Lesson One 1
TEXT The Geese By E．B．White 1
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 13
1．Narration 13
2．A General Discussion of the Narrative Features of the Text 17
EXERCISES 19
Lesson Two 31
TEXT Mr．Know-All By W．Somerset Maugham 31
A General Discussion of the Narrative Features of the Text 43
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 43
EXERCISES 45
Lesson Three 57
TEXT Rope By Katherine Anne Porter 57
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 70
A General Discussion of the Narrative Features of the Text 70
EXERCISES 72
Lesson Four 82
TEXT A Field of Silence By Annie Dillard 82
1．Description 92
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 92
2．A General Discussion of the Descriptive Features of the Text 97
EXERCISES 99
Lesson Five 109
TEXT New York By Gay Talese 109
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 122
A General Discussion of the Descriptive Featuresof the Text 122
EXERCISES 123
TEXT The Absence of Windows By Richard Selzer 133
Lesson Six 133
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 143
A Genera l Discussion of the Descriptive Features of the Text 143
EXERCISES 145
Lesson Seven 154
TEXT Discovering the Self By James E．Miller,Jr 154
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 162
1．Exposition 162
2．A General Discussion of the Expository Features of the Text 167
EXERCISES 169
TEXT Vices and Pleasures:The View from Eighty By Malcolm Cowley 183
Lesson Eight 183
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 194
A General Discussion of the Expository Features of the Text 194
EXERCISES 195
Lesson Nine 207
TEXT The Higher Meaning of Marlboro Cigarettes By Bruce A．Lohof 207
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 221
A General Discussion of the Expository Features of the Text 223
TEXT Do We Need the Family? By Eulah Laucks 233
Lesson Ten 233
NOTES ON READING AND WRITING: 243
1.Argumentation 243
2．A General Discussion of the Argumentative Features of the Text 249
3．A Note on the Writing of the Research Paper(PartⅠ) 251
A．The Nature and the Scope of the Task 251
B．The Preliminary Steps 254
EXERCSES 258
TEXT Women Are Prisoners of Their Sex By Brigid Brophy 271
Lesson Eleven 271
NOTES ON READNG AND WRTNG: 283
1．A General Discussion of the Argumentative Features of the Text 283
2．A Note on the Writing of the Research Paper(PartⅡ) 285
C．The Drafts 285
EXERCSES 289
Lesson Twelve 304
TEXT Is America Falling Apart?…………By Anthony Burgess 304
1．A General Discussion of the Argumentative Features of the Text 319
NOTES ON READNG AND WRTNG: 319
2．A Note on the Writing of the Research Pape(PartⅢ) 321
D．Presentation 321
EXERCSES 325
APPENDXⅠ Two Student Research Papers 336
1．A Faithful Record of reland:On James Joice s Dubliners 336
2．On“Adjective+Infinitive”Construction 356
APPENDIXⅡ A Suggested List of Topics for Research Paper 388
APPENDIXⅢ Vocabulary 392
APPENDIXⅣ A General List of Idioms and Expres sions 401