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Lesson One 1

Text:The Pleasure of Learning by Gilbert Highet 1

Word Study:maintain,convey,develop,contain,order 13

Grammar:Rather 29

Lesson Two 42

Text:A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield 42

Word Study:fix,stretch,bear,beyond,become of,apart 56

Grammar:Negative Questions as a Form of Invitation and Suggestion 71

Lesson Three 81

Text:Solve That Problem—with Humor by William D.Ellis 81

Word Study:assign,draft,issue,consider,handle,patch,in the course of 95

Grammar:More About Adverbial Clauses of Time 114

Lesson Four 126

Text:Unforgettable Johnny Broderick by Toots Shor 126

Word Study:effect,off,as good as,tackle,drive 140

Grammar and Usage:1．The Absolute Construction 2．Some Uses of As 156

Lesson Five 171

Text:History and Historian 171

by Allen F.Davis and Harold D.Woodman 171

Word Study:lack,concern,pursue,conclude,suggest,by way of 183

Grammar:1．Transitional Expressions 2．Some Uses of One 198

Lesson Six 213

Text:The Enormous Radio by John Cheever 213

Word Study:intend,pronounce,more uses of the word work,More uses of the word strike 231

Grammar:Adverbial Clauses Cut Short 247

Lesson Seven 259

Text:The $99,000 Answer by Leonard Stern and Sydney Zelinka 259

Word Study:wish,clear,be at a loss as to,talk somebody out of/into,be liable to do something,appeal 283

Grammar and Usage:1．Correlative Conjunctions 2．Adjective+to-infinitive 299

Lesson Eight 314

Text:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell 314

Word Study:strain,claim,but for,dress,focus,score 329

Grammar and Usage:Figurative Language 343

Lesson Nine 355

Text:In My Day by Russel Baker 355

Word Study:utter,define,mind,prevent,amount to 368

Grammar and Usage:Preposition+which/whom 379

Lesson Ten 388

Text:The American Character by Bradford Smith 388

Word Study:deny,result,demand,need,infinitive phrase of result 404

Grammar and Usage:1．A few Idiomatic Constructions with More 2．The Subjunctive Mood After Whether in Conditional Clauses 418

Lesson Eleven 428

Text:On Being the Right Size by J.B.S Haldane 428

Word Study:engage,reduce,project,compose,hit 444

Grammar and Usage:Ways of Expressing Similarities and Differences 457

Lesson Twelve 467

Text:The Shelter 467

by Rod Serling 467

Word Study:deserve,admit,remind,space 497

Grammar and Usage:Link Verbs 511

Lesson Thirteen 521

Text:The Damned Human Race by Mark Twain 521

Word Study:adopt,offer,at,oblige,render 536

Grammar and Usage:Negation 551

Lesson Fourteen 562

Text:Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising by Ann McClintock 562

Word Study:favor,apply,state,respect 576

Grammar and Usage:The Present Continuous Passive and the Passive Present Participle 590

Lesson Fifteen 599

Text:Japan:The Productivity Challenge By Michael LeBoeuf 599

Word Study:commit,control,regard,promote 614

Grammar and Usage:1．Fractions and Percentages 2．Like Used to Compare Things 633

Lesson Sixteen 645

Text:The Never-ending Fight By Isaac Asimov 645

Word Study:address,more uses of word,otherwise,dispose 659

Grammar and Usage:More Expressions of Condition and Concession 673

Vocabulary List 685