PTE写作SWT题有哪些方法找主旨句

PTE写作SWT题型中，每篇文章都有它的主旨句。我们要找到主旨句和信号词，来看羊驼教研组老师讲解的PTE写作SWT题的例题：Women in higher education，高等教育中的女性，这个话题是大家经常会说到的，高等教育的女性，跟以往做对比，是不是跟男性在社会上面面临的是同等的待遇？还是会面临一些性别上的不公？可能是这篇文章讲的内容。

一、PTE写作SWT题的原文

If women are so far ahead of men, why are they so far behind? Reports from both sides of the Atlantic show that female students dominate university courses, yet women still do not make it to the top.

A report on inequality in the UK said last week that girls had better educational results than boys at 16, went to university in greater numbers and achieved better degrees once they got there. "More women now have higher education qualifications than men in every age group up to age 44," the report said.

In the US, 57 per cent of college graduates in 2006-07 were women. Women form the majority of all graduates under 45.

Yet few women make it to the boards of companies in either country. In the UK, the proportion of women on FTSE 100 boards rose fractionally from 11.7 per cent to 12.2 per cent last year, according to the Cranfield University School of Management, but that was only because of a fall in the size of the boards.

In the US, women accounted for 15.2 per cent of board seats on Fortune 500 companies, according to Catalyst, the research organisation, which said the numbers had barely budged for five years.

The hopeful way of looking at this is that the rising generation of female graduates has yet to reach director age. Give it 10 years and they will dominate boards as they do universities.

If that were true, however, we would surely see the number of women director numbers moving up by now. The first year that women college graduates outnumbered men in the US was 1982. These graduates must be entering their 50s -prime director age.

二、PTE写作SWT题的答案

More women now have higher education qualifications than men in every age group up to age 44, but few women make it to the boards of companies in either country, and the hopeful way of looking at this is that the rising generation of female graduates has yet to reach director age, so we would surely see the number of women director numbers moving up by now. (67 words)

三、PTE写作SWT题的翻译

如果女人领先男人那么多，为什么她们落后男人那么多?

If women are so far ahead of men, why are they so far behind? 

来自大西洋两岸的报告显示，女学生在大学课程中占主导地位，但女性仍然无法跻身高层。

 Reports from both sides of the Atlantic show that female students dominate university courses, yet women still do not make it to the top.

上周，一份关于英国不平等现象的报告称，女孩在16岁时的教育成绩比男孩好，上大学的人数更多，并且在上大学后获得了更好的学位。

A report on inequality in the UK said last week that girls had better educational results than boys at 16, went to university in greater numbers and achieved better degrees once they got there. 

报告称:“在44岁之前的各个年龄段，拥有高等教育学历的女性都比男性多。”

 "More women now have higher education qualifications than men in every age group up to age 44," the report said.

在美国，2006年至2007年57%的大学毕业生是女性。

In the US, 57 per cent of college graduates in 2006-07 were women. 

在所有45岁以下的毕业生中，女性占大多数。

Women form the majority of all graduates under 45.

然而，在这两个国家，很少有女性进入公司董事会。

Yet few women make it to the boards of companies in either country. 

在英国，克兰菲尔德大学管理学院(Cranfield University School of Management)的数据显示，去年富时100指数成分股公司董事会中女性的比例从11.7%小幅上升至12.2%，但这只是因为董事会规模缩小了。

 In the UK, the proportion of women on FTSE 100 boards rose fractionally from 11.7 per cent to 12.2 per cent last year, according to the Cranfield University School of Management, but that was only because of a fall in the size of the boards.

研究机构Catalyst的数据显示，在美国，《财富》(Fortune) 500强企业的董事会中，女性占15.2%。该机构表示，这一比例5年来几乎没有变化。

In the US, women accounted for 15.2 per cent of board seats on Fortune 500 companies, according to Catalyst, the research organisation, which said the numbers had barely budged for five years.

从乐观的角度来看，新一代女毕业生尚未达到当导演的年龄。

The hopeful way of looking at this is that the rising generation of female graduates has yet to reach director age. 

再过10年，他们就会像主宰大学一样主宰董事会。

 Give it 10 years and they will dominate boards as they do universities.

然而，如果这是真的，我们现在肯定会看到女性董事的数量在上升。

If that were true, however, we would surely see the number of women director numbers moving up by now. 

1982年，美国女性大学毕业生人数首次超过男性。 

The first year that women college graduates outnumbered men in the US was 1982. 

这些毕业生肯定已步入50岁——成为导演的最佳年龄。 

These graduates must be entering their 50s -prime director age.

四、PTE写作SWT题的解析

第一部分：PTE写作SWT题的生难词积累

dominate，动词统治、支配的意思；Qualification，表示是你的资格、你的学历、你是否有资格去干某件事情？Are you qualified do you have the qualification；proportion，表示比例、份额；Fractionally，微小的、极少的一部分；Buted，移动；number, 数量，那么outnumber作为动词就是超过的意思。

第二部分：PTE写作SWT题的原文解析

分了7段，这种段落偏多的，有的段落可能相对来说不重要，都是细节，所以不要是没有任何关系的。那到底要谁呢？看是不是有些信号词呢？有报告宣称，More women now have higher qualification the in every group up to age forty four，在44岁之前的每一个年龄阶段，都是更多的女性比男性具有高等学历。然而fewer make it to the board of companies in either country, 这个yet就对前面的转折了，他说在美国和英国，几乎没有女性进入到了公司的董事会。The whole way of looking at this looking at，前面所说的数据是，That the generation of female graduates have yet to. 也就是说好的一方面在于，目前这种新生代的女性毕业生，还没有达到年龄阶段，所以也许没有太多女性的原因是因为她们还不够成熟、资质还不够。However，但是we should see the number of by now. 现在我们确确实实看到女性董事的数量正在不断的抬升。

第三部分：PTE写作SWT题的答案解析

所以我们讲这道题目，其实已经很明确了几个概念，第一，男性、第二，女性、第三，高等教育、第四，公司董事会。Board of the companies董事。讲的就是为什么现在女性受到高等教育的比男性要多这么多，但是依旧还没有进入董事呢？在每一个论述的阶段都给了一大堆例子，最后表明这个数字在moving up了，正在不断的增加。那这就是我们这道题的答案了。所以这种题目相对来说是比较简单的，做起来可能不需要太费脑筋。

注意：我们这道题叫SWT，这个S代表着summize，代表着总结。所以里面的数字，只要不是这篇文章的重点，不需要带到答案当中去。