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专题08 概要写作-【大题小卷】冲刺2022年高考英语大题限时集训(原卷版)
概要写作是高考英语浙江卷和上海卷中考查过的题型,分值占比15分。要求考生根据阅读材料一篇60字左右的内容概要, 用尽可能少的词汇和过渡手段展现原材料的主要思想和观点。平时训练时, 考生除了需要提高自己快速把握文章主旨和段落大意的能力外, 还需要提升自己的总结概括能力, 并熟练掌握非谓语动词等高级语法知识和词句过渡技巧。
在概要写作前, 我们要通读短文, 确定其内容是属于那种类型, 然后选择确当的模板。注意: 尽量少使用原文语句, 多用自己的概括性的语言。
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It’s not piano lessons or dance classes. Nowadays, the biggest extra-curricular activity is going to a tutor. “I spend about 800 Canadian dollars a month on tutors. It’s costly,” says Pat, a mother in Canada. However, she adds, “after finding out half my daughter’s class had tutors, I felt like my child was going to fall behind because everyone else seemed to be ahead.”
Shelley, a mother of three, also has tutors constantly coming in and out of her home. “When I used to sit down with my children, it was hard to get them focused. I was always yelling. When I got a tutor once a week, they became focused for one entire hour and could get most of their homework done.”
Tutoring isn’t simply a private school phenomenon. Nor is it geared only toward lower-achieving students. In Canada alone, seven percent of high school students reported using a tutor in 2010. That increased to 15 percent last year.
Overall, parents hire tutors because they are worried schools are not meeting their expectations, but there is also a cultural shift. A special value is placed on education in Asia, where tutoring is viewed as an extension of the school day. As a large number of Asians emigrated to the West over the recent years, their attitudes towards education have had an impact.
Another reason for the growth in business is parental frustration and their packed schedules. “A lot of parents just don’t have time to help their children with homework,” says Julie Diamond, president of an American tutoring company. “Others couldn’t help their children after Grade 3.”
There has been a shift in the attitudes, too. “Children used to get bullied(欺侮) for having a tutor,” Diamond says. “Now it’s becoming the norm to