Lesson 1 1
Listening,Speaking,Reading,And Then Writing-The Basic order In Language Learning 1
Preface 7
Acknowledgements 9
Supplementary Readings 9
The English Language 9
Further Readings 12
(1)The English Language Is Changing,Not Going Rotten-A Conversation With Robert Burchfield 12
(2)Language—Learning Objectives A Checklist 15
Lesson 2 21
What Went Wrong? 21
Cultural Adjustment 31
Supplementary Readings 31
Further Readings 36
The Great American Values Test 36
Lesson 3 42
The Newspaper 42
Supplementary Readings 51
Newspaper English 51
Further Readings 53
Computerized Home Education Movement To Take off 53
Lesson 4 56
San Francisco State's'Senior Class' 56
Retirement Reflections-A Survey of Professors Who Have Been Members Of TheAAUP For 50 Years or More (Adapted) 65
Supplementary Readings 65
Lesson 5 71
The Language Of The Eyes 71
Supplementary Readings 78
How To Read Body Language 78
Further Readings 83
The Way We Speak 83
Lesson 6 92
Archaic Features In American English (Abstracts) 92
Supplementary Readihgs 100
The Hallmarks of American 100
Arthur Miller 110
Lesson 7 110
Supplementary Readings 120
Eugene O'Neill 120
Lesson 8 125
Bing And Elvis 125
Supplementary Readings 135
Pop 135
Further Readings 137
Forty-Five Voices As one 138
Lesson 9 141
The English And The Americans 141
The English Character 151
Supplementary Readings 151
Japanese Style In Decision-Making 155
Lesson 10 155
Supplementary Readings 164
Safeway's Boss—The Magowan Style At Work 164
Lesson 11 168
Friends,Good Friends—And Such Good Friends 168
Supplementary Readings 179
Friendship—A Gift 179
Further Readings 181
On Friendship 181
A Jazz Tradition 184
Lesson 12 184
Supplementary Readings 198
How Jazz Began 198
Lesson 13 203
How To Tell When Someone Is Saying No 203
Supplementary Readings 218
Verbal Patterns 218
Lesson 14 226
The Language Of Colors,Myths,And Symbols 226
Supplementary Readings 240
Slang And Its Relatives 240
The Age Of Advertising 255
Lesson 15 255
Supplementary Readings 271
(1)The"Authoritative"Clamour 271
(2)The Ad Conquest 273
Further Readings 275
Electronics International 275
Lesson 16 278
The Boswells Of Baseball 278
Supplementary Readings 294
Football Red And Baseball Green 294
This Johnny's On The Spot 309
Further Readings 309
Lesson 17 314
The Declaration of Independence 314
Supplementary Readings 326
Jefferson Today 326
Further Readings 332
(1)A Young Man Saves The Declaration Of Independence 332
(2)President John F.Kennedy's Inaugural Address (Jan.20,1961) 335
Lesson 18 341
I Have A Dream 341
Supplementary Readings 353
Nonviolent Resistance 353
Key To Exercises(partly) 359