英文读书报告格式.docx

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英文读书报告格式

英文读书报告格式

　　Howtowriteabookreport?

　　Bookreportsmayberequiredbyteacherswhowanttoknowwhethertheirstudentshavereadthebooksassignedandhowwelltheyunderstandthosebooks.Iftheyarenotrequired,studentsmayaswellwriteoneortwoforthemselves,forwritingbookreportshelpsstudentstoimprovetheirreadingcomprehensionandtheirabilitytoanalyzeandevaluatebooks.Moreover,itisverygoodpractice.

　　Generallyspeaking,abookreportconsistsofthefollowingthreemainparts:

informationabouttheauthorandhistimes,asummaryofthebook,andcommentsonit.

　　Abriefaccountoftheauthor’slifeshouldbegiventogetherwithadescriptionofhistimes.Thelattershouldincludethecircumstancesthatledtothewritingofthebookunderdiscussionandthehistoricalandsocialbackgroundrelatedtothecontentofthebook.Tomakethesethingsclear,thewriterperhapsneedstoreadsomereferencematerial,suchasbiographiesoftheauthorandhistoriesoftheperioddescribedinthebook.

　　Asummaryshouldbeself-contained,clear,andeasytounderstand.Aboveall,itshouldbeobjective.Commentsonandcriticismsofthebookshouldnotbemixedwiththesummary;theycanbelefttothethirdpart.Thesummaryofanoveloraplayisusuallywritteninthepresenttense,whilethatofnonfiction,inthetenseoftheoriginalwork:

for

　　example,thepasttenseshouldbeusedforahistory,andthepresentforascientificwork.

　　Commentsonandevaluationofthebookformthethirdandmostimportantpartofabookreport.Inthispartthewriterexpresseshisorherownviewsonthebook,namesitsmeritsanddemerits,anddiscussesitsrelevancetothepresenttime.Thediscussionshouldofcoursecenteronthecontentofthebook,buttheauthor’sstyleandtechniquesofpresentation,ifinteresting,canalsobetouchedupon.

　　Howtowriteasummary?

　　Asummaryisabriefrestatementoftheessentialthoughtofalongercomposition,anoveloraplay.Itreproducesthethemeoftheoriginalwithasfewwordsaspossible.Whenonewritesasummary,oneshouldnotinterpretorcomment.Allonehastodoistogivethegistoftheauthor’sexactandessentialmeaning.

　　Whenyouwriteasummary,youshoulddothefollowing:

　　1.Youshouldusefewerwords.

　　A.Omitthedetails.Onlytheimportantpointsshouldbeincluded;allthedetailsthatexplainthemainpointscanbeleftout.

　　B.Reducetheexamples.

　　C.Simplifythedescriptions.Iftherearetensentencesdescribingapersonoranobject,itwillbeenoughtokeeponeortwointhesummary.

　　D.Eliminateallrepetitions.

　　E.Compresswordysentencesandchangephrasestowords.

　　2.Thesummaryshouldbeallinyourownwords.Itmustnotbeapatchworkmadeupofphrasesandsentencesquotedfromtheoriginalpassage.

　　3.Youshouldfollowthelogicalorderoftheoriginalpassage.Ideasandfactsneednotberearranged.

　　4.Thesummaryshouldbeself-contained,thatis,itmustconveythemessageoftheoriginalfullyandclearly,sothatyourreaderneedsnoreferencetotheoriginaltounderstandwhatitsmainideasare.

　　HowtoWriteaBook/ReadingReport?

Teacherslovetoassignbookreports.Didyoueverwonderwhy?

Sure,youcouldthinkofitasacruelattempttoforceyoutoread.Butitmightbealittlemorethanthat!

　　Yourteacher'sgoalistobroadenyourunderstandingofthecourse.ThatiswhatReadingReportdo!

　　WhatIsIncludedinaBookReport?

　　Bookreportcontentwillvaryaccordingtolearninglevel.Middlegrade-levelbookreportswillprovidethebasicdetailsaboutabook,asummaryoftheplot,andsomecommentsregardingthestudent'sopinionsandimpressions.

　　Asstudentsadvance,thebookreportsshouldincludemorecontents,andthefocuswillvaryaccordingtospecificstudyfields,whichusuallyaregroupedintosciencesandhumanities.

　　YourBookReportIntroduction

　　Theintroductionsegmentofyourbookreportprovidesanopportunitytomakeagoodfirstimpression.

　　Youshouldtrytowriteastrongsectionofintroductoryparagraphsthatcangrabyourreader'sattention.Somewhereintheintroductorypart,youshouldstate（italicized）,

　　and,ifpossible,abriefintroductionaboutthewriter.

　　Body

　　Beforeyougetstartedonthebodyofthereport,spendafewminutesconsideringthefollowingpoints.

　　Canyouidentifythewriter'sthesis?

　　Whatarethemajorpointsinthebook?

（majorparts,chapters,etc.）

　　Whataretheauthor’smajorarguments?

　　Whataretheauthor’ssupportingideasandmaterials?

　　Whatconclusionshastheauthordrawn?

　　Inthebodyofyourbookreport,youwilluseyournotestoguideyouthroughanextendedsummaryofthebook.Youwillweaveyourownthoughtsandimpressionsintothesummary.

　　Conclusion

　　Asyouleadtoyourfinalpart,considersomeadditionalimpre