激動人心的賽馬
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An Exciting Race
Forty-two horses had taken up their position on the starting line for the greatest race of the season. The course was extremely difficult and few horses were expected to finish. All eyes were on the favourites, College Boy and Sweet Seventeen. Both horses had won a great many races in the past and they had equal chances of winning now.
Though the horses got off to a good start, it was not long before over half of them were out of the race. As was expected, College Boy and Sweet Seventeen had got well in front with the remaining horses grouped together some way behind. On a sharp corner, three of the horses leading the group fell, throwing the riders behind into great confusion (混亂). As the race progressed, the track became full of horses without riders. Towards the end, there were only three horses left: College Boy and Sweet Seventeen were still leading with an unknown horse, Tom Thum, a very long way behind. The crowd was very disappointed when on the last jump in the race. the riders of both favourite horses failed to keep the saddle (馬鞍). Everyone roared (呼喊) with delight when College Boy continued by himself and“won”the race----without his rider! Tom Thum now took his time and the crowd cheered and applauded (鼓掌歡呼) as he crossed the finishing line without a rival (競爭者,對手) in sight.
INSTRUCTIONS（指示）：
用不超過80個詞的篇幅依照下面的要點和銜接詞語描述從比賽開始到結束所發生的事情。
POINTS（要點） CONNECTIONS（銜接詞語）
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An Exciting Race L. G. Alexander
As soon as the race began, the favourites, College Boy and Sweet Seventeen, went ahead. On a dangerous bend a few riders went over and most of the horses following fell out of the race. Towards the end,there were only three left: the favourites and an unknown horse, Tom Thubm. However, the riders of both favourites fell too, though College Boy continued by himself and“won”. Since Tom Thumb was now on his own, he became the real winner. (80 words)
(選自L.G. Alexander, A First Book in Comprehension, Precis and Composition)
【寫法指要】
將一篇較長的文章寫成摘要時，須先把原文要點列成簡略的提綱，再把它們之間的邏輯關係用適當的銜接詞語溝通，最後按提綱寫出句子，用銜接詞語連線，這樣就可以組成一篇連貫流暢的短文了。這也是練習做筆記的一種方法。