tailieunhanh - Delta's key to the next generation toefl test part 19

Tham khảo tài liệu 'delta's key to the next generation toefl test part 19', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Summarizing Important Ideas EXTENSION 1. With your teacher and classmates discuss situations in which writing summaries is important. On the board write a list of as many situations as you can think of. Possible situations college research papers letters to parents monthly reports for the company where you work personal diary. Make another list of situations in which reading summaries is important. What types of summaries have you read recently Find examples of different kinds of summaries to bring to class such as a summary in a research paper a summary at the end of a chapter in a textbook and the executive summary of a business report. 2. In reading done outside class select a short passage of one to three paragraphs. Make three photocopies and bring them to class. In class work in a group of three students. Work as a team to identify key words and sentences that provide clues to the major ideas in each passage. Write a brief summary of each passage. Include only the ideas and information that are essential for a general understanding of each passage. Each summary should have no more than four sentences. 176 Delta s Key to the Next Generation TOEFL Test Organizing Information Organizing Information Q focus Read the following passage Human diseases can be classified according to their effect and duration. An acute disease is an illness such as measles influenza or typhoid fever from which the victim either recovers or dies in a relatively short time. Many acute diseases are also transmissible which means they are caused by living organisms such as bacteria and viruses and can be spread from one person to another by air water or food. Chronic diseases on the other hand develop slowly and last for a long time sometimes for a lifetime. Examples include cardiovascular disorders most cancers diabetes emphysema alcoholism and malnutrition. Although a chronic disease may go into remission it may flare up periodically malaria become progressively worse .