughout life. Government is, or should be, concerned with the health of its citizens. Encouraging physical activity in the young through compulsory PE fights child obesity and contributes to forming lifelong habits of exercise. This doesn’t have to be through traditional team sports; increasingly schools are able to offer exercise in the form of swimming, gymnastics, dance, etc.