Acknowledgements致谢词
Preface序言
About the Authors作者简介
Part A What Is Better Writing?
何谓精进写作?
The“Magical Seven”Elements
魔法七要素
1 Better Writing Is an Extension ofYou个人的延伸
2 BetterWriting Is Clear叙述清楚
3 Better Writing Has Good Grammar and Spelling正确的语法和拼写
4 Better Writing Considers Your Audience考虑到读者
5 Better Writing Is Patient要有耐心
6 Better Writing Involves Reading Widely广泛阅读
7 BeRer Writing Chooses.a Good Place and Time to Write适当的时间和地点
The“Magical Seven”Structures of Classroom Writing
课堂写作的魔法七结构
1 Description描述
2 Narration叙述
3 How—to Papers“如何”类文章
4 Definition定义
5 Comparison and Contrast比较和对照
6 Cause andEffect因果关系
7 Persuasive说服性
Part B Some Key Usage PointsmAvoid Chinglish
精要关键用词——避免中式英文
1 Afraid害怕
2 Bored/Boring无聊
Activity 2.1
3 Colors颜色
4 Easy to易于
5 Ever曾经
6 He&She(orIt?)他&她(或它?)
7 In General/Generally Speaking一般而言
8 -ing动名词或现在分词
Activity 2.2
9 Nouns Doing the Work ofVerbs将名词转化为动词使用
10 OldPeople老人
11 Owingto由于
12 Parts of Speech词性
Activity 2.3&2.4
13 People and Nationalities人民与国籍
14 Phenomenon现象
Activity 2.5
15 Place Names with or without the加the与不加the的地名
Activity 2.6
16 Possessives所有格
17 RelaxYour Mind放松你的心情
Activity 2.7
18 Smiling Face微笑的脸
Activity 2.8
19 Studies研究
20 Subject/Verb Agreement主语与动词的一致性
Activity 2.9
21 Verb+-ing动词+-ing
Activity 2.1 0
Part C Twelve Steps to Clearer Writing
精进写作的12步骤
1 Start Strong有力的开始
Activity 3.1
Activity 3.2
2 Use Strong Nouns使用有力的名词
Activity 3.3&3.4
3 EmployⅥVid Verbs使用生动的动词
Activity 3.5&3.6
4 Use Harold Words使用简单的词
Activity 3.7
5 Use Some Glue使用黏着剂
Activity 3.8
Activity 3.9
6 Cut Clutter删除冗词
Activity 3.10&3.11
7 Practice Parallelism练习平行结构
Activity 3.12
8 Produce Powerful Punctuation使用有效的标点
Activity 3.13&3.14
Activity 3.15
Activity 3.1 6
Activity 3.1 7
9 Vary Sentence Lengths&Patterns变化句长和句型
Activity 3.18
Activity 3.19
10 Use Active Voice使用主动语态
Activity 3.20&3.21
11 EndwithaBang动人的结语.
12 Finish with Formatting完稿前检查格式
Answer Key解答
Appendix附录
1 Words Often Confused容易混淆的单词
2 Essential Prefixes,Stems,and Suffixes to Know重要的词首、词根和词尾
3 Additional Resources附加的学习资源
Final Thoughts卷后语