【題目】Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

For many well-educated travelers, buying a copy of Lonely Planet is the first task before taking a vacation abroad. Founded in 1973, Lonely Planet is the biggest guidebook series in many countries. It’s published in 11 languages including Chinese.

But when the BBC confirmed on March 19 that it had sold the entire Lonely Planet series to a US billionaire at a significant deficit(赤字), many commented that the deal sang the swan song for the printed guidebook.

The rise of the Internet and the prevalence of smartphones have become a burden on the print media. Why would travelers bring a heavy guidebook when they can download the apps to their smartphone in an instant? Furthermore, alternative and free travel content is readily available on the Internet, from Wikivoyage to TripAdvisor which provide excellent guidance on your trips.

But the Internet is not the only reason that guidebooks are in decline. It is also widely accepted that the physical guidebook has such complete content that can kill any sense of personal exploration. With the guide books, all those backpacker feet ended up following routine trade routes, and in those routes was little room for initiative.

It’s also pointed out that the guidebook is not exactly good for tourism. Often the shops and restaurants that thrived on a recommendation in the guidebook relaxed and discovered that it didn’t matter: the legions of eager travelers keep on coming anyway. They gradually become uncompetitive.

And yet, despite the rise of new media, it’s believed there is still a place for printed guidebooks, at least for the time being as books still offer readers the kind of feeling that virtual tools can’t provide, more of a compelling, touchable interaction.

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【答案】The changing-hands of the influential Lonely Planet at financial losses signified the breakdown of physical guidebooks. The decline is attributed to free quality content online and convenient smartphone apps. Besides, guidebooks’ comprehensiveness harms innovation and recommended businesses ultimately get slack and lose edge. However, offering different experience, guidebooks still have room for existence currently.

【解析】

本篇書面表達是概要寫作，要求概括實體旅行指南《孤獨星球》在財務(wù)方面損失的原因、影響和生存空間。注意詞數(shù)要求和使用自己的語言。

1、寫之前，需要認真仔細地讀幾遍原文材料，讓理解更深刻。

2、遵循原文的邏輯順序，對重要部分的主題、標(biāo)題、細節(jié)進行概括，全面清晰地表明原文信息。

3、給摘要起一個好標(biāo)題，比如：可以采用文中的主題句。

4、盡量使用自己的話完成，不要引用原文的句子，篇幅控制在原文的三分之一或四分之一長。

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