Part Ⅰ．Read Between the Lines for Conversational Implicatures 1
Ⅰ．A Laconic Answer 4
Ⅱ．Weird Coincidence 6
Ⅲ．"Are You Enjoying the Film?" 8
Ⅳ．What On Earth Was He Talking about? 11
Ⅴ．The Cows Are Crying 14
Ⅵ．The Sign of Welcome 16
Ⅶ．Who Tops Them All? 17
Ⅷ．Politicians'Lie 20
Ⅸ．Mr.and Mrs.Pologize 22
Ⅹ．Real Beer 24
Ⅺ．Be Both Kind and Honest 26
Ⅻ．Three Beers 28
ⅩⅢ．The Fastest Train in the World 31
ⅩⅣ．Why Are You Crying? 33
ⅩⅤ．A Catholic Service 36
ⅩⅥ．When Are You Going to Pay Your Money? 38
ⅩⅦ．The Art Collector 40
ⅩⅧ．You've Just Thrown the Wrong Bitch out of the Window 42
ⅩⅨ．Fish in a Barrel 44
ⅩⅩ．Unexpected Situation 46
ⅩⅪ．Please Don't Talk While I'm Interrupting 48
ⅩⅫ．What Was the Campaign Politician's Stance? 50
ⅩⅩⅢ．A"Dear John"Letter 52
ⅩⅩⅣ．Does the Early Bird Get the Worm? 54
ⅩⅩⅤ．Charles Makes a Complete Apology 56
ⅩⅩⅥ．Dr.Swift and the Boy 59
ⅩⅩⅦ．The Old Woman and the Physician 61
Part Ⅱ：Read Between the Lines for General Implications 65
Ⅰ．An Unforgettable Evening 66
Ⅱ．Is This How You Left It? 68
Ⅲ．How about Two Dollars? 70
Ⅳ．Being Brave at the Supermarket 72
Ⅴ．Classmates or Teacher and Student? 74
Ⅵ．But Officer... 76
Ⅶ．A Useful Lesson 79
Ⅷ．Hoya,Hoya! 81
Ⅸ．Reasonable or Not? 84
Ⅹ．"Dear John"Lunch 86
Ⅺ．The"Apple"Pin 87
Ⅻ．Thanksgiving 89
ⅩⅢ．Why did the Detective Arrest Him? 91
ⅩⅣ．Two Businessmen 93
ⅩⅤ．Who Knocked Down the Walls of Jericho? 96
ⅩⅥ．Irrefutable Evidence 99
ⅩⅦ．He Loves Her Dearly 101
ⅩⅧ．Do You Know My Work? 104
ⅩⅨ．He Showed Us the Door 106
ⅩⅩ．Collect Call from Las Vegas 108
Part Ⅲ．Read Between the Lines for Writers'Views or Purposes 113
Ⅰ．That Happened during the Depression Days 114
Ⅱ．Beautiful Day,Isn't It? 116
Ⅲ．The Wholeness of Life 119
Ⅳ．Life's Gift 121
Ⅴ．Every Day Is a Gift God Gives Us 123
Ⅵ．Three Old Men and a Housewife 125
Ⅶ．A Rural Lesson in Rhetoric 127
Ⅷ．In Ourselves We Trust 131
Ⅸ．This Is Good Writing 133
Ⅹ．Profits of Praise 136
Ⅺ．Today and Tomorrow 138
Ⅻ．Cattywampus 140
ⅪⅢ．Taking up a Collection for the President 143
ⅩⅣ．We Are Doing Our Job 145
ⅩⅤ．The Best Advice I Ever Had 148
ⅩⅥ．An Expert in Squeezing 150
ⅩⅦ．The Discreetly Dropped-in Dime 153
ⅩⅧ．They Had Something Far Stronger 155
ⅩⅨ．Marshall vs.Roosevelt 157
ⅩⅩ．Bouquets of Lilac 160
Part Ⅳ．Read Between the Lines for Understood Conclusions 163
Ⅰ．Yes or No? 164
Ⅱ．Every Mother's Child Is Handsome 166
Ⅲ．Three Wishes 168
Ⅳ．Motive and Action 171
Ⅴ．Bribery 173
Ⅵ．The Reason Was Found at Last 175
Ⅶ．Such an Interpreter 178
Ⅷ．I Have Never Told a Lie in My Life 180
Ⅸ．A Funny Story about Biscuits 182
Ⅹ．On Miracle 184
Ⅺ．The Three Choices 187
Ⅻ．Words and Context 189
ⅩⅢ．The Vacation 191
ⅩⅣ．Honesty and the Watermelon 193
ⅩⅤ．The Small Magic Room 195
ⅩⅥ．Honesty 197
ⅩⅦ．Politeness and Tact 200
ⅩⅧ．A Faux Pas 202
ⅩⅨ．The Next One 204
ⅩⅩ．What Do the Poor Need Most? 206
主要参考书目 209