Unit 1 GrammarSentence structures句子结构 1
RhetoricChoosing words wisely—be specific and vivid明智地选择词语——具体、生动 7
Unit 2 GrammarNouns名词 10
RhetoricChoosing words wisely—avoid wordiness明智地选择词语——避免冗言 18
Unit 3 GrammarDeterminers限定词 21
RhetoricChoosing words wisely—denotation and connotation明智地选择词语——基本意义和引申意义 28
Unit 4 GrammarPronouns and numbers代词和数词 31
RhetoricSeeking sentence variety丰富句子类型 38
Unit 5 GrammarAdjectives and adverb形容词和副词 41
RhetoricWriting an effective sentence有效运用句子 48
Unit 6 GrammarPrepositions介词 51
RhetoricUnity统一性 59
Unit 7 GrammarThe simple present tense and progressive tense一般现在时和现在进行时 61
RhetoricCoherence连贯性 65
Unit 8 GrammarThe simple past tense and past progressive tense一般过去时和过去进行时 68
RhetoricEmphasizing through special structures(Ⅰ)运用特定结构强调（1） 72
Unit 9 GrammarThe present perfect tense and present perfect progressive tense现在完成时和现在完成进行时 74
RhetoricEmphasizing through special structures(Ⅱ)运用特定结构强调（2） 78
Unit 10 GrammarThe past perfect tense and past perfect progressive tense过去完成时和过去完成进行时 81
RhetoricEmphasizing through changing the word order通过词序变化强调 85
Unit 11 GrammarFuture time expressions将来时间表达法 89
RhetoricAvoiding sentence fragments避免句子片段 94
Unit 12 GrammarLink verbs and modal auxiliaries系动词和情态助动词 97
RhetoricMaking the topic clear明确主题 103
Unit 13 GrammarPassive voice被动语态 106
RhetoricSimile明喻 111
Unit 14 GrammarInfinitive不定式 113
RhetoricMetaphor and personification隐喻和拟人 117
Unit 15 Grammar-ing participle -ing分词 119
RhetoricEuphemism and pun委婉语和双关语 124
Unit 16 Grammar-ed participle and absolute construction -ed分词和独立结构 126
RhetoricIrony and paradox反语和似非而是的隽语 130
Unit 17 GrammarRelative clauses关系分句 132
RhetoricOxymoron and climax矛盾修饰和层进 140
Unit 18 GrammarConditional sentences and the subjunctive mood条件句和虚拟式 142
RhetoricRhyme,alliteration and onomatopoeia押韵、头韵和拟声 149
Glossary（总词汇表） 151