Unit One A Magic Circle of Friends 1
Precis 1
Oral Expression 1
Vocabulary Preview 2
Text 2
Notes 5
British Literature 1:The Renaissance Period 8
Exercises 13
Unit Two Postgraduate Paralysis 17
Precis 17
Oral Expression 17
Vocabulary Preview 18
Text 18
Notes 21
British Literature 2:The Neoclassical Period 26
Exercises 32
Unit Three Experiencing Poverty Might Do Us All Good 36
Precis 36
Oral Expression 36
Vocabulary Preview 37
Text 37
Notes 39
British Literature 3:The Romantic Period 43
Exercises 49
Unit Four Boyhood Days 54
Precis 54
Oral Expression 54
Vocabulary Preview 55
Text 55
Notes 57
British Literature 4:The Victorian Period 65
Exercises 69
Unit Five Return to Paradise 74
Precis 74
Oral Expression 74
Vocabulary Preview 75
Text 75
Notes 78
British Literature 5:The Modernistic Period 85
Exercises 92
Unit Six Why Nick？ 97
Precis 97
Oral Expression 97
Vocabulary Preview 98
Text 98
Notes 101
American Literature 1:The Romantic Period 107
Exercises 111
Unit Seven The Rose 116
Precis 116
Oral Expression 116
Vocabulary Preview 117
Text 117
Notes 120
American Literature 2:The Realistic Period 128
Exercises 131
Unit Eight Disillusion and Discovery 136
Precis 136
Oral Expression 136
Vocabulary Preview 137
Text 137
Notes 139
American Literature 3:The Modernistic Period 144
Exercises 150
Unit Nine Stranger in the Village 155
Precis 155
Oral Expression 155
Vocabulary Preview 156
Text 156
Notes 159
Linguistic Point 1:Introduction 163
Exercises 166
Unit Ten Brain Powered 171
Precis 171
Oral Expression 171
Vocabulary Preview 172
Text 172
Notes 176
Linguistic Point 2:Morphology 187
Exercises 190
Unit Eleven Superzapping in Computer Land 195
Precis 195
Oral Expression 195
Vocabulary Preview 196
Text 196
Notes 199
Linguistic Point 3:Syntax 209
Exercises 214
Unit Twelve Art and Education 218
Precis 218
Oral Expression 218
Vocabulary Preview 219
Text 220
Notes 222
Linguistic Point 4:Semantics 233
Exercises 238
Appendix Key to Exercises 243