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 5
Unit 2 GrammarNouns名词 7
RhetoricChoosing words wisely—avoid wordiness明智地选择词语——避免冗言 13
Unit 3 GrammarDeterminers限定词 16
RhetoricChoosing words wisely—denotation and connotation明智地选择词语——基本意义和引申意义 22
Unit 4 GrammarPronouns and numbers代词和数词 25
RhetoricSeeking sentence variety丰富句子类型 31
Unit 5 GrammarAdjectives and adverbs形容词和副词 34
RhetoricWriting an effective sentence有效运用句子 40
Unit 6 GrammarPrepositions介词 43
RhetoricUnity统一性 50
Unit 7 GrammarThe simple present tense and present progressive tense一般现在时和现在进行时 52
RhetoricCoherence连贯性 55
Unit 8 GrammarThe simple past tense and past progressive tense一般过去时和过去进行时 57
RhetoricEmphasizing through special structures（Ⅰ）运用特定结构强调（1） 60
Unit 9 GrammarThe present perfect tense and present perfect progressive tense现在完成时和现在完成进行时 62
RhetoricEmphasizing through special structures（Ⅱ）运用特定结构强调（2） 65
Unit 10 GrammarThe past perfect tense and past perfect progressive tense过去完成时和过去完成进行时 67
RhetoricEmphasizing through changing the word order通过词序变化强调 70
Unit 11 GrammarFuture time expressions将来时间表达法 73
RhetoricAvoiding sentence fragments避免句子片段 77
Unit 12 GrammarLink verbs and modal auxiliaries系动词和情态助动词 80
RhetoricMaking the topic clear明确主题 85
Unit 13 GrammarPassive voice被动语态 88
RhetoricSimile明喻 92
Unit 14 GrammarInfinitive不定式 94
RhetoricMetaphor and personification隐喻和拟人 97
Unit 15 Grammar-ing participle -ing分词 99
RhetoricEuphemism and pun委婉语和双关语 103
Unit 16 Grammar-ed participle and absolute construction-ed分词和独立结构 105
RhetoricIrony and paradox反语和似非而是的隽语 109
Unit 17 GrammarRelative clauses关系分句 111
RhetoricOxymoron and climax矛盾修饰和层进 117
Unit 18 GrammarConditional sentences and the subjunctive mood条件句和虚拟式 119
RhetoricRhyme,alliteration and onomatopoeia押韵、头韵和拟声 124
Glossary（总词汇表） 126