Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

We live in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft (手艺) no longer exists. One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability (持久性). “Homes in those days were well-built,” they say. There is no doubt that these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.

Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price. For example, more people can no longer afford solid oak stairways, although they were once fairly common in older homes. Nor can they afford the high labor cost of employing a carpenter to build the stairway. Yet if someone can pay the high cost, there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways. And not only would these carpenters know how to build them, they would probably do a better job than carpenters of old.

One thing the modern carpenter has which enables him to do a better job is much more advanced tools. Such tools as laser beams and power planes help them lay out a house better and make more precision cuts (精确切割) on the wood. Also, it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.

The problem of modern quality, then, really boils down to the problem of material, for the modern carpenter is just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fifty years ago, but only if given proper material.

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Answer 1

【答案】People who think highly of carpenters of ancient hold the view that craft is dead in modern society (要点1). However, carpenters today can still build homes of good or even better quality if they are given proper materials and reasonable pay. (要点2)Additionally, modern carpenters are more knowledgeable and equipped with advanced tools.(要点3) Therefore, they are sure to produce craftsmanship better than, or at least as good as that made in the past. (要点4)

【解析】

这是一篇概要写作，要求考生根据所给关于木匠的内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

完成一篇概要写作，需要经过三个步骤：

1.读懂原文，抓住段落主题句。在阅读过程中，需要准确把握文章的段落大意，学会剔除非重要信息，弄清楚不同体裁的文章内部的逻辑关系以及文章的篇章结构。如本文是属于议论文，议论的段落结构多采用总分结构，即作者先提出一个论点，然后段落其他的拓展句都是围绕这个论点进行展开。如第一段的最后一句“There is no doubt that these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.”作者先提出了很多人把建筑材料的质量与手工艺的质量混为一谈，中间论述，最后总结现代木匠可以比之前的老木匠做得一样好甚至更好。

2.组织语言，转换表达，合理合并观点。在找到主题句明确全文中心的基础上，不全盘照抄原文句子，尽量用自己的语言转换表达，组织好语言，注重语言表达的独立性和准确性以及高级性，同时要注意篇幅的比例安排，用较多的文字去表达重要的内容。如本文的第二段主题句“Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price.”和最后一段的主题句“The problem of modern quality, then, really boils down to the problem of material”可以转换合并为“carpenters today can still build homes of good or even better quality if they are given proper materials and reasonable pay.”

3.通读全文，逻辑连贯。要牢记各段落要点之间的逻辑关系和自然衔接，用恰当的关联词，衔接词去连贯全文，如本文在转折时用了however作为衔接词，最后做总结的时候用了therefore。常见的衔接词有：

1.表文章结构顺序：First of all, Firstly/First, Secondly/Second… And then, Finally, In the end, At last

2.表并列补充关系：What is more, Besides, Moreover, Furthermore, In addition As well as, not only…but (also), including,

3.表转折对比关系：However, On the contrary, but, Although+clause(从句), In spite of+n/doing, On the one hand…,On the other hand… Some…,while others…,as for, so…that…

4.表因果关系：Because, As, So, Thus, Therefore, As a result