北师大外教主讲考博英语实用必看.ppt

Doctorate Students Writing and Speaking Class “Summarizing” “Articles” “Subject-Verb Agreement” “More Summarizing” Writing a Summary To write your summary, first scan the document you are summarizing to get an overall impression. Then read it carefully, highlighting or underlining the most significant information. You will want to especially pay close attention to the first and last sentence of each paragraph. Usually the first sentence is the topic sentence and the last a summary of the paragraph so they will have the most important ideas. Writing a Summary The First Sentence: