Let's say you have to write a short essay.

比如，你要写一篇短文。

These are short essays, you don't need to give me that much information.

这是短文，你不需要给我那么多信息。

13. What does the passage say is the whole purpose of the modern refrigerator?

13. 这篇短文说现代冰箱全是做什么？

But if you're reading essays, articles, studies and other nonfiction pieces, consider approaching them with this method.

但假如你看是短文、文章、研究以及其他非小说作品，考虑一下在阅读时采取这种策略。

Read the passage. Then match the pictures with the correct clocks.

阅读短文。将图画与对应时钟匹配.

Do you think it comes from a newspaper or a book?

你认为这篇短文是出自一份报纸还是一本书？

There are many short texts on the Internet that have repeating words that most people don't notice until they finished the text and read the description.

互联网上有很多重复单词短文，但大多数人在看完短文并开始阅读介绍前，都不会发现。

3a Read the passage and answer the questions.

3a 读短文，回答问题。

Do we say, " create an essay" or " do an essay? "

我们是说“创作一篇短文”还是“做一篇短文？”

They have written the short articles below to help students improve their memory.

他们已经写了下面短文，以帮助学生提高他们记忆。

" Can you write a short text using as many phrasal verbs as possible? "

“你能用尽可能多动词短语写一篇短文吗？”

To win it, you need to write a short story about a place you've visited.

要赢得这个大赛，你需要写一篇短文有关你参观过地方。

Write a small paragraph about having a guest.

写一段关于邀请客人小短文。

Here's a short piece from the May 2018 issue of the magazine, in the section we call Advances: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology and Medicine

以下是收录在本杂志2018年5月刊“进展：科学、技术和医学前沿快报”版块一篇短文。

Keeping up with current events is essential to understanding the way that our world works and I get to do that every day by reading all the short articles that are posted to Morning Brew every morning.

了解时事对于理解我们这个世界运作方式至关重要，我每天都会阅读 Morning Brew 每日早上发布所有短文来知晓新闻信息。

And here's a short piece from the January 2019 issue of the magazine, in the section called Advances: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology and Medicine.

以下是收录在本杂志2019年1月刊“进展：科学、技术和医学前沿快报”版块一篇短文。

Whether it's a vignette of a single page or an epic trilogy like The Lord of the Rings, the work is always accomplished one word at a time.

不论是只有一页小短文，还是《魔戒》这样三曲史诗巨著，总是一个字一个字写出来。

But I hesitantly took two hours to fill that essays and now owe her for or owe that phone call for the best two years of my life and truly the happiest.

但我还是磨蹭了两小时完成短文多亏那个打来电话人这是我人生最美好，最快乐两年。

And here's a short piece from the July 2018 issue of the magazine, in the section we call Advances: Dispatches From The Frontiers Of Science, Technology And Medicine

今天给大家介绍收录在本杂志2018年7月刊“进展：科学、技术和医学前沿快报”栏一篇短文。

Yes, but remember we're only supposed to write a short paper so it's probably best if we don't go into funding in any detail.

是，但记住我们只需要写一篇短文，所以最好不要详细讨论资金问题。