Unit 1 Learning about learning to write 1
Unit 2 Keep a Reading Diary 5
Unit 3 Begin with a Formal Letter 8
List of the Professional and Student Writings 16
What I Have Lived For,by Bertrand Russell 16
Unit 4 Arguing Can Be Fun 16
Unit 5 Have a Balanced View on a Quotation 19
Unit 6 Write for a Real Purpose 24
Dozing Off to a Land of English,by Li Ming 25
Unit 7 Examine the Issues Around Us 28
Letter to the Editor of China Daily,by Don Cochrane 28
Women Discourage Other Women's Ambitions,by Susan Brownmiller 30
Letter to the Editor of China Daily,by John Plotz 34
A Major Problem in China's Foreign Language Teaching,by David Crooke 35
Unit 8 Read Your Way into Writing 38
The Commencement Speech You'll Never Hear,by Jacob Neusner 39
College:An All-Forgiving World,by Ida Timothee 44
Unit 9 Writing Against the Clock 46
Letter to the Editor of China Daily,by Toy Adams 47
Unit 10 From In-Class to Take-Home 56
Residential Life,A Step Into the World,by Shao Zongwei 58
Unit 11 Be a Little More Theoretical 63
Selection from Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell 64
Dragon and Eagle,by Zheng Zhen 71
Dragon or Hawk？by Wang Yiman 74
Unit 12 Borrowing Words into the Diary 77
Unit 13 Talk About a Work 79
His Mother's Mate,by Henry Lawson 79
Expectations,by Jia Yun 82
NoTitle,by Chen Li 84
Unit 14 Writing About OthersWriting (Ⅰ) 86
Physical Exercises Seen Through Glasses,by Jiang Li 91
Unit 15 Writing About Others'Writing (Ⅱ) 98
Pursuit,by Wang Liyun 98
Priority,by Zhang Xie 99
A Young Man's Life,by Mu Qian 100
Ode to Dignity,by Wang Yiman 106
American Recalls W.W II Spirit of Communists,by Dong Bei 109
Unit 16 How Others Write Reviews 109
Book Review on A Small Town Called Hibiscus by Gu Hua,by Carol Walker 110
Book Review on Mao Dun's The Vixen by Carol Walker 112
A Tragedy With No Ending:Lemann's Passionately Argued Promised Land',by Randall Kennedy 113
Unit 17 Write Your Own Review 116
The Black Sun 731:A History Lesson？by Jia Yun 124
Unit 18 What Other Students Have to Say 124
Unit 19 Search for Meaning:Towards a Critical Analysis 130
Unit 20 Write Your Way into Western Literature 138
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,by James Thurber 139
Unit 21 Let Your Opinion Be Heard 146
Cat in the Rain,by Ernest Hemingway 147
Symmetry in"Cat in the Rain,"by John V.Hagopian 152
Reality and Illusion,by Zhang Zheng 155
Unit 22 GroupReading Diary 157
Unit 23 Put Your Faculties to Work 159
A Proposal to Abolish Grading,by Paul Goodman 159
The Shoeshine Boy,by Malcolm X 163
Old Man at the Bridge,by Earnest Hemingway 167
The Solipsist,by Fredric Brown 170
Returning to"Nature":"The Moon and Sixpence,"by Bao Yufeng 173
Unit 24 Strengthen Yourself with Quotations 173
Unit 25 Read Closely Before You Write 177
Unit 26 Revise Your Draft and Deepen Your Thesis 182
Unit 27 Trace the Poet's Stance 187
Money-Madness,by D.H.Lowrence 188
We Die Together,by D. H Lowrence 189
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death,W.B.Yeats 191
Futility,by Wilfred Owen 192
London,by William Blake 194
Seaman's Ditty,by Gary Snyder 195
The Lost Generation:a Farewell to the Sun,by Zhang Zheng 197
Unit 28 Compare Two Works 197
Uncle Tom's Roots,Meg Greenfield 199
What True Education Should Do,by Sydney J Harris 204
Unit 29 Respond to a Comment 204
When Idealists Run Amok,by Mary Talbot 206
Cultural Difference？on"When Idealists Run Amok,"by Wang Tao 209
Bloody Grain,by Jeffrey Hantover 211
Who is"morally Ambiguous"？by He Yan 213
Unit 30 Do I Agree with the Author？ 215
Harrison Bergeron,by Kurt Vonnegut 215
The Rock,by E.M Forster 223
AHero or an Idiot？ by Ding Ye 227
Unit 31 Study Contemporary Works 229
The Debutante,by Leonora Carrington 230
The Black and White,by Harold Pinter 234
Last to Go,by Harold Pinter 238
Unit 32 Conclusion How Do I Write？ 242
The Art of Authorship,by Mark Twain 243
APPENDIX Use Correct Documentation Citations and Bibliography 246