Description or summary

Question

a) Complete this description of the conversation on page 18. Use the simple present or

the present progressive where necessary.

OR

b) Complete this summary of the conversation on page 18. Use the simple present or

the present progressive where necessary.

Which is the difference between "complete this description of" and "complete this summary of"?

Thanks in advance

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Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

A summary is a short form of it; a description tells about it.

Anonymous · Answer

Mister Micawber,

If I have this conversation

Don:	Can’t we eat somewhere else besides the hotel, Arthur?
Arthur:	No, we can’t. There isn’t anywhere else as good as the hotel Don. Look, the waiter is coming over for our order now.
Waiter:	Good evening. Would you like to order now? I can recommend the roast beef. It’s very good.
Arthur:	No, I’m afraid I don’t like roast beef. Let me see . . . what else you have got on your menu. You order first, Don.
Don:	All right. Roast beef for me, please. But I don’t want any potatoes. I’m trying to lose weight.
Arthur:	I think I’d like some fish. Yes, some Scotch salmon, please.
Waiter:	Er . . . I’m afraid we don’t have any salmon this evening, sir. The roast beef’s really good, sir.
Arthur:	No. If I can’t have any salmon. I’d like some trout (traut).
Waiter:	I’m terribly sorry, sir, but I’m afraid we . . . er . . .
Arthur:	You mean you don’t have any trout (traut), either!
Waiter:	No, sir. I’m afraid not, sir.
Arthur:	Well . . . hmm . . . I suppose you have a fillet (fílet) of sole, (sol) then?
Waiter:	A fillet of sole, sir? Did you say a fillet (fílet) of sole (sol), sir?
Arthur:	Yes, that’s right, I’d like a fillet (fílet) of sole (sol) with some . . .
Waiter:	There’s very little good sole (sol) on the market at this time of the year, sir. You shouldn’t ask for a fillet (fílet) of sole (sol) at this time of the year, sir. Our roast beef is much better, much, much better!! Believe me, sir.
Arthur:	Well, I’m sure it is waiter. But I don’t like roast beef! I’d like . . .
Waiter:	Try the roast beef, sir. You’ll be very happy with our roast beef.
Arthur:	Why? I don’t like roast beef! I never eat roast beef! In fact, I hate roast beef!
Waiter:	Well . . . I’m afraid we haven’t got anything else for dinner, sir. and then I give the students this exercise where they have to fill in the blanks what in bold is 1 Don wants to eat somewhere else besides the hotel, but 2 Arthur says there isn’t anywhere else as good as the hotel. 3 The waiter is coming over for their order and 4 recommends them the roast beef, but Arthur doesn’t like 5 roast beef. Arthur looks for something else on the menu. 6 Meanwhile, Don orders the roast beef, but without any potatoes 7 because Don is trying to lose weight, 8 Arthur orders some Scotch salmon, but the waiter tells him they 9 don’t have any Scotch salmon this evening. 10 Then, Arthur orders some trout (traut), but they don’t have any 11 Trout (traut) either. 12 After that, Arthur orders a fillet of sole, but they 13 don’t have any sole either because there is very little 14 good sole at this time of the year. 15 The waiter insists that Don should have the roast beef. 16 Arthur, who is really angry by now, tells the waiter he doesn’t like 17 roast beef, in fact he hates roast beef. 18 Then, the waiter says they haven’t got anything 19 else for dinner.

Is this a description or is it a summary?

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Mister Micawber · Answer

I have answered you elsewhere.  Please do not double-post.

Anonymous · Answer

Mister Micawber,

That was not my intention, but once I didn't see my post for two days, and when I asked they said that mistakes happen, which is absolutely right.

That's why I have posted twice.

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