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【CET-4缩写与摘要】Xiao Liu, An Honored Sanitation

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to read the following passage about Xiao Liu, An honored Sanitation and then write a summary of no more than 100 words. Remember to use your own words.

Xiao Liu, An Honored Sanitation

Xiao Liu is a sanitation in a restaurant, a much honored one. She has been awarded for her “excellent work and satisfactory service” by the National Tourism Administration four times since she took the job six years ago.

Her job seems simple. Every morning, she is required to clean two washrooms, two bathrooms, two locker rooms, the balcony and the corridor. But it is hard and demanding work, especially for a girl who suffers from heart disease. “I usually have to come at 8:30—half an hour before the working time begins and start to bustle in and out without a break,” says Liu. At 11 o’clock—the opening time of the restaurant, everything is washed up. So is she. Then she stands in front of the washrooms to greet every guest with a smile, help them and do the cleaning whenever it is necessary.

“It is unusual work for such a young woman,” says the manager of the restaurant, “It is not only the hand work but also the psychological pressure that she has to stand.”

“I felt very ashamed and humble when I stood in front of the washroom on my first working day,” recalls Liu. Then only 17 years old she blushed whenever a guest came. Her collegues poked fun at her and her friends called her a fool.

“Because of my work, they think I am inferior and can only work in the washrooms. But I am not,” she says. And the young woman, who had been eager to do everything well since she was a child, vowed to prove it.

Four years ago, she was honored as Excellent Sanitation worker by the National Tourism Administration. It was the happiest day of her life. “Standing on the stage, I cried, because it is not only a prize, but a kind of understanding and recognition,” Liu says.

In spite of the heavy work during the day time, Liu spends every night learning from her sister’s textbooks. “Sometimes I read till 3 o’clock in the morning and get up at 6 to go to work,” She says. Two years ago, she passed the entrance examination for the “Worker College”, and this year, she obtained a diploma in finance. Her thesis was selected for excellence and was honored at the commencement.

【范文】

Xiao Liu is a model① worker doing clean-up② in a restaurant. Her daily chores③ include cleaning the washrooms and bathrooms. When she first started at the age of 17, she felt ashamed of④ it, and people laughed at⑤ her. But the young woman has overcome all difficulties and excelled⑥ in her work. For this, she won an award. She also studied hard at night. And in the end she graduated from the “Worker College” with good results.

【注释】

①model: 模范

②clean-up: 清洁活

③daily chore: 日常工作，日常事务

④felt ashamed of: 为……感到惭愧

⑤laugh at: 嘲笑……

⑥excelle: 取得优秀成绩

【点评】

本文是一篇缩写的范文。

象本单元原文这样的纪实性的文章，一般篇幅都较长，事例多。在这篇文章中，作者就记述了人们自参加工作以来的几件经历过的事，所以在写缩写前首先当然是读懂全文，弄清每个事例都是围绕什么意思展开的，如本文即颂扬小刘在平凡的工作岗位上如何尽心尽责，努力工作的精神。有了这个法宝我们就抓住了整篇文章的骨架，再往里面增加一些必要的内容也就是事例或评论，一篇篇幅精小，内容饱满的缩写就完成了。

资料来源：新大学英语四、六级考点透视丛书：四级写作/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2006