Question

【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.

Ban the Bag!

Standing in line at the grocery store last week, I watched the woman in front of me buy a tube of toothpaste. As the clerk placed her purchase in a plastic bag, I couldn’t help wondering how long it would take for that bag to end up in the trash. Then I noticed the big purse the woman was carrying and wondered why she had needed a plastic bag at all.

People have come to rely on plastic bags as everything from shopping bags for groceries to trash-can bags. Although plastic bags can be recycled, only about one percent of those used in the United States are. Instead, after helping people transport items from one place to another, most are thrown away. They end up in landfills, where it can take a plastic bag up to a thousand years to decay. Some bags end up elsewhere in the environment, sticking to trees and fences, blocking rivers and oceans, or floating along city sidewalks.

Plastic bags harm the environment in several ways. First, they break down into particles that pollute our soil and water. Because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil (原油) or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources. Plastic bags can also harm animals. Scientists estimate that more than one million sea animals, including whales, seabirds, and turtles, die each year from intaking or becoming stranded in plastic.

People all over the world are starting to recognize the problems associated with plastic bags. Countries such as China, South Africa, Switzerland, and Uganda are taking action and banning the bags. Other nations, including Italy and Ireland, have been trying to restrict the use of plastic bags by taxing them. In the United States more and more communities are ridding themselves of plastic bags. Now more and more people are also purchasing inexpensive, reusable bags and using them when they shop. If we all take this simple step, we can be a part of a “green” revolution.

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Answer 1

【答案】Plastic bags are widely applied in day-to-day deals, but very few of them are properly recycled, harming the environment greatly. They could pollute or waste resources and cause harm to animals. Thankfully, many countries have become aware of the seriousness, limiting or banning the use of them. More individuals are joining in the campaign for an environmentally-friendly society.

【解析】

本篇書(shū)面表達(dá)是概要寫(xiě)作，要求概括塑料袋對(duì)環(huán)境的危害，包括污染或浪費(fèi)資源以及對(duì)動(dòng)物造成傷害，值得慶幸的是，許多國(guó)家已經(jīng)限制或禁止使用它們，越來(lái)越多的人加入了建設(shè)環(huán)境友好型社會(huì)的運(yùn)動(dòng)。注意詞數(shù)要求和使用自己的語(yǔ)言。

1、寫(xiě)之前，需要認(rèn)真仔細(xì)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(duì)重要部分的主題、標(biāo)題、細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行概括，全面清晰地表明原文信息。

3、給摘要起一個(gè)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(zhǎng)。