2019-03-26
对于PTE考试中的SWT题型，有的同学觉得很容易，基本上不用练，中心就能归纳出来。但是对于有些同学来说，中文考试中的中心都不一定归纳出来，英文就更不要说啦。所以别看这是一道小小的题型，所要考察的能力却是多方面的，同时也是有其应对的方法。今天小编就给大家分享一道例题，大家可以从中找找解题思路。
例题：
Read the passage below and summarize it using one sentence. Type your response in the box at the bottom of the screen. You have 10 minutes to finish this task. Your response will be judge on the quality of your writing and on how well your response presents the key points in the passage.
Since Australians Jennifer Hawkins and Lauryn Eagle were crowned Miss Universe and Miss Teen International respectively, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in beauty pageants in this country. These wins have also sparked a debate as to whether beauty pageants are just harmless reminders of old fashioned values or a throwback to the days when women were respected for how good they looked. Opponents argue that beauty pageants, whether its Miss Universe or Miss Teen International, are demeaning to women and out of sync with the times. They say they are nothing more than symbols of decline.
In the past few decades Australia has taken more than a few faltering steps toward treating women with dignity and respect. Young women are being brought up knowing that they can do anything, as shown by inspiring role models in medicine such as 2003 Australian of the Year Professor
Fiona Stanley.
In the 1960s and 70s, one of the first acts of the feminist movement was to picket beauty pageants on the premise that the industry promoted the view that it was acceptable to judge women on their appearance. Today many young Australian women are still profoundly uncomfortable with their body image, feeling under all kinds of pressures because they are judged by how they look.
Almost all of the pageant victors are wafer thin, reinforcing the message that thin equals beautiful. This ignores the fact that men and women come in all sizes and shapes. In a country where up to 60% of young women are on a diet at any one time and 70% of school girls say they want to lose weight, despite the fact that most have a normal BMI, such messages are profoundly hazardous to the mental health of young Australians.
解析：
这篇文章主要从两名澳大利亚女性赢得比赛作为切入点，从选美的角度来分析澳大利亚在尊重妇女方面是否取得了进步，以及选美比赛的利和弊。
参考答案：
The wins of two Australian females on beauty pageants increased the interest in Australians and sparked a debate, in which proponents think they are harmless reminders, while opponents argue they are throwbacks and symbols of decline, which are hazardous to women mental health, out of sync with the times and against the steps towards treating women with dignity and respect, judging women on their appearance, demeaning to women, and reinforcing the message prefer thin images.
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