本教程是為高等院校英語專業(yè)學生編寫的寫作教程。話題寫作難度由淺入深，從與大學生日常生活緊密相關的內(nèi)容入手，逐步過渡到有深度的學術論題。本教材在培養(yǎng)學生寫作能力的同時，也關注提高學生的人文素養(yǎng)和文化意識，充分體現(xiàn)英語專業(yè)教學改革強調(diào)的全人教育理念。本教程設計四冊寫作教程，本書為第一冊。
顧問，劉潤清，北京外國語大學博士生導師，外語教育家。顧問，仲偉合，廣東外語外貿(mào)大學博士生導師，校長；教育部全國高等學校外語教學指導委員會英語專業(yè)教學指導分委員會主任委員�？傊骶�，文旭，教授，西南大學外國語學院院長，博士生導師。北京師范大學博士，北京外國語大學博士后。國務院政府特殊津貼獲得者；教育部"新世紀優(yōu)秀人才支持計劃項目"獲得者；教育部"優(yōu)秀青年教師資助計劃項目"獲得者；重慶市"高等學校優(yōu)秀中青年骨干教師資助計劃項目"獲得者。重慶市首批高校中青年骨干教師；第三屆重慶市優(yōu)秀專業(yè)技術人才；重慶市學術帶頭人。西南大學學位評定委員會副主席，西南大學職稱評審委員會委員。
SECTION ONE MECHANICS AND PUNCTUATIONS
Unit 1 Capitalization
Unit 2 Italics
Unit 3 Number and Numeral
Unit 4 Word Division
Unit 5 Punctuation
Section Review
SECTION TWO BUILDING WORD POWER
Unit 1 Levels of Diction
Unit 2 General vs. Specific Words; Abstract vs. Concrete Words
Unit 3 Denotation vs. Connotation
Unit 4 Using Words Effectively
Unit 5 Figures of Speech
Section Review
SECTION THREE BUILDING SENTENCE SKILLS
Unit 1 Sentence Basics
Unit 2 Sentence Types
Unit 3 Using Sentences Effectively
Unit 4 Solving Common Sentence Problems
Section Review
SECTION FOUR DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS
Unit 1 Topic Sentence
Unit 2 Patterns of Paragraph Development
Unit 3 Paragraph Unity and Coherence
Unit 4 Special Paragraphs
Section Review
KEYS TO THE EXERCISES
Unit Focus
Function and usage of capitalization in writing
Tuning-in Activity
Work in pairs for the following quiz.
Add capital letters in the appropriate places in the following sentences.
1. i study at xiangtan university.
2. my father reads china daily every day.
3. my english teacher, mr. Johnson, speaks French, Arabic and german, and he is a christian.
4. when i was studying in the united states, I saw how American people celebrate christmas.
5. on the first of october, we celebrate the founding of the people’s republic of china.
Focus: When and How to Capitalize
? Capitalize the first word of a sentence or direct quotation
He often goes to the municipal library on Sundays.
“ What happened to ‘Jackie’?” I wanted to know.
“ There I was not,” I said, “before ‘Jack’ cropped up in our family, so why should I try to
trace it that far back?”
Note: If a quoted sentence is broken into two parts and put in two pairs of quotation marks, the second
part does not begin with a capital letter unless the first word is a proper noun or an adjective derived
from a proper noun.
? Capitalize names of persons and the word I.
After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for a report of my findings.
There is no more romantic figure in history than Alexander, the son of Philip, King of Macedonia.
? Capitalize names of particular places.
John graduated from Harvard University, USA.
We’ve decided to spend our summer vacation in Beijing.
? Capitalize names of days of the week, months and holidays.
We don’t have to go to school on Sundays.
The Christmas season lasts from Christmas Eve till after New Year’s Day.
? Capitalize names of commercial products.
He prefers a Lenovo cell phone to a Motorola.
Coca-Cola is the world’s leading soft drink.
? Capitalize titles of books, magazines, newspapers, articles, stories, poems, films,
television shows, s
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