Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the opportunities are in seasonal work, mainly connected with tourism and agriculture. The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, work on a family campsite, entertain kids on American summer camps, and of course, there are always jobs in hotels and restaurants.

But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. “Unless you speak the language of the country will, there will be very few openings.” Says Anthea Ellis, an adviser on vacation work for students. “If you work as a nanny with a family in Italy, then of course you’ll have to speak Italian. When you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will expect you to speak French.”

Not everyone enjoys the experience. Sarah James was an assistant responsible for a summer camp group of forty America children in Europe. One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was flown home; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the noise they made. “I did visit a lot of new places,” she says, “but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was awful and really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”

“The trouble is, students expect to have an easy time of it,” Anthea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a holiday. In practice, though, you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy and you have few employment rights. As soon as the holiday season finished, they’ll get rid of you. If you don’t work hard, or if your employer doesn’t like you, you’ll get fired.”

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Answer 1

【答案】Many students seek vacation work abroad every summer for the excitement of travel while working.（要点1） However, Language is sometimes a barrier when you seek jobs overseas.（要点2）Meanwhile, some students don’t think it worthwhile, like Sarah, who was very disappointed at her experience because of tiring heavy work and low pay.（要点3） Worse still, vacation work is informal and temporary, meaning that you can be easily out of work. (要点4) (76 words)

【解析】

这是一篇复述文章概要的作文。本文主要讲述的是在假期里很多学生都到海外去工作，以增加自己的工作经验并赚点钱。叙述了在此期间所遇见的困难和问题。

这是一篇复述文章概要的作文。这种文章要求人称和时态与原文一致，所以本文用第三人称和一般现在时态。内容包括：每年夏天许多学生到国外找假期工作。(要点1)然而, 当你寻求海外的工作时语言是一个障碍。(要点2)与此同时,一些学生不认为它值得的,像萨拉一样,她的经历非常失望因为厌倦沉重的工作和低工资。(要点3)更糟的是,假期是非正规和临时工作,这意味着你很容易失业。(要点4)