高考英语概要写作深度解读（五）.pdf

2021 届高考英语概要写作深度解读 （五） 阅读下面短文，根据内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。 College students need textbooks to help them learn and earn an academic degree. However, on top of tuition, room and board and meals, why are textbooks so expensive? Textbooks cover many areas of knowledge. They are prepared specifically with a lot of information that include many original pictures, special charts, and specific data. Textbooks are extremely useful to studentsfor learning andprofitable for the companiesthat publish them.Whiletextbooks can be a financialburden on the student,they canbeprofitable for abook scouter (侦察员). Abook scouter isan opportunistwhobuyscheapusedbooksatthrift stores(二手店) orbook sales, and sells them for more money. Brand new textbooks are the most desired of books for scouters since they typically cost over $100. Of course, used textbooks don’t cost as much. But when the scouter goes to a thrift store and book sales at libraries, textbooks can cost as little as several dollars. So, buying used textbooks that are new is one of the most profitable books that sellerscanbuy. Unfortunately, many college textbook editions change every year, which eliminates (消除) the student’s chance to use last year’s edition. So, they will have to pay more money for brand newtextbooks.The sadreality isthat very few changesaregenerally madebetween editions. Book scouters search for textbooks as well as other categories of books available at local thrift stores orbook sales.Textbooksthat arenew orrelatively new aremarked down tojust a few dollars. Then they can be sold on Amazon for potentially high profits. Amazon buys new textbooks for a lot more money than most other types of books. If you want to try scouting textbooksto make aprofit,buy their newest editions or the ones ahead ofthem.Buy it in thebest condition possible. If you live in a town or city where there is a university, you have a better chanceoffindinggoodtextbooks. Although textbooks can