Practice Exercise
Directions: Write a summary for the next two paragraphs. The summary for each paragraph should not be more than two sentences.
Hint: Follow the steps we’ve discussed.
1. Did you ever wonder what makes some people become friends and others not?
According to Dr. Leonard Zunin, whether or not people become friends is at least partly determined by the way they interact when they first meet, that is, their first “contact.” In his book Contact: The First Four Minutes, Zunin discusses contacts with “strangers, friends, lovers, children, bosses, blind dates, plumbers, teachers, politicians-the whole characters in your individual world.” But the most interesting part of his thesis is the idea that the first four minutes of contact can be crucial in determining how the rest of the interaction and perhaps the whole relationship will go.
(Taken from The First Four Minutes by Leonard Zunin, from Ilona Leki (1989)’s Academic Writing: Techniques and Tasks)
2. In the world we live in, the aggressive person is usually the one who gets the big salary, the good jobs, the prizes. And since men are trained at an early age to be aggressive, they are the ones most often picked for the key positions. But many believe that this situation is wrong. They think women have an equal contribution to make in science and industry. Teachers and scientists suggest that girls be given aggression lessons on school. This does not mean that every little girl should learn to box. Games that teach competition and problem solving are one suggestion.
(Taken from Current Science, from Ilona Leki (1989)’s Academical Writing: Techniques and Tasks)
Directions: Write a summary for the next two paragraphs. The summary for each paragraph should not be more than two sentences.
Hint: Follow the steps we’ve discussed.
1. Did you ever wonder what makes some people become friends and others not?
According to Dr. Leonard Zunin, whether or not people become friends is at least partly determined by the way they interact when they first meet, that is, their first “contact.” In his book Contact: The First Four Minutes, Zunin discusses contacts with “strangers, friends, lovers, children, bosses, blind dates, plumbers, teachers, politicians-the whole characters in your individual world.” But the most interesting part of his thesis is the idea that the first four minutes of contact can be crucial in determining how the rest of the interaction and perhaps the whole relationship will go.
(Taken from The First Four Minutes by Leonard Zunin, from Ilona Leki (1989)’s Academic Writing: Techniques and Tasks)
2. In the world we live in, the aggressive person is usually the one who gets the big salary, the good jobs, the prizes. And since men are trained at an early age to be aggressive, they are the ones most often picked for the key positions. But many believe that this situation is wrong. They think women have an equal contribution to make in science and industry. Teachers and scientists suggest that girls be given aggression lessons on school. This does not mean that every little girl should learn to box. Games that teach competition and problem solving are one suggestion.
(Taken from Current Science, from Ilona Leki (1989)’s Academical Writing: Techniques and Tasks)
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