Introduction 1
Section One 1
Learn to Write an Outline 1
Exercises 1
Contents 1
1．Rip Van Winkle 3
2．Bad Habits 4
3．Early Rising 5
4．The Arab Desert 6
5．The Elephant 7
Section Two 10
Learn to Write a Summary 10
Ⅰ．Stick to the Word Limit 10
a）Too Long 10
b）Too Short 12
1．The Recital 13
Exercises 13
2．Mozart’s First Recital 14
3．Holding Up the Sky 15
Ⅱ．What Should Be Kept In the Summary and 20
What Should Be Left Out？ 20
a）Some Essential Points Are Left Out 20
b）Too Much Descriptive Details Are Kept In 21
Exercises 22
1．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen 22
2．The Cop and the Anthem 26
3．Within 24 Hours 29
4．The Light ofa Torch 35
5．The Rangers Set a Trap 39
Ⅲ．Be Faithful to the Original Passage 44
1．Four Men and a Box 46
Exercises： 46
2．The Celebrated J umping Frog ofCalaveras County 51
3．Hearts and Hands 58
Ⅳ．Use Your Own Words Where Possible 61
Exercises 65
1．Role of the Newspaper 65
2．Annual Report 67
3．Worry and Tension 69
4．The Advertising Business 73
5．Shoplifting 76
Section Three 80
Correction Exercises 80
Group A．Run—ons and Fragments 80
Group B．Verb Forms 81
Group C．Wrong Modifiers 82
Group D．Logic Problems 83
Group E．Erroneous Diction 84
Group F．Unidiomatic Expressions 85
Group G．A Mixed Exercise 85
Section Four 91
Learn to Write a Brief English Version for a Chinese Story 91
Exercises 91
1．身份不明的乘客 91
2．加床 92
3．我心中的女神 94
4．项链 95
5．精装的爱 97
Correction Symbols In Alphabetical Order 99
Bibliography 100
Key to the Exercises in How to Write a 101
Summary 101