PTE备考：SWT精准摘抄三步法

     说起summary，还真是让人头疼的一件事。中文考试中的中心句还不一定找得准呢，英文更别提怎么办了。这笔不得不夸夸培生，PTE设计的所有题型都是非常科学的，可以如实反映英语语言能力。

     就拿SWT来说，每个题目为一篇300-500字的小文章，需要用一句话凝练，长度为5-75个字，超过字数扣分。主要考验的是:

   · 阅读能力: 考察短时间内扫描长篇的文章，并理出逻辑脉络。

   · 归纳能力: 考察遣词造句能力来把内容归纳为一句话。

     由于这种题型特性，SWT将参与阅读和写作总评分。一次考试一般有2-3道SWT题目，分值又高，所以不管是用词语法不得半点含糊，而关键词又需要踩到得分点。

     下面羊驼为大家介绍下SWT精准摘抄三步法：

方法/步骤

     首先，罗列关键词 

     在精读的基础上罗列每一段的中心词，尤其是名词，是做好整个SWT的基础。

     注意每句话的逻辑关系，确定哪个中心词是整个段落的核心词，以及针对这个核心词讲了一个怎样的事情。

     逻辑关系词也要记下来，以帮助在最后整理组织全句的时候对所列的中心词做适当的逻辑分布，比如是应该放在从句里起修饰和补充，还是要加连词或者副词还原原文的逻辑关系。

     其次，找到全文的中心意思，由词到字用句子表达，扩展。 

     接着，找到全文的中心意思非常重要，并用简单句表达出来。这其实就是把整篇材料缩成一句话的过程。在之前中心词罗列的基础上进行提炼，但也要依赖以前阅读材料时的大概印象。

     有了最简单的中心句之后，考生需要做的就是把其余的关键词按照逻辑关系补充到中心句里，对中心句做一个扩展。首先是整体的逻辑关系，比如需要加逗号或者连词连接的，其次是局部逻辑，比如需要放在从句或者变成分词进行修饰。这样一来，不仅可以保证中心意思明确，又尽量多的覆盖了原文的信息点。

    拼写，语法，字数检查 

    当然，最后拼写和语法检查不能少。特别要注意有一些拼写相似但意思完全不同的词，避免拼写正确但其实是打错词。先缩后扩，从点到面，能帮助大家更好的把握全局，以避免顾此失彼。

现学现用，SWT真题练习 

(来自羊驼PTE练习网)

     Since Australians Jennifer Hawkins and Lauryn Eagle were crowned Miss Universe and Miss Teen International respectively, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in beauty pageants in this country. These wins have also sparked a debate as to whether beauty pageants are just harmless reminders of old-fashioned values or a throwback to the days when women were respected for how good they looked. Opponents argue that beauty pageants, whether its Miss Universe or Miss Teen International, are demeaning to women and out of sync with the times. They say they are nothing more than symbols of decline.

     In the past few decades Australia has taken more than a few faltering steps toward treating women with dignity and respect. Young women are being brought up knowing that they can do anything, as shown by inspiring role models in medicine such as 2003 Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley.

     In the 1960s and 70s, one of the first acts of the feminist movement was to picket beauty pageants on the premise that the industry promoted the view that it was acceptable to judge women on their appearance. Today many young Australian women are still profoundly uncomfortable with their body image, feeling under all kinds of pressures because they are judged by how they look.

     Almost all of the pageant victors are wafer thin, reinforcing the message that thin equals beautiful. This ignores the fact that men and women come in all sizes and shapes. In a country where up to 60% of young women are on a diet at any one time and 70% of school girls say they want to lose weight, despite the fact that most have a normal BMI, such messages are profoundly hazardous to the mental health of young Australians.

答题步骤：

①罗列关键词。

beauty pageants

Australia

treating women with dignity and respect

thin equals beautiful

mental health

young Australians

②由关键词发散，寻找相关细节，确立文章中心意思。

Beauty pageants逐渐不再流⾏因为⼈们发现这种形式的⽐赛过于注重⼥性外表⽽忽略了⼥性作为⼈拥有的品质 Demeaning the woman and have no say today judge what they are as a person Australia 

在过去的几十年里，澳大利亚采取了不少措施，鼓励年轻女性从事各行各业并受到重视，treating women with dignity and respect.

但是选美⽐赛⼥性形象，引来了社会的关注，⼈们把瘦等同于美，这种信息对澳大利亚年轻人的心理健康是极其危险的。

③按照文章逻辑修建后成文，清理掉无紧要的内容，最终瘦身如下。

Beauty pageants are demeaning to women and out of sync with times, because there was the feminist movement to picket them and young women should be treated with dignity and respect, and moreover, pageant victors are sending wrong message that thin equals beautiful which is hazardous to the mental health of young Australians.