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摘要写作参考答案(Key to Summary writing)Unit 1Lesson 1 A Private ConversationThe writer went to the theatre last week.He didt enjoy the play.A young man and a youngwoman were sitting behind him.They were talking loudly.The writer couldnt hear the actors.Heturned round.He said he couldnt hear a word.The young man said,This is a privateconversation!.(53 words)Lesson 2 Breakfast or LunchThe writer always gets up late on Sundays.He got up late last Sunday.His aunt telephonedthen.She had just arrived by train.She was coming to see him.He said,I am still havingbreakfasf.His aunt was surprised.lt was one o*clock.(45 words)Lesson 3 Please Send Me a CardPostcards always spoil the writers holidays.He spent his holiday in Italy last summer.Hetought about postcards every day.He didnt send any cards to his friends.He bought thirty-sevencards on the last day.He staied at home all day.He didnt write any cards.(47 words)Lesson 4 An Exciting TripThe writer has just received a letter from his brother,Tim.Tim is an engineer.He has been inAustralia for six months.He has already visited many places.He is in Alice Springs now.Tim hasnever been abroad before.He is enjoying his trip very much.(48 words)Lesson 5 No Wrong NumbersMr.Scott has opened his second garage in Pinhurst.His first garage is in Silbury.Silbure is fivemiles away from Pinhurst.Mr.Scott cant get a telephone for his new garage.He has just boughttwelve pigeons.They carry messages from one garage to the other in three minutes.(48 words)Lesson 6 Percy ButtonsThe writer has just moved to a house in Bridge Street.A beggar knocked at her door yesterday.Hesang songs.The writer gave him a meal and a glass of beer in return for this.The beggars name isPercy Buttons.He calls at every house once a month.(50 words)Lesson 7 Too LateDetectives were waiting at the airport all morning.They were expecting a valuable parcel ofdiamonds from South Africa.Two men took the parcel of the plane.Two detectives opened it.Theparcel was full of stones and sand.(39 words)Lesson 8 The Best and WorstJoe Sanders has the best garden in town.He wins The Nicest Garden Competitioneachyear.Bill has a fine garden.Joes is better.The writers garden is terrible.He always win a little prizefor the competition.(37 words)Lesson 9 A Cold WelcomeWe went to the Town Hall on New Years Eve.There were a lot of people there.The TownHall clock will strike twelve in twenty minutes.At five to twelve,it stopped.lt refused to welcomethe New Year.The crowd began to laugh and sing.(46 words)Lesson 10 Not for JazzWe own an old clavichord.lt was made in 1681.My grandfather bought the instrument manyyears ago.A visitor damaged it recently.She tried to play jazz on it.She broke two of the strings.Myfathers friend is repairing it now.(45 words)Lesson 11 One Return Deserves AnotherI was having dinner at a restaurant.I see Tony Steele after a while.He always borrows moneyfrom his friends.Tony sat at my tabled asked him to lend me twenty pounds.He gave me themoney at once.He wanted me to pay for his dinner.(49 words)Lesson 12 Goodbye and Good LuckWell meet Captain Charles Alison at Portsmouth Harbour eary tomorrow moring.He will bein his small boat,Topsail.He will leave at eight oclock.Well say goodbye to him.He will take partin an importantrace across the Atlantic.(40 words)Lesson 13 The Greenwood BoysThe Greenwood Boys are singers.They will be coming here tomorrow.Most of the youngpeople will be meeting them at the station.They will gave five peiformances.The police will betrying to keep order as usual.(38 words)Lesson 14 Do You Speak EnglishThe writer gave a lift to a young man in the south of France last year.They greated each otherin French.The writer doesn*t speak any French.They sat in silence.The young man said/Do youspeak English?1 at the end of the journey.He was English himself.(49 words)Lesson 15 Good NewsMr.Harmsworth wanted see me.I felt nervous.I went into his office.He said business was verybad.The firm couldnt pay such large salaries.Twenty people had already left.He didnt ask me toleave.He offered me an extra thousand pounds a year!(47 words)Lesson 16 A Polite RequestTraffic police usually give you a ticket if you park your car in the wrong place.The writerfound a polite note on his car in Sweden.The traffic policeman wanted him to pay attention to theirstreet sighs.Everyone can*t fail to obey a request like this.(48 words)Lesson 17 Always YoungMy aunt Jennifer is an actress.She is over thirty years old.She often appears on the stage as ayoung girl.Jennifer will act the pail of a girl of seventeen in a new play soon.She never tellsanyone how old she really is.(46 words)Lesson 18 It Often Does ThisThe writer had lunch at a village pub.She couldnt find her bag after her meal.She couldntpay the bill.The landlord soon found it for her.His dog had taken it into the garden.(36 words)Lesson 19 Sold OutThe play was going to begin at any moment.I asked for two tickets.There were noneleft.Susan and I were disappointted.A man hurried to the ticket office just then.He returned twotickets.They were for next Wednesdays performance.!bought them.(45 words)Lesson 20 One Man in a BoatFishing is the writers favourite sport.Some unlucky fisherman catch old boots andrubbish.The writer isnt not so lucky.He never catches anything.He isnt really interested infishing.He is only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all.(44 words)Lesson 21 Mad or NotThe writer is slowly going mad.He lives near an airport.Passing planes can be heard nightand day.Most of his neighbours have left their homes.He has been offered money to leave.Hedetermined to stay here.Everyone says he must be mad.They are probably right.(49 words)Lesson 22 A Glass EnvelopJane crossed the Channel last year.She threw a bottle into the sea.lt contains a piece of paperwith her name and address on it.She received a letter from a girl in Holland ten months later.Theywrite to each other regularly now.They send their letters by post.(50 words)Lesson 23 A New HouseMy sister will come to England next year.If she comes,she will get a surprise.I have a newhouse in the country.I have invited my sister to star with me.lt is a very modern house.lt has getmany large rooms and a lovely garden.(48 words)Lesson 24 It Could Be WorseI had just lost fifty pounds.I felt very upset.I told the manager about it.He couldnt doanything.He began complain about this wicked world.A girl came in with the money just then.Shehad found it outside my room.There is still some honesty in this world.(51 words)Unit 2Lesson 25 Do the English Speak EnglishI arrived at a railway station in London and asked a porter the way to my hotel,but he couldntunderstand me.He understood me at last but I couldnt understand his answer.My teacher neverspoke English like that.The porter said I shall learn English soon.Each person speaks a differentlanguage in England.They understand each other but I dont understand them.(67 words)Lesson 26 The Best Art CritistThe writer studies art and paints a lot of pictures.Many people dont really understand modernart.Paintings dont always have a meaning.They are something pretty patterns.Young childrennot only appreciate modern paintings better than others,but noticed more also.The writers youngsister went into his room yesterday and examined his new picture.He had hung it upside downand she noticed this immediately.(67 words)Lesson 27 A Wet NightThe boys put up their tent in the middle of a flied and cooked over an open fire.They told storiesand sang songs after their meal but it began to rain so they crept into their tent.The boys woke upin the middle of the night.The tent was full of water so they rushed outside.A stream had formedin the field and flowed right under their tent.(68 words)Lesson 28 No ParkingJasper White believes in ancient myths.Car owners always park their cars outside his gate so hehas put up No Parking signs but they havent paid any attention to them.He has put an uglystone head over the gate.It is Medusas head.He wants her to turn cars and their owners to stonebut she hasnt done so yet.(62 words)Lesson 29 TaxiCaptain Ben Fawcett has bought a small Swiss aeroplane and uses it as a taxi.It is called a TilatusPorter.It can not only carry seven passengers,but can land anywhere also.Captain Fawcett hastaken passengers to many strange places.He refused to fly a businessman to Rockall.The journeywas too dangerous.(56 words)Lesson 30 Football or poloThe writer sat by the river last Sunday.Some children were playing games nearby.One of thechildren kicked a ball hard and it went towards a passing boat.The man in the boat neither saw theball nor heard people shouting.The ball hit the man and the children ran away.However,the manwas not angry and he threw the ball back to the bank.(67 words)Lesson 31 Success story?Frank Hawkins was telling the writer about his experiences as a young man.Frank used to work ina small shop as a boy.He used to repair bicycles there.He bought his own shop in 1958 and hemade spare parts for aeroplanes in his twenties.He employed a lot of people in a few years.Hiswife came into the room after a while.She wanted him to repair their grandsons bicycle.(68words)Lesson 32 Shopping made easyA detective watched a well-dressed woman in a large store one Monday.She bought a few smallarticles and she chose an expensive dress.The assistant wrapped it up for her and the woman tookit with her.She did not pay for it,so the detective arrested her.The assistant was her daughter.Shegave her mother a free dress once a week.(60 words)Lesson 33 Out of the darknessThe girl set out from the coast one afternoon and was caught in a storm.Her boat struck a rock,soshe jumped into the sea.She swam eight miles that night.She reached the shore early nextmorning.She had seen a light high up on the cilffs and she cllimbed up.She found herself inhospital a day later.(55 words)Lesson 34 Quick workDan Robinson was worried.He had received a letter from the local police.Yesterday he went to thestation.He is not worried any more.The police have found his bicycle.Dan was not only surprisedbut amused as well.His bicycle was stolen twenty years ago.He was fifteen then.(44 words)Lesson 35 Stop thief!Roy is finding his new job as a bus driver exciting.He saw two thieves in Catford Streetrecently.They were running out of a shop and Roy drove his bus straight at them,so they droppedthe stolen money and got into a car.Roy drove his bus into the back of their car then and damagedit.Afte this he telephoned the police.Both men were arrested later.(64 words)Lesson 36 Across the ChannelDebbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.She is eleven and she is astrong swimmer.Debbie has been trained by her father.He will follow her in a small boal.Debbiesmother will be waiting on the English coast.She swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.(49words)Lesson 37 The Olympic GamesThe Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years*time,so the government will beputting up new buildings just outside the capital.Kurt Gunter has designed the buildings andworkers will have completed the new stadium by the end of next year.The Games will be held inthis country for the first time and we are looking forward to them.(62 words)Lesson 38 Everything except the weatherThe writers friend,Harrison,had spent many years in the Mediterranean,but he wanted to retire inEngland so he bought a house in the country.The summer that year was very bad and hecomplained about the weather.In the end Harrison not only sold the house but also left thecountry.(48 words)Lesson 39 Am I all right?Dr.Millington refused to tell his patient,Mr.John Gilbert,whether his operation had beensuccessful.The next day the patient telephoned Dr.Millington and inquired about a certainpatient,Mr.John Gilbert.The doctor answered a number of questions about the patient and thenasked whether the caller was a relative.The caller then told him who he was.(50 words)Lesson 40 Food and talkThe writer sat beside Mrs.Rumbold at the dinner party.He tried to make comversation,but shewas busy eating.He talked about the new play at The Globe and about the holidays.She answeredhis questions briefly.Then he asked her if she was enjoying her dinner and she answered that if hehave eaten morn and talked less,they would both have a good dinner.(63 words)Lesson 41 Do You Call That a HatThe wirters wife was trying on a hat and he didnt like it.He sat down and waited for her.Thenthey began arguing again.He had bought a teiTible tie the day before but his wife didnt like it.Hesaid/A man can never have too many ties.His wife used exactly the same argument and shebought the hat.It looked like a lighthouse.(67 words)Lesson 42 Not Very MusicalWe watched a snake charmer in a square in Old Delhi.He had a long pipe and two large baskets.He played a tune and the snake in one of the baskets rose to follow the movements of the pipe.Then the snake charmer played modern tunes but the snake continued to dance slowly.It didntknow the difference between Indian music and jazz.(64 words)Lesson 43 Over the South PoleIn 1929,the American explorer,R.E.Byrd became the first man to fly over the South Pole.He tooka lot of photographs during the flight but then ran into difficulties.His plane couldnt get over themountains so he orded his men to throw out two heavy food sacks.The plane then flew over themountains and continued without further trouble.(63 words)Lesson 44 Through the ForestTwo men tried to steal Mrs.Sterlings handbag.She was having a picnic at the time.They took thebag after a struggle and ran through the trees.She ran after them and caught up with them.Themen had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag.Mrs.Sterling ran straight atthem so they dropped the bag and ran away.(66 words)Lesson 45 A Clear ConscienceThe local buther,Sam Benton,was taking his savings to the post office but he lost his wallet.Samnot only received half his money three months later,but received a note as well.The note said:4Athief,yes,but only 50 per cent a thief!The thief included a note every time he sent Sam moremoney.The last note said:U am 100 per cent honest now!(68 words)Lesson 46 Expensive and UncomfortableThe plane from London arrived at Sydney airport and workers unloaded a number of woodenboxes.They contained clothing.One of the boxes was extremely heavy so a worker opened it.Hefound a man on top of a pile of woolen goods.The man was arrested.He had travelled in the boxfrom London.He had to pay 3,500 pounds.An ordinary tickets costs 2,000 pounds.(65 words)Lesson 47 A Thirsty GhostM i*.Ian Thompson bought a public house recently but it is haunted,so he is going to sale it.Therewas a strange noise in the bar one night and the room was in disorder next morning.Mr.Thompson found five empty whisky bottles.He doesnt believe that some villagers broke into thebar and had a drink.Anybody in the village doesnt want to the pub.(68 words)Lesson 48 Did You Want to Tell Me Som