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Unit 6
At one with nature
a summary
1. What did we learn in the last lesson
2. How can we find the top sentence
To learn about the habit of the British drinking fruit and herbal teas.
To write a summary of the passage about fruit and herbal teas.
Read the passage and locate the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Para 1
British people love to make tea with fruit and herbs. With pleasant flavours and scents, and coming in a variety of colours, fruit and berbal teas make a nice change to tradittional teas. Many people grow their very own tea gardens, in which they plant easy-to-grow herbs such as mint and lemongrass.
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Para 2
Flavours such as lemon and ginger have long been popular in the UK. However, recent years have seen more and more unusual flavours come onto the market. Fruit teas now include mango, strawberry, apple and pear. Herbal teas include blackberry leaf and dandelion.
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Para 3
Herbal tea has various health benefits. Many people enjoy herbal tea because it can have a positive effect on energy levels. If you need a good night’s sleep, choose a tea that helps you relax. If you haven’t been feeling very well, drink some ginger tea to give your immune system a helping hand. Mint tea, meanwhile, is good for digestion.
Now make notes under the heading.
Fruit and herbal teas
Their popularity
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Unusual flavours
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Health benefits
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Many people grow their very own tea gardens with easy-to-grow herbs.
mango, strawberry, apple, pear, blackberry leaf and dandelion.
It can help people relax. It can help people’s immune systems. It can be good for digestion.
Write a summary of the passage. Use the notes in Activity 5 to help you.
What is a summary
It is a short, but thorough and objective restatement of the main idea and key points of a passage. A summary may also mention some of the examples the author used to illustrate key points.
Learning to learn
When writing a summary, don’t just combine all the topic sentences. Instead, reconstruct the key information to make the paragraph coherent (连贯的), concise (简洁的) and natural.
Some hints for writing a summary:
1. Concentrate on main ideas and omit examples, details, and minor support.
2. The summary should be all in your own words.
3. Do not include your own opinion in the summary.
4. Write in the present tense.
5. Introduce the author or title of the work in the opening sentence of your summary.
6. Summary writing is an exercise in compression (压缩). In writing a summary, you may: omit the details or categorize them; reduce the examples; simplify the description; eliminate all repetitions (减少重复).
Examples:
▲His courage in battle might without exaggeration be called lion-like.
→He was very brave in battle.
▲John fell into the river and, before help could reach him, he sank.
→John was drowned in the river.
▲He was hard up for money and was being pressed by his creditor.
→He was in financial difficulties.
Pay attention to the expression in red that connect sentences to make the passage coherent and the sentence structures in blue.
British people love to make tea with fruit and herb. Such a habit is so popular that many people plant easy-to-grow herbs in their own tea gardens. There are many flavours of fruit and herbal teas, including traditional lemon and ginger, as well as many unusual flavours such as mango, strawberry, apple, pear, blackberry leaf and dandelion. Aside from the variety of flavours, herbal tea also has various health benefits. Some can help people relax, and some, like ginger tea, are good for the immune system, while others, such as mint tea, are beneficial for digestion.
Checklist
1. Examples, details, and minor support omitted
2. Your ideas included
3. Plagiarize (抄袭)
4. Important parts left out
5. Any grammar, spelling, or punctuation mistakes
Share your summary with the class.
To write a summary, we should:
combine all the topic sentences
reconstruct the key information
make the paragraph coherent, concise and natural.
读后续写
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
注意:1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Then there was a noise. __________________
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Paragraph 2:
Alan felt a rush of excitement. _____________
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One possible version:
Then there was a noise. Alan’s heart beat very fast. Something was out there in the darkness. Alan’s mouth went dry. What was it Slowly, he reached for his flashlight. Another sound, near the cooking pots. Alan turned on the flashlight. There, with a bone in its mouth was a creamy-brown creature. It was about as big as his cat at home, but longer. Alan looked and the creature looked back. Then it was gone.
Alan felt a rush of excitement. Had it been real Alan looked around. No more noises. He moved near the pots and saw small dog-like paw prints. Carefully, he used the pots to cover them. Not long after, he woke up the next camper for night watch and managed to sleep a little. The next morning, the officer asked for reports. One girl said she had seen an owl. Most kids reported hearing noises. “I saw something,” said Alan, and he described it. Then he moved the pots and showed everyone the prints.
Finish your summary, and then exchange it with your group members;
Check the summary of your group members and learn from them;
Revise your summary with the help of your group members or what you have learnt from checking others’ summaries.