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所以有這樣的說(shuō)法 One can never get a real bargain. II. Read the passage two or three time. Make sure you understand it. And then in not more than 80 words describe what happened from the time when the car got past the boulders to the moment it stopped in the shallow pool (Para3). Use your own words as far as possible.1. Write a list of points (in note form).2. Connect your points to write a rough draft of the summary. Try to use your own words as far as possible, not only making extracts (摘抄) from the passage. Don’t count the number of the words until you have finished the rough draft. 3. In the rough draft, you are likely to go well over the words limit. Correct your draft carefully, bringing the number of words down to the set limit. III. Summarywriting points1. Next manexpensive watches and penslooked at onelooked genuine2. Worth ?50could have it for ?30writer offered ?53. Eventuallywriter walking awayman agreetook ?54. Writer pleasedtill back on board5. Pen impossible to fillhas never written Summary The next man who approached him was selling watches and pens, and when the writer looked at one, it looked genuine. The man said it was worth ?50 but the writer could have it for ?30. The writer offered his ?5 and waited. Eventually, as the writer was walking away, the man agreed and took ?5. The writer was very pleaseduntil he was back on board. The pen was impossible to fill. It has never written a word since. IV. Letter writing I am writing to you because I have heard that you want to sell your CD player. Most of my friends have one, so I have wanted to buy one for some time, I have looked at new ones, but I can’t afford one, and my parents won’t lend me the money, so I would like to buy yours. Perhaps you can tell me something about it. Can you tell me how old your machine is, what condition it is in and how much you are asking for it? Have you also got any CDs that you’d like to sell with it?。句式也不同。 不管你走到哪,我….to this day: means even now=up to now = until now = till now = so far 到現(xiàn)在為止, 迄今To this day he doesn’t know why his girlfriend left him. 課文為了生動(dòng)描述我和小販討價(jià)還價(jià)的過(guò)程,在我和小販的肢體語(yǔ)言上頗花了一些筆墨。Eventually:finally, but it emphasizes that it happens always after a lot of ?16. Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair,he readily accepted the $5 I have him. throw up his arms: 舉起雙臂 usually used to describe despair and helplessness. 表示絕望無(wú)奈的情緒readily:immediately and without further problem 輕而易舉地馬上就這5…He readily agreed to help. 他毫不遲疑地就答應(yīng)幫忙。he fou