ContentS 1
Lesson One 1
Text：What We Know About the Moon 1
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 1
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 2
Writing Theory：Style 4
汉语提要 7
Exercises 8
Key 16
Lesson Two 20
Text：The Computer 20
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 20
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 21
Writing Theory：Sentence Variety and Comma Faults 24
汉语提要 28
Exercises 29
Key 36
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 39
Lesson Three 39
Text：Advertisements 39
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 41
Writing Theory：Parallel Structure and How to Learn Synonyms 44
汉语提要 50
Exercises 51
Key 60
Text：Traffic in the Big City 64
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 64
Lesson Four 64
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 65
Writing Theory：Avoid Unnecessary Shifts and Avoid the Unnecessary Passive Voice 68
汉语提要 71
Exercises 72
Key 79
Lesson Five 83
Text：Population Control in China 83
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 83
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 85
Writing Theory：Misplaced Adverbs or Adverb Phrases 89
汉语提要 97
Exercises 98
Key 106
Lesson Six 110
Text：A Strange Thing 110
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 110
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 112
Writing Theory：Conjunctive Adverbs 114
汉语提要 119
Exercises 120
Key 132
Lesson Seven 134
Text：A Letter 134
I．The Original and Improvement One 134
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 136
Writing Theory：Coordination，Subordination，Wordiness,and the Semicolon 139
汉语提要 143
Exercises 144
Key 154
Lesson Eight 160
Text：Are Men Superior to Women？ 160
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 160
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 162
Writing Theory：Ellipsis 164
汉语提要 170
Exercises 171
Key 178
Lesson Nine 182
Text：My Hometown 182
Ⅰ．The Original and Improvement One 182
Ⅱ．Improvement Two 184
Writing Theory：Substitution 188
汉语提要 198
Exercises 200
Key 208