美國老師教你寫出好英文

Acknowledgements致謝詞
Preface序言
About the Authors作者簡介
Part A　What Is Better Writing?
何謂精進寫作?
The“Magical Seven”Elements
魔法七要素
1　Better Writing Is an Extension ofYou個人的延伸
2　BetterWriting Is Clear敘述清楚
3　Better Writing Has Good Grammar and Spelling正確的語法和拼寫
4　Better Writing Considers Your Audience考慮到讀者
5　Better Writing Is Patient要有耐心
6　Better Writing Involves Reading Widely廣泛閱讀
7　BeRer Writing Chooses．a Good Place and Time to Write適當的時間和地點
The“Magical Seven”Structures of Classroom Writing
課堂寫作的魔法七結構
1　Description描述
2　Narration敘述
3　How—to Papers“如何”類文章
4　Definition定義
5　Comparison and Contrast比較和對照
6　Cause andEffect因果關系
7　Persuasive說服性
Part B　Some Key Usage PointsmAvoid Chinglish
精要關鍵用詞——避免中式英文
1　Afraid害怕
2　Bored／Boring無聊
Activity 2．1
3　Colors顏色
4　Easy to易于
5　Ever曾經
6　He&She(orIt?)他&她(或它?)
7　In General／Generally Speaking一般而言
8　-ing動名詞或現在分詞
Activity 2．2
9　Nouns Doing the Work ofVerbs將名詞轉化為動詞使用
10　OldPeople老人
11　Owingto由于
12　Parts of Speech詞性
Activity 2．3&2．4
13　People and Nationalities人民與國籍
14　Phenomenon現象
Activity 2．5
15　Place Names with or without the加the與不加the的地名
Activity 2．6
16　Possessives所有格
17　RelaxYour Mind放松你的心情
Activity 2．7
18 Smiling Face微笑的臉
Activity 2．8
19　Studies研究
20　Subject／Verb Agreement主語與動詞的一致性
Activity 2．9
21　Verb+-ing動詞+-ing
Activity 2．1 0
Part C　Twelve Steps to Clearer Writing
精進寫作的12步驟
1　Start Strong有力的開始
Activity 3．1
Activity 3．2
2　Use Strong Nouns使用有力的名詞
Activity 3．3&3．4
3　EmployⅥVid Verbs使用生動的動詞
Activity 3．5&3．6
4　Use Harold Words使用簡單的詞
Activity 3．7
5　Use Some Glue使用黏著劑
Activity 3．8
Activity 3．9
6　Cut Clutter刪除冗詞
Activity 3．10&3．11
7　Practice Parallelism練習平行結構
Activity 3．12
8　Produce Powerful Punctuation使用有效的標點
Activity 3．13＆3．14
Activity 3．15
Activity 3．1 6
Activity 3．1 7
9　Vary Sentence Lengths&Patterns變化句長和句型
Activity 3．18
Activity 3．19
10　Use Active Voice使用主動語態(tài)
Activity 3．20&3．21
11　EndwithaBang動人的結語．
12　Finish with Formatting完稿前檢查格式
Answer Key解答
Appendix附錄
1　Words Often Confused容易混淆的單詞
2　Essential Prefixes，Stems，and Suffixes to Know重要的詞首、詞根和詞尾
3　Additional Resources附加的學習資源
Final Thoughts卷后語