Unit 1 Keeping a Diary 1
List of the Professional and Student Writings 4
Maternal Care by Lu Qian 4
Unit 2 Telling Your Stories 4
A Box ofMatches by Jiang Min 5
Not Drunk Enough by Shi Xiao-Bo 5
A Pitiful Person by Qian Xiao-Ling 6
Slips of Love by Qian Xiao-Lin 7
Bashi by Anna Louis Strong 9
Unit 3 Introducing Description 11
Description of a Stranger by Gu Yan 12
In an Elevator by E.B.White 13
Unit 4 Describing a Place 15
My Hometown(two drafts) by Chen Zan 17
Unit 5 Drawing a Portrait 22
MyMother by JiangXin-Yi 24
TakingInandGivingOut A Description of My Aunt by Jiang Hao-yun 27
The Monster by Deens Taylor 29
Unit 6 Describing Emotions 35
A Description of a Statue(two drafts) by Zhou Jian-Hao 36
The Blast Furnace by Sally Carrighar 40
Unit 7 Introducing Comparison 45
TheNatural SuperiorityofWomen by Ashley Montagu 47
Unit 8 Bearing the Purpose in Mind 49
MyChildhood andMySecondCousin's by LiBo 50
Reading andTelevision,from The Plug-InDrug by Marie Winn 54
Unit 9 Organizing Your Comparison 57
Chinese and American Movies(two drafts) by Wang Qian 60
Undercover Discoveries in the World of Fashion by Andy Rooney 67
The Transaction by by Williarr Zinsser 69
Unit 10 Limiting the Topic and Selecting the Material 73
American and Chinese Child-Raising(threedrafts) by Mao Xiao-Chun 75
Modern Courtesy by Lore Segal 85
Unit 11 Introducing Process Analysis 88
Croak-a-Roach Kills Roaches Dead! 89
Unit 12 Building on a Familiar Topic 93
Dish of Happiness-Ouhe by Yao Ying 95
Terror at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 98
Writing With Style by Kurt Vonnegut 101
Unit 13 Making Everything Clear to Your Reader 106
HowToMake APair of Speakers(two drafts) by Zhu Jun 109
How To Survive A Hotel Fire by R.H.Kauffman 115
Unit 14 Having Fun with Process Analysis 120
Life Is Just A...Snapped Tape by Zhu Xi-Lin 121
How To Write A Personal Letter by Garrison Keillor 125
Unit 15 Introducing Definition 130
What's a Ms.? 130
Unit 16 Exposing the Essence 134
Homesickness by Lu Qian 135
ChuangTou Gui by Qin Xiao-Ling 136
"Lao-wai," by Zhao Juan 141
Unit 17 Questioning the Assumptions 145
I Want a Wife by Judy Syfers 147
AnxietyChallenge by Another Name by James Lincoln Collier 150
Unit 18 Introducing Classification 155
Unit 19 Examining It Closely 158
A Good BeginningThe Choice of a Suitable Paddle(two drafts) by Wang Feng 160
Notes on Punctuation by Lewis Thomas 166
Unit 20 Using a Clear Organization 171
Salutation Displays by Desmond Morris 173
Unit 21 Making a Point 183
Ways of Earning Good Marks by Qin Hai-Hua 184
The Ways of Meeting Oppression by Martin Luther King,Jr 189
Unit 22 IntroducingCause andEffect 193
Why Nothing Works,from America Now by Marvin Harris 194
Unit 23 Thinking Before You Write 198
Studying UP by Laura Nader 200
“Learning''To Give Up by Albert Rosenfeld 203
Unit 24 Taking Steps in Composition 209
Who Killed Benny Paret? by Norman Cousins 212
When Television Is a School for Criminals by Grant Hendricks 215
Unit 25 Writing Through Your Exam 222
My Hometown by Jiang Jing 229
More Student and Professional Writing 229
SnapshotofaDog by JamesThurber 233
Grant and LeeA Study in Contrasts by Bruce Catton 237
Friends,Good Friends--AndSuch GoodFriends by Judith Viorst 241