大学英语教程 第4册PDF电子书下载

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

2．Some Uses of As 156

Lesson Five 171

Text: History and Historian by Allen F. Davis and Harold D. Woodman 171

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

Grammar: 1. Transitional Expressions 198

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 something, be liable to do something, appeal 283

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

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 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 633

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