Chapter 1 The Effect of Modern Technology 1
Goals 1
Topic 2
Stress and Technology 2
Link 3
The Highs of Low Technology 3
Overload:More Time Is Less Time 4
Response 5
About the theme 5
About the rhetoric 5
Organization 5
Unity 5
Topic Sentence（TS） 5
Supporting Sentence（SS） 7
Writing Strategy 10
Coherence 10
Transitional Words 13
Language Awareness 17
Common Errors 17
Formality 21
Tasks 24
Revision 24
Revise 24
Edit 25
Evaluation 26
Chapter 2 Goodness and Courtesy 27
Goals 27
Topic 28
Unwritten Rules 28
Link 29
The Rules of Polite Behavior 29
Accountability 29
On Behalf of Common Courtesy 30
可怕的秩序 30
欧洲评选最佳游客 30
Response 31
About the theme 31
About the rhetoric 31
Organization 31
Introduction 31
Thesis Statement 34
Writing Strategy 37
Anecdotes 37
Language Awareness 39
Word Variety 39
Tasks 46
Revision 47
Revise 47
Edit 47
Evaluation 48
Chapter 3 Freedom and Discipline 49
Goals 49
Topic 50
The Fifth Freedom 50
Link 51
Young Students Need Discipline Along With Kindness 51
Response 52
About the theme 52
About the rhetoric 52
Organization 53
Body Paragraphs 53
Writing Strategy 60
Examples 60
Language Awareness 63
Reduction of Verbs 63
Tasks 69
Revision 69
Revise 69
Edit 70
Evaluation 70
Chapter 4 Success and Failure 71
Goals 71
Topic 72
Turning Failure into Success 72
Link 73
Real Failure Comes from Not Trying 73
What Winners Know 74
Response 75
About the theme 75
About the rhetoric 75
Organization 76
Conclusion 76
Language Awareness 84
Parallelism 84
Dashes 89
Tasks 93
Revision 94
Revise 94
Edit 94
Evaluation 95
Chapter 5 Marriage and Family 96
Goals 96
Topic 97
The Art of Flying Solo 97
Link 99
Divorce Declining,But So Is Marriage 99
Driving the Divorce Rate:Who's Teaching the Women? 99
“高收入职业女性独身多”原因揭秘 100
Response 101
About the theme 101
About the rhetoric 101
Organization 102
Cause Analysis 102
Patterns for Cause Analysis 110
Writing Strategy 111
Statistics 111
Quotations 115
Language Awareness 118
Subordination 118
Tasks 121
Revision 122
Revise 122
Edit 122
Evaluation 123
Chapter 6 Chinese Versus Americans 124
Goals 124
Topic 125
Learning Chinese-Style 125
Link 126
“Bad”Student in China Now Genius in U.S 126
East Meets West:Facts and Innovation of Education in China 127
American Values and Assumptions 129
Response 130
About the theme 130
About the rhetoric 130
Organization 131
Comparison and Contrast 131
Subject-to-Subject 131
Point-by-Point 132
Informativeness and Persuasiveness 135
Language Awareness 138
Specific Words 138
Forceful Verbs 139
Tasks 141
Revision 141
Revise 141
Edit 142
Evaluation 142
Chapter 7 Modern Dilemma 143
Goals 143
Topic 144
To Lie or Not to Lie—The Doctor's Dilemma 144
Link 145
Euthanasia:For and Against 145
Response 146
About the the me 146
About the rhetoric 146
Organization 147
A Pro/Con Essay 147
Writing Strategy 148
Rhetorical Questions 148
Language Awareness 150
Variety in Sentence Beginning 150
Impersonal Subjects 152
Tasks 155
Revision 156
Revise 156
Edit 156
Evaluation 157
Chapter 8 Career Education 158
Goals 158
Topic 159
Career Education vs.General Education 159
Link 160
What Is College for? 160
No Ivory Tower:College Students Focus on Careers 161
College Pressure 162
Response 164
About the theme 164
About the rhetoric 164
Organization 164
Argumentation 164
Writing Strategy 166
Reason and Emotion 166
Analogy 167
Language Awareness 169
Variety in Sentence Structure 169
Variety in Sentence Length 176
Tasks 178
Revision 178
Revise 178
Edit 179
Evaluation 179
Key to Practices 181
Bibliogaphy 192