英 文 短 文 复 述
练习时间：不低于24小时（以分钟为单位累加计算）。3小时/天，即8天；1小时/天，即24天；半小时/天，48天；时间不确定或者无法坚持的同学，就不要浪费时间尝试了！建议每天练习1-3个小时；
练习方法：
1． 通读一遍短文，如有不认识的单词，请查阅相关工具，确保理解短文的内容。
2． 再读一篇短文，加深对于文章内容的记忆
3． 讲本书合起或者将目光一直别处或者将双眼闭起。
4． 回忆刚才所看到的内容，用英语进行复述。
5． 查看原文，对比自己说的和原文在表述的内容上是否一致。
6． 如果对文章的内容表述已经很准确了，那么再重复训练直到自己复述的语速和正常阅读的速度差不多
7． 以同样的方法进入下一篇文章练习，直到您对当前的短文练习已经达标。
注意事项：
1． 在把短文内容表述完成之前，一定不要看原文
2． 你允许把短文内容表达的不完整或不准确，但是不可以在短文复述结束之前忍不住偷看原文
3． 你甚至可以短文的内容表达的与原文完全不同，但是复述结束之前，一定不要看原文。
4． 不要试图把短文背下来，否则，你的写作能力会得到很大的提高而不是口语能力
5． 强化训练部分，难度较高，通读一遍，查找字典弄清楚文章的意思，然后用自己的语言把文章的主要内容复述下来即可。
练习项目：
基础训练：
1． Some kids, playing near a pool, saw many Frogs in the water and began to throw stones to them.They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: \"Please stop, my boys: what is fun to you, is death to us.”
2． I was born in a quite small village with no long rivers or high mountains; Sky is always blue, air is fresh all the time, we could see all kinds of plants and wild animals everywhere.All the people are very friendly and nice to each other.They make their living on farming on the poor land which could not make them rich but enough to raise families.I went away from my home village 10 years ago, I mi my village a lot.
3． One day, the tiger and the fox are talking.The fox says, “Do you believe that all the animals in the forest are scared of me not you?” The tiger doesn’t believe and follows the fox to the forest.All the animals are very frightened when they see the tiger and run away.The tiger is shocked and thinks that the animals are scared of the fox.The fox is very happy because in fact it depends on the terror of the tiger to frighten the animals
4． One day, a little horse is going to see his grandpa, on the way to grandpa’s house, he needs to cro a river.He has no idea how deep the water is, so he stays by the river waiting for help.Later, one rabbit comes, and warns him not to try because one of his friends was drown right here.Little horse is scared by the words of the rabbit.After the leaving of the rabbit, an elephant arrives and tells the little horse to cro it right now, as there is no any danger at all, he croes the river several times each day.Little horse is so confused; finally he decides to have a try by putting one of his front legs into the river.It is not deep for him at all, he arrives the other shore safely.
5． A boy, returning alone from the pasture, was pursued by a Wolf.Seeing he could not escape, he turned round, and said: \"I know, friend wolf, that I must be your lunch, but before I die I would ask of you one favor, you will sing a song for me to which I may dance.\" The Wolf agreed, and while he was singing the Kid was dancing, some hunting dogs hearing the sound ran up and began chasing the Wolf.Turning to the Kid, he said, \"It is just what I deserve; for I, who am only a butcher, should not sing songs to please you.\"
6． A cat and a monkey live in the same house.They are very close friends.One day, they sit by the fire.They are watching some chestnuts on the fire.They want to get them.“I am happy to get them,” says the monkey.“But you are much better at such things than I am.Take them out and both of us can eat them.” The cat is happy with the words.She tries many times and takes all the chestnuts out.But her paw is injured.They eat the chestnuts up.Then a man comes in and finds all the chestnuts are gone.He finds the cat’s paw is injured.So he thinks the cat eats all the chestnuts.He is angry with the cat and drives her away
7． Tom put his hand into a pot full of candies.He grasped as many as he could poibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pot.Unwilling to lose his candies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears.A bystander said to him, \"Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand.\"
8． A dog and a cock being great friends, agreed to travel together.At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood.The Cock flying up, perched himself on the branches of a tree, while the dog found a bed beneath in the hollow trunk.When the morning dawned, the Cock, as usual, crowed very loudly several times.A Fox heard the sound wishing to make a breakfast on him, came and stood under the branches, saying how earnestly he desired to make the acquaintance of the owner of so magnificent a voice.The Cock, suspecting his civilities, said: \"Sir, I wish you would do me the favor of going around to the hollow trunk below me, and waking my porter, so that he may open the door and let you in.\" When the Fox approached the tree, the Dog sprang out and caught him, and tore him into pieces
9． A pair of oxen were drawing a heavily loaded wagon along a miry country road.They had to use all their strength to pull the wagon, but they did not complain.The wheels of the wagon were of a different sort.Though the task they had to do was very light compared with that of the oxen, they creaked and groaned at every turn.The poor oxen, pulling with all their might to draw the wagon through the deep mud, had their ears filled with the loud complaining of the wheels.And this, you may well know, made their work so much the harder to endure.“Silence!” the oxen cried at last, out of patience,
“What have you wheels to complain about so loudly?
We are drawing all the weight, not you, and we are keeping still about it besides”
10． Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: \"If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindne.\" The Lion laughed and let him go.It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: \"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; but now you know that it is poible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.
强化训练
1． Eight cyclists have been killed in southern Italy after a car collided with them on a two-lane road.
Reports from the scene say the driver apparently lost control of his car while trying to overtake another vehicle, and collided head-on with cyclists.Seven died instantly and the eighth died while in medical care.Several others were injured.
The driver of the car, a Moroccan national, was arrested.Police are quoted as saying he tested positive for marijuana.
The accident took place near the city of Lamezia Terme, near Italy\'s southern tip
2． XUZHOU, Jiangsuwhich is desperately short of energy to fuel its booming economy.
France is the world\'s second largest producer of nuclear energy after the United States.
It hopes to be at the forefront of an international revival of the industry which analysts say will benefit from worries about global warming and soaring energy prices.
India has 22 nuclear reactors and is seeking to expand its nuclear energy sector, opening up a market estimated at ￡90bn ($142bn) over 15 years.
The countryhas a population of 1.1 billion.
It gets only a tiny fraction of its electricity from nuclear power.
Supporters of the deal say that having more nuclear plants in India could help reduce global demand for oil and gas while at the same time significantly reducing the country\'s pollution levels.
8． Eurozone retail sales returned to growth in October, following two months of falls, figures have shown.
Sales in October were up by 0.5% from September, and 1.8% higher than a year ago, Eurostat said.
The increase was bigger than analysts\' forecasts for a 0.2% rise, however there were big variations between different eurozone countries.
German retail sales jumped by 2.3% in October, whereas in France sales were down by 0.1%.
Eurostat said that eurozone sales of food, drink and tobacco rose by 1% in October, whereas non-food sales increased by just 0.1%.
For the European Union as a whole, retail sales were up by 0.4% in October, and also showed a 1.8% annual increase.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European Economist at IHS Global Insight, said: \"It must be borne in mind that the fundamentals are still not that great for consumer spending given that the eurozone unemployment rate is currently at a 12-year high of 10.1%, wage growth is muted, and tighter fiscal policy will increasingly kick in acro the region over the coming months.
\"The suspicion is therefore that eurozone consumers will remain pretty cautious in their spending.\"
基础练习部分，无论是词汇还是句型的难度上都较为简单。刚开始练习的时候比较容易建立自信心，但是由于练习的数量较大，所以，真心希望自己口语水平能够提高的朋友一定要坚持。
后面的强化训练部分，都来源于chinadaily， BBC和VOA等知名网站的原文，所以难度偏高，阅读英文的原文，然后再进行复述，这是锻炼和提高自己英式思维和扩大自己词汇量的最佳途径。
建议刚开始训练的时候，只是简单的概括性复述文章的主要内容，随着自己水平的提升，可以侧重于一些细节的部分。魔鬼藏在细节当中，所以，检验自己水平高低的方法，就可以通过自己对细节的掌控程度来判断。
希望对大家有所帮助！
