概要写作技巧:删除细节、避免重复、删除具体例子、使用概括性的名词代替具体的词、把长段的描述变成简单的句子、压缩长的句子、掌握各种文体的写作特点和框架、其他技巧。
1、删除细节。
只保留主要观点。
2、避免重复。
在原文中,为了强调某个主题,可能会重复论证说明。但是这在概要中是不能使用的。应该删除那些突出强调的重述句。
3、删除具体例子。
阅读材料本身是由几个具体例子构成的,如阅读材料是谈西方种种节日的,如删除具体例子,则概括很难达到30个词,那就选择一至两个例子(即一两个主要节日)。
4、使用概括性的名词代替具体的词。
比如:“She brought home several Chinese and English novels, a few copies of Time and Newsweek and some textbooks. She intended to read all of them during the winter vocation.”
可以概括为:“She brought home a lot of books to read during the vocation.”
5、把长段的描述变成简单的句子。
如果材料中描述某人或某事用了十个句子,那么只要把它们变成一两句即可。
6、压缩长的句子。
“His courage in battle might without exaggeration be called lion-like.”
可以概括为:“He was very brave in battle.”“He was hard up for money and was being pressed by his creditor.”“He was in financial difficulties.”
7、掌握各种文体的写作特点和框架。
记叙文:what / who / when / where / why / how.
议论文:opinion / idea + argument (supporting ideas / reasons).
说明文:phenomenon / problem + reason + solution (cause and effect), introduction of an object (how it is made, how it is used, how it may change, what makes it new or significant).
新闻:a focus on the first paragraph and the first and last sentences of the other paragraphs.
8、其他技巧。
可以使用词组代替整句或者从句;把文章的对话或直接引语(的要点)改成间接引语叙述。