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Part One THE STUDY 3

Chapter 1 3

Why learning English writing 3

1．1 Why learning to write 3

1．2 Why learning English writing 5

Chapter 2 9

How we write in today s China 9

2．1 Words and empty words: The writing of our press 10

2．2 A matter of taste 21

2．3 How we write about books 27

2．4 How we write about literature 29

2．5 Attitude toward people 33

2．6 Reform from the one-phrase writing 36

2．7 More about the one-phrase writing: Captions and titles 41

Chapter 3 54

Different writings: The National Geographic way and the China Pictorial way 54

3．1 Selection One with comments 55

3．2 Selection Two with comments 58

3．3 Selection Three with comments 60

3．4 Selection Four: More poor writings 61

3．5 Less than poor writing: Selection Five with comments 68

3．6 Selection Six: Articles about activity 73

3．7 Selection Seven: More about activity 75

3．8 Selection Eight: A comparison 78

3．9 Selection Nine: Articles about living things 79

3．10 Selection Ten: How to make the claim 81

3．11 Selection Eleven: Stand concerned 86

Chapter 4 90

Our English learners problems 90

4．1 Problems with the infinitive 91

4．2 Other grammatical problems 94

4．3 Misuse of words 97

4．4 Redundancy and wordiness 102

4．5 Chinglish 105

4．6 Problems at higher levels 111

Chapter 5 118

Be a critical thinker 118

5．1 Understand ourselves 118

5．2 Be critical to information 124

5．3 The arbitrary language 128

5．4 The uses of language 131

5．5 The uses of language（continued） 138

5．6 Propaganda 150

5．7 How to go wrong 156

6．1 Types of writing 173

Chapter 6 173

Types of writing 173

6．2 Types as strategies for development 177

Chapter 7 191

From paragraph to essay 191

7．1 The paragraph 191

7．2 The essay 197

Chapter 8 201

The Writing process 201

8．1 The overall picture 201

8．2 From subject to thesis 208

9．1 Writing correctly and writing well 214

Chapter 9 214

Grammar and writing well 214

9．2 Exploiting the English grammar 215

9．3 English well used 222

APPENDIX 241

Mechanics of English composition 241

Part Two THE READER 259

1．How to Write Clearly，by Edward T．Thompson 259

2．Clear Writing Means Clear Thinking Means．．．by Marvin H．Swift 265

3．How to Say Nothing in 500 Words，by Paul Roberts 275

4．What the Jury Should Know，from the Washington Post 294

5．Is the Earth Round or Flat？by Alan Lightman 297

6．Evolution as Fact and Theory，by Stephen Jay Gould 303

7．Creation Versus Evolution，by Gish and Asimov 314

8．Learning to Name，by Helen Keller 330

9．Learning to Name，by Anne Sullivan 332

10．The Taken-for-grantedness of Language，by Hayadawa，S．I． 334

11．The Story of A-Town and B-ville: A Semantic Parable，by Hayakawa，S．I． 339

12．Styles of Communication and Thinking in the Classroom，by Douglas Barnes 347

13．Propaganda Techniques in Today s Advertising，by Ann McClintock 356

14．Advertising Claims，by Jeffrey Schrank 367

15．It s Natural!It s Organic!Or Is It？by the Editors of Consumer Reports 378

16．Like Too Bad，Yeah，by Tom Wicker 389

17．Weasel Words，by Paul Stevens 393

18．Politics and the English Language，by George Orwell 411

19．The Promise of Sociology，by C．Wright Mills 431

20．The Realities of Power？by Arnold K．Sherman and Aliza Kolker 442

21．How It Feels To Be Out of Work，by Jan Halvorsen 470

22．Jobs and Work，by Paul L．Wachtel 475

23．TV Addiction，by Marie Winn 486

24．Television and Reading，by Marie Winn 491

25．The Politics of Reading，by Neil Postman 504

26．Critical Thinking and Obedience to Authority，by John Sabini and Maury Silver 518