Part Ⅰ．Read Between the Lines for Conversational Implicatures 1
Ⅰ．A Laconic Answer 3
Ⅱ．Weird Coincidence 5
Ⅲ．Are You Enjoying the Film? 7
Ⅳ．What on Earth Is He Talking about? 9
Ⅴ．The Cows Are Crying 12
Ⅵ．Politeness and Tact 14
Ⅶ．Who Tops Them All? 16
Ⅷ．Politicians'Lie 19
Ⅸ．Mr.and Mrs.Pologize 21
Ⅹ．Real Beer 23
Ⅺ．Be Both Kind and Honest 25
Ⅻ．Three Beers 27
ⅩⅢ．The Fastest Train in the World 29
ⅩⅣ．Why Are You Crying? 32
ⅩⅤ．A Catholic Service 34
ⅩⅥ．The Art Collector 36
ⅩⅦ．You've Just Thrown the Wrong Bitch out of the Window 38
ⅩⅧ．Fish in a Barrel 40
ⅩⅨ．Unexpected Situation 42
ⅩⅩ．Do You Know My Work? 44
ⅩⅪ．What Was the Campaign Politician's Stance? 46
ⅩⅫ．A"Dear John"Lette 49
ⅩⅩⅢ．A Faux Pas 51
ⅩⅩⅣ．Does the Early Bird Get the Worm? 53
ⅩⅩⅤ．Charles Makes a Complete Apology 55
ⅩⅩⅥ．Dr.Swift and the Boy 57
Part Ⅱ：Read Between the Lines for General Implications 60
Ⅰ．An Unforgettable Evening 61
Ⅱ．Is This How You Left It? 63
Ⅲ．How about Two dollars? 65
Ⅳ．Being Brave at the Supermarket 67
Ⅴ．Classmates or Teacher and Student? 69
Ⅵ．But Officer... 71
Ⅶ．A Useful Lesson 74
Ⅷ．Hoya,Hoya! 76
Ⅸ．Reasonable or Not? 79
Ⅹ．"Dear John"Lunch 81
Ⅺ．The"Apple"Pin 82
Ⅻ．Thanksgiving 84
ⅩⅢ．Why did the Detective Arrest Him? 86
ⅩⅣ．Two Businessmen 88
ⅩⅤ．Who Knocked Down the Walls of Jericho? 91
ⅩⅥ．Irrefutable Evidence 94
ⅩⅦ．He Loves Her Dearly 96
Part Ⅲ．Read Between the Lines for Writers'Views or Purposes 100
Ⅰ．That Happened during the Depression Days 101
Ⅱ．Beautiful Day,Isn't It? 103
Ⅲ．The Wholeness of Life 106
Ⅳ．Life's Gift 108
Ⅴ．Every Day Is a Gift God Gives Us 110
Ⅵ．Three Old Men and a Housewife 112
Ⅶ．A Rural Lesson in Rhetoric 114
Ⅷ．In Ourselves We Trust 118
Ⅸ．This Is Good Writing 120
Ⅹ．Profits of Praise 123
Ⅺ．Today and Tomorrow 125
Ⅻ．Cattywampus 127
ⅩⅢ．Taking up a Collection for the President 130
ⅩⅣ．We Are Doing Our Job 132
ⅩⅤ．The Best Advice I Ever Had 135
ⅩⅥ．An Expert in Squeezing 137
ⅩⅦ．The Discreetly Dropped-in Dime 140
ⅩⅧ．They Had Something Far Stronger 142
ⅩⅨ．Marshall vs.Roosevelt 144
ⅩⅩ．Bouquets of Lilac 147
Part Ⅳ．Read Between the Lines for Understood Conclusions 150
Ⅰ．Yes or No? 151
Ⅱ．Every Mother's Child Is Handsome 153
Ⅲ．Three Wishes 155
Ⅳ．Motive and Action 158
Ⅴ．Bribery 160
Ⅵ．The Reason Was Found at Last 162
Ⅶ．Such an Interpreter 165
Ⅷ．I Have Never Told a Lie in My Life 167
Ⅸ．A Funny Story about Biscuits 169
Ⅹ．On Miracle 171
Ⅺ．The Three Choices 174
Ⅻ．Words and Context 176
ⅩⅢ．The Vacation 178
ⅩⅣ．Honesty and the Watermelon 180
ⅩⅤ．The Small Magic Room 182
ⅩⅥ．Honesty 184
主要参考书目 188