新标准大学英语综合教程4口语考试Summary精简版.docx

Summarizing Unit 1 Passage1:(不考) Passage2: “If you ask me” There is an economic graduate who gets a job in a pub for a year .She has financial problems and feels lonely. She tells her troubles to Tony, a regular customer of the pub, who talks to some friends and gets her a loan to set up a business. With this help she has and her own company. The situation, however, is reversed (颠倒); Tony is disabled after an accident. She pays back Tony’s help, and Tony thinks that investing in people gives the best return you can ever hope for. Unit 2 Passage1: “Danger! Books may change your life” Reading is a life-changing activity. It aids us to get out of confusion in a material world and to discover the real meaning of the life. Simply put, books are supremely influential in the way we live. Homerun book might be the answer for the book that everyone should read. It describes the first reading experience. Everyone is looking for their own homerun books. And what is yours? Passage2: “They were alive and they spoke to me” Henry Miller depicts the struggle he made to obtain books when he was young, and then introduces the reason that makes a book live. In his eyes, books are one of the few things men cherished deeply, but if you lend it to others, it makes friends for you. He continues to suggest that the vast majority of books repeat what others say, so read as little as possible. Unit 3 Passage1: Fifty years of fashion” Between 1960 and 2010, fashion styles have ranged widely, there are two constant factors: the ubiquitous jeans and the rise and fall of hemlines. Jeans soon became popular among young people after being invented . Hemlines were related to the economy. Whenever the economic outlook is unsettled, both men and women tend to wear more conservative clothes. And as the economy situation changed, time saw a number of different styles. Passage2: “Eco-jewellery: sea glass” Sea glass is popular among the jewellery collectors for several reasons. First, the cre