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Persian Learner Posted 13 years ago
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Is my summary correct?
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Is my summary correct? Let me know my mistake/s.
The main text:
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'Sudden Fear'
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David was blind. He had been handicapped ever since he could recall,but now all that was to be changed. He would be able to see. The doctor and the nurse stood by him; he could see them for the first time.
He lay in his bed starting at the ceiling,not daring to move because he was afraid that he might lose this wonderful new thing -this gift of sight. The doctor was speaking to the nurse,and David heard him say what a brave boy he had been,more courageous than anyone could have expected. His heart filled with pride as he heard the doctor's words.
The operation designed to give him his sight had been a very painful one,but David had not shown any fear either before the operation or while the doctor was doing it.Also,he had not been frightened by the world of sight that had opened out to him. He realized that he was not afraid because the nurse had been very kind and described what everything would be like.
"I think he will be all right now," he heard the doctor say." "I'll come and see him again tomorrow. Meanwhile,put him out in the sunshine for a while;it will entertain him and do him good."
The nurse put him in a wheelchair, well wrapped up, and wheeled him outside into the garden.
for a time he sat there looking at nothing in particular. Suddenly his heart seemed to stop beating with terror,and he sat,too frightened to move;then he rose up from his chair, his hands outstretched in defense, and his eyes fixed on something huge and black in front of him that danced at his feet. He cried out at the horror of it and fell down. The nurse ran out to him.
When the doctor called the next morning, she said, "So you see doctor,though David was not frightened of anything he saw after the operation, there was still something that scared him a lot, ant that was his own shadow! You know, I had forgotten to describe shadows to him."
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My summary:
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David was blind. He had been disabled since childhood,but after a painful but successful surgery,he would be able to see.He was so excited for this pleasant event.In the meantime,David's nurse was very kind to him and had described to him the world around before his operation.One day that the nurse took David into the garden to get some fresh air,something huge and black appeared in front of David and scared him terribly,so he got up from his wheelchair and fell down at the horror of it.Actually the scary thing was his shadow and the nurse had forgotten to describe shadows to David!.
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I'm so thankful in advance for your helpful replies!
Is my summary correct? Let me know my mistake/s.
The main text:
"
'Sudden Fear'
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David was blind. He had been handicapped ever since he could recall,but now all that was to be changed. He would be able to see. The doctor and the nurse stood by him; he could see them for the first time.
He lay in his bed starting at the ceiling,not daring to move because he was afraid that he might lose this wonderful new thing -this gift of sight. The doctor was speaking to the nurse,and David heard him say what a brave boy he had been,more courageous than anyone could have expected. His heart filled with pride as he heard the doctor's words.
The operation designed to give him his sight had been a very painful one,but David had not shown any fear either before the operation or while the doctor was doing it.Also,he had not been frightened by the world of sight that had opened out to him. He realized that he was not afraid because the nurse had been very kind and described what everything would be like.
"I think he will be all right now," he heard the doctor say." "I'll come and see him again tomorrow. Meanwhile,put him out in the sunshine for a while;it will entertain him and do him good."
The nurse put him in a wheelchair, well wrapped up, and wheeled him outside into the garden.
for a time he sat there looking at nothing in particular. Suddenly his heart seemed to stop beating with terror,and he sat,too frightened to move;then he rose up from his chair, his hands outstretched in defense, and his eyes fixed on something huge and black in front of him that danced at his feet. He cried out at the horror of it and fell down. The nurse ran out to him.
When the doctor called the next morning, she said, "So you see doctor,though David was not frightened of anything he saw after the operation, there was still something that scared him a lot, ant that was his own shadow! You know, I had forgotten to describe shadows to him."
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My summary:
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David was blind. He had been disabled since childhood,but after a painful but successful surgery,he would be able to see.He was so excited for this pleasant event.In the meantime,David's nurse was very kind to him and had described to him the world around before his operation.One day that the nurse took David into the garden to get some fresh air,something huge and black appeared in front of David and scared him terribly,so he got up from his wheelchair and fell down at the horror of it.Actually the scary thing was his shadow and the nurse had forgotten to describe shadows to David!.
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I'm so thankful in advance for your helpful replies!
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Do you think you answered the questions I posed here?
http://www.EnglishForward.com/English/HowToWriteSummary/bzvhmr/post.htm
http://www.EnglishForward.com/English/HowToWriteSummary/bzvhmr/post.htm
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Yes. I think so dear teacher.
I wanna know if my summary is correct in terms of meaning,the text size,and grammar point?
I wanna know if my summary is correct in terms of meaning,the text size,and grammar point?
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David was blind. He had been disabled since childhood,but after a painful but successful surgery,he would be able to see.
Okay so far. You might want to use "David had been blind since childhood" - it's more to the point.
He was so excited for this pleasant event. "Pleasant" is too mild a word.
In the meantime,David's nurse was very kind to him and had described
Okay so far. You might want to use "David had been blind since childhood" - it's more to the point.
He was so excited for this pleasant event. "Pleasant" is too mild a word.
In the meantime,David's nurse was very kind to him and had described
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Thanks a lot for your excellent reply.
To sum the topic up,can i consider this text as the final text?:
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David had been blind since childhood, but after a painful but successful surgery, he would be able to see. He was so excited for this event. In the meantime, David's nurse was very kind to him and had described the world to him before his operation. The day of operation,
To sum the topic up,can i consider this text as the final text?:
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David had been blind since childhood, but after a painful but successful surgery, he would be able to see. He was so excited for this event. In the meantime, David's nurse was very kind to him and had described the world to him before his operation. The day of operation,
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What do you think of this:
Actually, the thing that scared David was his own shadow, which the nurse had forgotten to tell him about.
Actually, the thing that scared David was his own shadow, which the nurse had forgotten to tell him about.
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My teacher told us to design (draw out?) 5 other question from the story text.
These are 5 questions that the teacher already has designed for us:
1-What was the result of David's operation?
2-Why was David afraid of moving in his bed?
3-How did David feel after he had heard the doctor's words?
4-Why did the nurse take David out into the garden?
5-Waht frightened
These are 5 questions that the teacher already has designed for us:
1-What was the result of David's operation?
2-Why was David afraid of moving in his bed?
3-How did David feel after he had heard the doctor's words?
4-Why did the nurse take David out into the garden?
5-Waht frightened
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