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Summarywriting(Ⅱ)

——Howtogetkeypoints答案

Step5:Organizethearticlewithabout60words.Step1:Readthepassagetofindthestructure.Step2:Findoutkeywordsortopicsentences.Step3:Rewritethetopicsentencesinyourownwords.Step4:Jointhesentencestogetherwithproperlinkingwords.

HowtoGet

KeyPoints?Findthetopicsentenceforeachparagraph.

Summarizeinyourownwords.

Feedingtheworld’spopulationisabigchallenge,anditisabouttogetbigger.Rightnow,alittlemorethan7.3billionpeoplesharetheplanet.By2050,somescientistsestimate,theworld’spopulationmayreach9billion.However,thechangingclimatewillprobablymakefeedingthisfargreaternumberaveryfrighteningtask.Thatistheconclusionreachedbysomescientists.

Thefirstsentence答案

ArecentsurveyintheUnitedStatesshowedthattheaveragefamilyspentmoremoneyonitspetsthanonitschildren.Isn’titshocking?AreAmericansuniqueintreatingtheirlittlefriendsinthisway?No,theEnglish,too,paymoreattentiontotheirpets.BoththeAmericanandtheEnglishfamilypaymoremoneyandattentiontotheirpets.thecombinationoftwosentences答案Ifyou’reanythinglikeus,itseemsthatyourstomachstartstogrumble（隆隆響）assoonasMcDonald’sgoldenarchescomeintoview.Thereasonbehindthatisn’tthemouthwateringtasteoftheirdeliciousfries—thisishowtheygetthemtotastesogoodbytheway—it’sactuallypsychological,andithastodowiththecolorsoftheirlogo.

Thereasonwhy...

isactuallypsychological,andhastodowiththecolorsoftheirlogo.Thelastsentence

Asisknowntoall,sportsstarsearnmuchmoneyeveryyear.LeBronJames,thefamousAmericanbasketballstar,forexample,earnsmorethan20milliondollarsayear.Somepeopleholdtheviewthatthesestarsdonotdeservethehighpaythattheyaregetting.Someevensaythatsportsstarsdonothingtosocietyapartfromentertainingpeople.Theircontributionstosocietyaremuchlessthanthosemadebydoctors,firemen,scientists,professors,etc.ButIcanneveragreewiththat.Thelastsentence

Besides,workgivesonethesenseoffulfillment(滿足感）andasenseofachievement(成就感).Workmakesonefeelhisvalueandstatusinsociety.Whenawriterfinisheshiswritingoradoctorsuccessfullyoperatesonapatientorateacherseeshisstudentsprogress,theyarehappybeyondwords.

Thefirstsentence

Scientistsfindthatthehard-workingpeoplelivelongerthanaveragemenandwomen.Careerwomenarehealthierthanhousewives.Evidencesshowthatthejoblessareinpoorerhealththanjob-holders.Aninvestigationshowsthatwhenevertheunemploymentrateincreasesby1%，thedeathrateincreasescorrespondingly(相應(yīng)地)by2%.Allthiscomesdownto(可歸結(jié)為)onepoint：workishelpfultohealth.Thelastsentence

Whyisworkgoodforhealth？Itisbecauseworkkeepspeoplebusy,awayfromloneliness.Researchesshowthatpeoplefeelunhappy,worriedandsolitarywhentheyhavenothingtodo.Instead,thehappiestarethosewhoarebusy.Theanswertoaquestion

TomstudiedfouryearsattheUniversityofParisanddecidedtoleavebeforehisgraduation.HetransferredtotheUniversityofBerlinandgraduatedwithhonors.HarvardLawSchooland,later,BostonCollegeprovidedhimwithanexcellentlegalbackground.HeispresentlyacorporationlawyerinMiami,Florida.Ifthereisnotopicsentenceinaparagraph,summarizethekeypointaccordingtothekeywords.Tomreceivedanexcellenteducationandgainsagoodjob.

HowtoGet

KeyPoints?Findthetopicsentenceforeachparagraph.

thefirst/lastsentence/thecombinationoftwosentences/theanswertoaquestionSummarizeinyourownwords.

Crossingyourlegsisanextremelycommonhabit;mostpeopledon'tevennoticethatthey'redoingitwhentheysitdown.Whileyoumayfinditcomfortabletositwithonekneecrossedovertheother,itmightbecausinghealthproblemsthatyouarenotawareof.

Passage1

AstudypublishedinBloodPressureMonitoringstatedthatsittingwithyourlegscrossedcanincreaseyourbloodpressure.Thereasonforthisisthatthebloodinyourlegshastoworkagainstgravitytobepumpedbacktoyourheartandthatcrossingonelegovertheotherincreasesresistance,makingitevenharderforthebloodtocirculate.Thiscausesyourbodytoincreaseyourbloodpressuretopushthebloodbacktotheheart.Youwon'tfeelanyimmediateeffects,butrepeated,drawn-outincreasesinbloodpressurecancauselong-termhealthissues.So,planningtositforalongperiodoftime?Don'tkeepyourlegscrossed.

Crossingyourlegsatthekneecanalsocausepressureonthemajornerveinyourlegthatpassesjustbelowyourkneeandalongtheoutsideofyourleg,explainsRichardGraves,amedicalexpert.Thispressurecancausenumbnessandtemporaryparalysis(麻痹)ofsomeofthemusclesinyourfootandleg,preventingyoufrombeingabletoraiseyourankle—whatweknowasthat

“pinsandneedles”

sensation.Whilethefeelingofdiscomfortmayonlylastaminuteortwo,repeatedlycrossingyourlegsuntiltheyfeelnumbcancausepermanentnervedamage.

Sonexttimeyousitdown,trytogetyourselfinthehabitofsittingwithbothofyourfeetonthefloor.Notonlywillithelpyourpostureandstability,butitwillalsosaveyourhealthinthelongrun.

Gettingridofdirt,intheopinionofmostpeople,isagoodthing.However,thereisnothingfixedaboutattitudestodirt．Intheearly16thcentury,peoplethoughtthatdirtontheskinwasameanstoblockoutdisease,asmedicalopinionhaditthatwashingoffdirtwithhotwatercouldopenuptheskinandletillsin.Aparticulardangerwasthoughttolieinpublicbaths.By1538,theFrenchkinghadclosedthebathhousesinhiskingdom.SodidthekingofEnglandin1546.ThusbeganalongtimewhentherichandthepoorinEuropelivedwithdirtinafriendlyway.HenryIV,KingofFrance,wasfamouslydirty.Uponlearningthatanoblemanhadtakenabath,thekingorderedthat,toavoidtheattackofdisease,thenoblemanshouldnotgoout．如果段落中有包含讓步狀語的句子，如Despite/While/Although…;/However,…/But...那么極大可能它就是該段的主題句。Passage2

Thoughthebeliefinthemeritofdirtwaslong-lived,dirthasnolongerbeenregardedasaniceneighboreversincethe18thcentury.Scientificallyspeaking,cleaningawaydirtisgoodtohealth.Cleanwatersupplyandhandwashingarepracticalmeansofp