?。溃┳课?,畢業(yè)于美國第二古老的學(xué)院The College of William and Mary,并取得了Azusa Pacific University 社會科學(xué)碩士學(xué)位。Scott目前任教于美國Patrick Henry高中,并于2003年獲頒象征美國教育界最高榮譽(yù)的“美國全國教學(xué)專業(yè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)委員會”證書。每年暑假受邀到中國臺灣教授寫作課程,前后長達(dá)十余年。他教學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富,所教學(xué)生涵蓋中學(xué)生至博士生、企業(yè)中高層主管及大學(xué)教授等。
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Acknowledgements致謝詞 Preface序言 About the Authors作者簡介 Part A What Is Better Writing? 何謂精進(jìn)寫作? The“Magical Seven”Elements 魔法七要素 1 Better Writing Is an Extension ofYou個(gè)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(chǎn) Good Place and Time to Write適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)間和地點(diǎn) The“Magical Seven”Structures of Classroom Writing 課堂寫作的魔法七結(jié)構(gòu) 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(guān)系 7 Persuasive說服性 Part B Some Key Usage PointsmAvoid Chinglish 精要關(guān)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(jīng) 6 He&She(orIt?)他&她(或它?) 7 In General/Generally Speaking一般而言 8 -ing動(dòng)名詞或現(xiàn)在分詞 Activity 2.2 9 Nouns Doing the Work ofVerbs將名詞轉(zhuǎn)化為動(dòng)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(xiàn)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(dòng)詞的一致性 Activity 2.9 21 Verb+-ing動(dòng)詞+-ing Activity 2.1 0 Part C Twelve Steps to Clearer Writing 精進(jìn)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(dòng)的動(dòng)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(xí)平行結(jié)構(gòu) Activity 3.12 8 Produce Powerful Punctuation使用有效的標(biāo)點(diǎn) 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(dòng)語態(tài) Activity 3.20&3.21 11 EndwithaBang動(dòng)人的結(jié)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(xué)習(xí)資源 Final Thoughts卷后語