Question

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Once upon a time, eating alone was just that: sitting down in a restaurant on one’s own and eating a meal. Everyone did it sometimes, and when they did so they might be a little embarrassed. To eat alone might suggest that you didn’t have any family or friends, or didn’t like people. There was a kind of shame attached to it. Nowadays, however, there is more and more solitary(独自的) eating.

People choose to eat alone for various reasons. “Foodies”—people who have a passionate interest in different cuisines(美食)—do it because all they need for their pleasure is the chance to eat good food. They don’t want company or conversation, but only the joy of eating some special dish.

Other people eat alone because it’s simply practical for them to do so. For instance, it’s estimated that nearly a third of all the customers of fast-food restaurants eat alone. They are served with their food fast, eat it fast and then leave fast—because they have a meeting to make or a child to pick up from school.

But for others, the appeal of eating alone is quite different. It’s an experience of freedom. For the hour that it takes to have a meal, they can forget all the pressures of their lives. For a brief window, they don’t have to deal with their family or job. They can relax and let their mind wander. Maybe they will bring a book, a newspaper or perhaps they will shyly spy on the people around them. Part of the appeal of this new trend is surely that a meal taken alone is like a little holiday from the busyness of modern life, in which we have so much to do all the time. David Annand, editor of US-based Conde Nast Traveler magazine, who delights in dining alone, speaks of his pleasure in the “rhythm of a meal in a restaurant—its ebb and flow(人来人往), the regular arrival and departure of the waiter.” This restaurant rhythm allows him and others, he writes, to sit back, observe, and think.

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Answer

Nowadays, there is more and more solitary eating(要点1). “Foodies” do it because all they need for their pleasure is the chance to eat good food(要点2). Besides, other people eat alone because it’s simply practical for them to do so(要点3). Lastly, for others, the appeal of eating alone is an experience of freedom(要点4).(52字)

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。主要讨论了独自进餐的人越来越多的原因。

文章的主要结构为总-分。主要讲独自进餐的人越来越多，并从不同群体角度出发分析原因。符合概要写作常规出题思路。

第一段提出中心话题“独自进餐的人越来越多”，可以用到的词汇或句型有：there be句式；solitary eating等。第二段从美食家的角度分析原因，可以用到的词汇或句式有：first; foodies; their pleasure; the chance to eat good food.等。第三段主要讲述了一些人选择独自进餐的原因为其实用性，可以用到的词汇或句式有：besides; practical等。第四段讲了另一部分人选择独自进餐处于“自由体验”，可以用到的词汇或句式有：lastly；an experience of freedom等。

【高分句型】

Foodie spend time doing it because they get pleasure out of it. 美食家花时间去做，因为他们从中得到乐趣。spend time doing sth. 花费时间做某事。