1、1 说明说明文概要写作文概要写作 I.真题再现 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 1 Workaholics（工作狂） live for their work, often spending many extra hours at work, and often taking work home to complete. Its fine to live in a work-hard culture, but when work becomes the only reason for a persons existence（存在） above more importan
2、t things (such as family and friends), the issue becomes important. Thats the problem more and more Americans are faced with. 2 Americans are working more hours per week than in years past, and with many companies reducing employees, more and more workers are worried about their own jobs. Some studi
3、es show that as many as 40 percent of American workers dont even bother to take vacations, partly because of fears they may not have a job to come back to if they do. Besides, it is obvious that part of the matter is financial. More and more people begin to define success in terms of financial measu
4、res. The higher ones income is, the more respect one gets. Finally, people nowadays live and work in a connected environmente-mails, instant messaging, fax machines, and cell phonesmaking hard for them to truly get time away from their work, even when they are on holiday. 3 When work becomes the onl
5、y reason for beingwhen it becomes the only thing people think about, the only thing that truly makes people happy, many Americans find that they are no longer close to their kids. Divorce rate（离婚率）jumps and serious stress-related health problems come up. Undoubtedly, it is time to do something. 4 To
6、 reduce workaholism, you must stay away from work once in a while. There are many ways to do that: Spend time with family and friends; Call home often to stay connected; Learn to say no to new assignments; Consider exercises to get your body back to a healthy shape; Fight the urge（冲动） that everythin
7、g you do must be perfect. It will take some effort, but for yourself and those you love, you really should make the effort. Have a try and you wont regret it. Step 1: Read for text type and topic sentences 1)The text is a(n) exposition（说明文）. 2)Structure: What does each paragraph tell us about? 2 Ste
8、p 2: Make an outline: Find out the topic sentences in each paragraph. Para. 11Workaholism is a problem that more and more Americans are faced with. Para. 22Americans are working more hours because of fears of losing jobs, seeking money and a connected environment. Para. 33When work becomes the only
9、thing, it will cause family and health problems. Para. 44To reduce workaholism, you must stay away from work once in a while. There are many ways to make the effort and you wont regret it. Step 3: Rewrite the topic sentences 1The number of Americans who are becoming workaholics is increasing. 2The r
10、easons why Americans work more hours are fears of losing jobs, pursuit of money and a connected environment. 3Extreme workaholics not only beak the family, but also damage health. 4Aiming at reducing workaholism, you can make efforts to take various ways which will be worthwhile. Step 4: Link the se
11、ntences by conjunctions（连词）（连词）if necessary: The number of Americans who are becoming workaholics is increasing. The reasons why Americans work more hours are fears of losing jobs, pursuit of money and a connected environment. Consequently, extreme workaholics not only beak the family, but also dama
12、ge health. Therefore, aiming at reducing workaholism, you can make efforts to take various ways which will be worthwhile. Step 5: Check and revise Step 6: Copy your draft II.实战演练 A large source of rubbish is packaging material. It often makes up more than 30 percent of the total. To understand why t
13、his is true, think of the packaging commonly used for a simple product, such as toothpaste. The packaging includes not only the tube for the toothpaste, but also the box for the tube. This box is put into a plastic wrapper. Then, the boxes are transported in a cardboard container. Most packaging mat
14、erial ends up in a landfill（垃圾填埋场） after it is thrown away. Though necessary, landfills take up valuable space, often stink（发出恶臭）, and can leak（泄露） harmful substances into the soil. Landfills not included, the production of packaging material itself is a major source of air and water pollution. Peop
15、le are now trying to solve the problems caused by packaging materials. In 1991, Germany took the lead by requiring companies to recycle the packaging used for their goods. To do this, the companies set up recycling bins in every neighborhood. 3 Consumers now separate their rubbish into three categor
16、iesmetal, plastic and paper cartons. They then put it into the appropriate（恰当的） bin. The rubbish sorted, it is transported to a recycling company for processing. The programme worked well at first. However, the amount of rubbish has begun to increase again. One reason for this is that many consumers
17、 no longer reduce waste because they think the problem is solved. It seems that to properly deal with the problem of rubbish, everyone must remain alert（警惕的） and do their part. 参考答案：参考答案： About one third of rubbish results from the packaging materials, which cause damage to the environment during their production and after ending in landfills. Though the programs carried out to combat the problem are temporarily successful, the problem remains a great concern. Therefore, everyone should make an effort to reduce packaging materials.
