Writing a 50-word summary (Part 2) （英文閱讀、語言學必看）

In Part 1, I showed you how to make a long summary by saying a little about each page. In this posting, I will show you how to make your summary shorter. If your first summary is too long, you can take away some sentences and words. If your summary is now too short, you can put back a few words or find new, better words.

Here is yesterday's summary:

Summary	# of words
When Lil Peters was a little girl, her father made her learn to shoot	14
When she went to college, she could shoot better than many men.	12
One day, Lil learned that her father was killed by a bad guy.	13
Lil promised that she would find the man who killed her father.	12
Garson Cade and Bunco tried to kill Lil with dynamite.	10
Lil was very smart, so she saved herself.	8
She then took out her guns and went to find the bad guys.	13
Lil found out that Garson Cade was the killer.	9
This summary is much too long!	91

Summary	# of words
Lil Peters could shoot better than many men.	8
One day, Lil learned that her father was killed by a bad guy.	13
Garson Cade tried to kill Lil with dynamite.	8
Lil saved herself and went to find the bad guys.	10
Lil found out that Garson Cade was the killer.	9
Now the summary is a little too short	48

Summary	# of words
Lil Peters could shoot better than many men.	8
One day, Lil learned that her father, a sheriff, was killed by a bad guy.	15
Garson Cade, a gambler, tried to kill Lil with dynamite.	8
Lil saved herself and went to find the bad guys.	10
Lil found out that Garson Cade was the killer.	9
Now the summary is just right!	50

Dynamite is not important, but I know that her father's job is important. The sheriff told the gambler to leave town, probably because he cheated many people. 

  This explains why Garson Cade killed Lil's father.