Lesson One 1
TEXT Sexism in School—Boys still get more attention than girls do&By Myra and David Sadker 1
NOTES ON STYLE:Language variation and the study of style 10
WORD STUDY:commit,focus,assert,react 15
EXERCISES 17
Lesson Two 28
TEXT Philosophers Among the Carrots&By Kay Haugaard 28
NOTES ON STYLE:Native words vs borrowed words 35
WORD STUDY:reflect,compete,descend,content 38
EXERCISES 40
Lesson Three 51
TEXT The Power of Habit&By William James 51
NOTES ON STYLE:Parallelism 57
WORD STUDY:appreciate,prevent,fashion,discharge 61
EXERCISES 63
Lesson Four 71
TEXT The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen&By Graham Greene 71
NOTES ON STYLE:Spoken/Written style 79
WORD STUDY:evade,obscrve,endure,engage 82
EXERCISES 86
Lesson Five 98
TEXT Language Teaching and Learning&By Wilga M. Rivers 98
NOTES ON STYLE:Personal/Impersonal style 108
WORD STUDY:represent,contribute,operate,level 111
EXERCISES 114
Lesson Six 123
TEXT Apology to the Future&By Scott Thomas Eastham 123
NOTES ON STYLE:Deviation and norm 135
WORD STUDY:dispose,retain,acknowledge,precede 136
EXERCISES 139
Lesson Seven 149
TEXT Paper Moons&By Lewis H.Lapham 149
NOTES ON STYLE:Paralinguistic features 157
WORD STUDY:afford,present,balance,consider 159
EXERCISES 161
Lesson Eight 172
TEXT The Case for Greater Clarity in Writing&By Ivor Brown 172
NOTES ON STYLE:Cohesion 181
WORD STUDY:affect,presume,devote,plea 187
EXERCISES 189
Lesson Nine 201
TEXT Money Madness&By Ralph Hy 201
NOTES ON STYLE:Euphemism 212
WORD STUDY:share,reason,value,shadow 213
EXERCISES 216
Lesson Ten 229
TEXT The Teacher as Dragon&By Anna Tuttle Villegas 229
NOTES ON STYLE:Connotation 237
WORD STUDY:intend,argue,project,convey 239
EXERCISES 242
Lesson Eleven 254
TEXT Typhoon&By Joseph Conrad 254
NOTES ON STYLE: 262
1．Simile and quasi-simile 262
2．Metaphor 263
WORD STUDY:secure,shine,cast,convince 268
EXERCISES 271
Lesson Twelve 283
TEXT The Plot&By E.M. Forster 283
NOTES ON STYLE:Long and short sentences 292
WORD STUDY:count,spare,access,element 295
EXERCISES 297
Lesson Thirteen 307
TEXT The Declaration of Independence&By Thomas Jefferson 307
NOTES ON STYLE:Formal/Informal language 317
WORD STUDY:effect,appeal,render,expose 319
EXERCISES 321
Lesson Fourteen 333
TEXT Voodoo Cities&By David Harvey 333
NOTES ON STYLE:Postponement and fronting 344
WORD STUDY:compare,vary,preserve,deliver 346
EXERCISES 349
Lesson Fifteen 361
TEXT Daydreams of What You'd Rather Be&By Lance Morrow 361
NOTES ON STYLE:Overlexicalization 369
WORD STUDY:confide,speculate,manage,entertain 371
EXERCISES 374
APPENDIX Ⅰ．Vocabulary 384
APPENDIX Ⅱ．A General List of Idioms and Expressions 393