Sunday, June 10, 2007

Paraphrasing and Summarising

The text
Many fairy tales are version of the same story: A prince has his pick of all the eligible women in the kingdom. But the girl he likes best is in big trouble, so the prince bravely rescues her. The girl doesn't do much of anything. She just looks pretty. The stories all end with more or less the same phrase: " They lived happily ever after."
But one fairy tale, "The paper Bag Princess," gets rid of the concept of the brave prince and the helpless girl. In it, Princess Elizabeth is engaged to Prince Ronald.But a dragon disrupts their plans by burning the castle and capturing Ronald. Elizabeth decides to rescue him. Since all her pretty clothes have been burned up, she puts on a paper bag. She bravely confronts the dragon and tricks him into using up all his strength on silly tasks. Then she goes into the dragon's cave and finds Ronald.
Instead of being grateful, however, Ronald gives Elizabeth a harsh scolding for being covered with dirt and smoke and for wearing a bag. He tells her to come back when she looks like "a real princess."Elizabeth tells Ronald that though he looks like a real prince, with his fancy clothes and neat hair, he is , in fact, "a bum." The last picture in the book shows Elizabeth dancing happily off into the sunset, with the final line, "They didn't get married after all."

The paraphrasing
Many fairy tales are version of the same story: A prince has his pick of all the qualified women in the kingdom. But the girl whom he likes best is in big trouble, so the prince had braved it out and to save her from the big trouble. The girl doesn't need to do much of anything. She just needs to look beautiful. The stories all end in the same way: " They lived happily ever after." But one fairy tale, "The paper Bag Princess," gets rid of the viewpoint of the brave prince and the helpless girl. In it, Princess Elizabeth is Prince Ronald's fiancee.But a dragon who to cause disorder or confusion their plans by burning the castle and capturing Ronald. Elizabeth decides to save him. Since all her pretty clothes have been burned up, she puts on a paper bag. She bravely faces the dragon and tricks him into using up all his strength on silly tasks. Then she goes into the dragon's cave and finds Ronald. Instead of being grateful, however, Ronald gives Elizabeth a unkind or cruel scolding for being covered with dirt and smoke and for wearing a bag. He tells her to come back when she looks like "a real princess."Elizabeth tells Ronald that though he looks like a real prince, with his fancy clothes and neat hair, he is , in fact, "a bum." The last picture in the book shows Elizabeth dancing happily off into the sunset, with the final line, "They didn't get married after all."

The summarising
Many fairy tales are typical with the prince bravely rescues the princess. Princess doesn't do much of anything. All the prince and princess are handsome and pretty.Most of all, they always have the same ending "They lived happily ever after." But one fairy tale, "The paper Bag Princess," gets rid of the idea. Princess is engaged to Prince. But a dragon upsets their plans and catches prince. She decides to save him. Because her clothes have been burned up in the war, so she put on a bag. Then she finds him. When rescued, the prince scolds the princess for wearing a bag. She tells him that even with his nice look, he is actually nothing. The story ends in a different way:"They didn't get married after all."

1 Comments:

At 2:19 AM , Blogger Yuhsiuwriting said...

Well done!

除了改單字之外 也可以改變句型 使用不同的語態 (主動 被動)或是結合句子
以增加變化性

許多人都怕離原文太遠
其實可以看完個文章之後 把它放到一邊
不要看 然後用自己的話再重述一次



Many fairy tales are version of the same story: A prince has his pick of all the qualified to be chosen women in the kingdom.
-->all the qualified women...

But the girl whom he likes best is in big trouble, so the prince had braved to save her from the big trouble.
-->check 'brave'


The girl doesn't need to do much of anything. She just needs what looks pretty.
-->She just needs to look beautiful.


The stories all end with more or less the same phrase: " They lived happily ever after."
-->The stories all end in the same way: ...




In it, Princess Elizabeth is engaged to Prince Ronald.
-->Princess Elizabeth is Prince Ronald's fiancee.



She bravely to face the dragon and tricks him into using up all his strength on silly tasks.
-->She bravely faces...



Many fairy tales are typical the prince bravely rescues the princess.
-->are typical with the...



Most of all, they always have the same end "They lived happily ever after."
-->ending


But one fairy tale, "The paper Bag Princess," gets rid of the conceive of the thought.
-->gets rid of the concept (idea).



Princess is engaged to Prince. But a dragon to upset their plans and capturing prince.
-->a dragon upsets...and catches...



She decides to save him. Because her clothes have been burned up in the war, so she put on a bag. Then she finds him, however, he gives a rough scolding. He tells her to come back when she looks like "a real princess."
-->When rescued, the prince scolds the princess for wearing a bag.


She tells that though he looks like a real prince, with his fancy clothes and neat hair.
-->She tells him that even with his nice look, he is actually nothing.

With the final line, "They didn't get married after all."
-->The story ends in a different way:...

 

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