Acknowledgements緻謝詞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因果關係 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顔色 4 Easy to易於 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由於 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放鬆你的心情 Activity 2．7 18 Smiling Face微笑的臉 Activity 2．8 19 Studies研究 20 Subject／Verb Agreement主語與動詞的一緻性 Activity 2．9 21 Verb+-ing動詞+-ing Activity 2．1 0Part 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 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捲後語
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