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Lesson One 1

TEXT Sexism in School—Boys still get more attention than girls do&By Myra and David Sadker 1

NOTES ON STYLE:Language variation and the study of style 10

WORD STUDY:commit,focus,assert,react 15

EXERCISES 17

Lesson Two 28

TEXT Philosophers Among the Carrots&By Kay Haugaard 28

NOTES ON STYLE:Native words vs borrowed words 35

WORD STUDY:reflect,compete,descend,content 38

EXERCISES 40

Lesson Three 51

TEXT The Power of Habit&By William James 51

NOTES ON STYLE:Parallelism 57

WORD STUDY:appreciate,prevent,fashion,discharge 61

EXERCISES 63

Lesson Four 71

TEXT The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen&By Graham Greene 71

NOTES ON STYLE:Spoken/Written style 79

WORD STUDY:evade,obscrve,endure,engage 82

EXERCISES 86

Lesson Five 98

TEXT Language Teaching and Learning&By Wilga M. Rivers 98

NOTES ON STYLE:Personal/Impersonal style 108

WORD STUDY:represent,contribute,operate,level 111

EXERCISES 114

Lesson Six 123

TEXT Apology to the Future&By Scott Thomas Eastham 123

NOTES ON STYLE:Deviation and norm 135

WORD STUDY:dispose,retain,acknowledge,precede 136

EXERCISES 139

Lesson Seven 149

TEXT Paper Moons&By Lewis H.Lapham 149

NOTES ON STYLE:Paralinguistic features 157

WORD STUDY:afford,present,balance,consider 159

EXERCISES 161

Lesson Eight 172

TEXT The Case for Greater Clarity in Writing&By Ivor Brown 172

NOTES ON STYLE:Cohesion 181

WORD STUDY:affect,presume,devote,plea 187

EXERCISES 189

Lesson Nine 201

TEXT Money Madness&By Ralph Hy 201

NOTES ON STYLE:Euphemism 212

WORD STUDY:share,reason,value,shadow 213

EXERCISES 216

Lesson Ten 229

TEXT The Teacher as Dragon&By Anna Tuttle Villegas 229

NOTES ON STYLE:Connotation 237

WORD STUDY:intend,argue,project,convey 239

EXERCISES 242

Lesson Eleven 254

TEXT Typhoon&By Joseph Conrad 254

NOTES ON STYLE: 262

1．Simile and quasi-simile 262

2．Metaphor 263

WORD STUDY:secure,shine,cast,convince 268

EXERCISES 271

Lesson Twelve 283

TEXT The Plot&By E.M. Forster 283

NOTES ON STYLE:Long and short sentences 292

WORD STUDY:count,spare,access,element 295

EXERCISES 297

Lesson Thirteen 307

TEXT The Declaration of Independence&By Thomas Jefferson 307

NOTES ON STYLE:Formal/Informal language 317

WORD STUDY:effect,appeal,render,expose 319

EXERCISES 321

Lesson Fourteen 333

TEXT Voodoo Cities&By David Harvey 333

NOTES ON STYLE:Postponement and fronting 344

WORD STUDY:compare,vary,preserve,deliver 346

EXERCISES 349

Lesson Fifteen 361

TEXT Daydreams of What You'd Rather Be&By Lance Morrow 361

NOTES ON STYLE:Overlexicalization 369

WORD STUDY:confide,speculate,manage,entertain 371

EXERCISES 374

APPENDIX Ⅰ．Vocabulary 384

APPENDIX Ⅱ．A General List of Idioms and Expressions 393