大学英语写作教程PDF电子书下载

Unit 1　Exploring the Essay 1

Part 1　What Is an Essay? 2

Part 2　Kinds of Essays 2

Part 3　Example Essays 3

Activity 1　Studying an Example Essay:Cinderella and Her Odious Household Chores 3

Activity 2　Studying an Example Essay:How Do You Say...? 7

Activity 3　Studying an Example Essay:Differences in Urban and Rural Life 10

Activity 4　Studying an Example Essay:Cancer Risks 12

Activity 5　Studying an Example Essay:The Advantages of Community Colleges 15

Part 4　Writing the Introduction 18

Activity 6　Practice with Hooks:Mandatory Retirement Has to Go 22

Activity 7　Thesis Statement Questions 23

Activity 8　More Practice with Hooks:Differences in Education in South Korea and North America 24

Activity 9　Thesis Statements Questions 25

Part 5　Writing the Body 26

Activity 10　Making a General Outline 27

Activity 11　Making a Specific Outline 28

Part 6　Writing the Conclusion 30

Part 7　Topics for Writing 31

Activity 12　Essay Writing Practice 31

SPECIAL ATTENTION(1)　Tenses 32

Unit 2　Narrative Essays 42

Part 1　What Is a Narrative Essay? 43

Activity 1　Identifying Hooks 45

Part 2　Example Narrative Essay 47

Activity 2　Studying an Example Essay:Frustration at the Airport 48

Activity 3　Outlining Practice 49

Activity 4　Adding Supporting Information:You Make Your Own Luck 51

Activity 5　Adding Connectors:A Little Bit of Rest Never Hurt Anyone 53

Activity 6　Sentence Variety:The Reckless Rider 55

Part 3　Developing Narrative Essays 56

Activity 7　Choosing Topics 57

Activity 8　Ideas for a Narrative Essay 57

Activity 9　Developing Narrative Ideas 59

Activity 10　Making an Outline 59

Activity 11　Peer Editing Your Outline 62

Activity 12　Writing a Narrative Essay 62

Activity 13　Peer Editing Your Essay 62

Part 4　Topics for Writing 62

Activity 14　Essay Writing Practice 62

SPECIAL ATTENTION(2)　Complete Sentences 63

Unit 3　Comparison Essays 69

Part 1　What Is a Comparison Essay? 70

Part 2　Example Comparison Essay 72

Activity 1　Studying an Example Essay:Not As Different As You Think 73

Part 3　Developing Comparison Essays 75

Activity 2　Outlining Practice 75

Activity 3　Supporting Information:Foreign or Domestic? 77

Activity 4　Connectors:Education in the East and the West 79

Activity 5　Identifying Good Subjects 82

Activity 6　Working with a Topic 82

Activity 7　Planning with an outline 84

Activity 8　Peer Editing Your Outline 85

Activity 9　Writing a Comparison Essay 85

Activity 10　Peer Editing Your Essay 85

Part 4　Topics for Writing 86

Activity 11　Essay Writing Practice 86

SPECIAL ATTENTION(3)　Modifiers 87

Unit 4　Cause-Effect Essays 103

Part 1　What Is a Cause-Effect Essay? 104

Part 2　Example Cause-Effect Essay 106

Activity 1　Studying an Example Essay:Why Do We Lie 107

Part 3　Developing Cause-Effect Essays 108

Activity 2　Outlining Practice 109

Activity 3　Supporting Information:Television at Its Worst 111

Activity 4　Connectors:Effects of Computers on Higher Education 113

Activity 5　Wordiness 115

Activity 6　Don't Say It Twice 116

Part 4　Developing Ideas for Writing 117

Activity 7　Starting with Questions 117

Activity 8　Clustering Ideas 119

Activity 9　Planning with an Outline 119

Activity 10　Peer Editing Your Outline 120

Activity 11　Writing a Cause-Effect Essay 120

Activity 12　Peer Editing Your Essay 120

Part 5　Topics for Writing 121

Activity 13　Essay Writing Practice 121

SPECIAL ATTENTION(4)　Parallelism 122

Unit 5　Argumentative Essays 132

Part 1　What Is an Argumentative Essay? 133

Part 2　Example Argumentative Essay 135

Activity 1　Studying an Example Essay:The School Uniform Question 135

Part 3　Developing Argumentative Essays 138

Activity 2　Outlining Practice 138

Activity 3　Supporting Information:Wanted:No Guns! 140

Activity 4　Choosing Modals:Life or Death? 142

Activity 5　Writing Pro and Con Thesis Statements 143

Activity 6　Faulty Logic 145

Activity 7　Choosing a Topic 146

Activity 8　Planning with an Outline 146

Activity 9　Peer Editing Your Outline 147

Activity 10　Writing an Argumentative Essay 148

Activity 11　Peer Editing Your Essay 148

Part 4　Topics for Writing 148

Activity 12　Essay Writing Practice 148

SPECIAL ATTENTION(5)　Punctuation 149

Appendices 179

Appendix 1　Understanding the Writing Process:The Seven Steps 180

Appendix 2　Additional Grammar Practice 188

Appendix 3　Connectors 196

Appendix 4　Peer Editing Sheets 197

Appendix 5　Answer Key 205