本书是为大学英语专业一年级学生编写的，非英语专业的学生和具有高中毕业生英语水平的英语爱好者也可以使用。本书的重点是基础训练，通过大量的作文练习使学生认识、熟悉、掌握英文作文的特点，为进一步的提高奠定良好的基础。全书共分四个部分：便笺和书信、段落、网上写作、语言和语法。其中段落部分是主体，是英语写作训练的主要内容。这部分涉及到英文写作中常用的体裁和方法，教材尽量多地提供典型性例文给学生做参考，示范文章组织的基本模式，书写的基本规则。学生通过对例文的阅读与分析和自己的写作实践，学习英文写作的技巧，提高英文书面表达的能力。

SECTION ONE NOTES AND LETTERS

Introductions

Unit 1  Notes/Letters of Thanks

Unit 2  Notes/Letters of lnvitation and Reply

Unit 3  Notes/Letters of Inquiry and Request

Unit 4  Notes/Letters of Arrangement

Unit 5  Notes/Letters of Apology and Explanation

Unit 6  Notes/Letters of Complaint

Unit 7  Notes/Letters of Congratulations

Unit 8  Notes/Letters of Condolence and Sympathy

Unit 9  Announcement and Notice

SECTION TWO  PARAGRAPHS

Introductions

Unit 1  Narrating an Event or a Routine

Unit 2  Describing a Person, an Object, a Place 

Unit 3  Comparing and Contrasting Two Things

Unit 4  Demonstrating the Causes/Effects of an Event

Unit 5  Explaining a Process

Unit 6  Classifying an Object/a Concept

Unit 7  Defining an Idea/a Term

Unit 8  Persuading by Argument

SECTION THREE  INTERNET WRITINGS

Internet Writings

SECTION FOUR  LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR

Unit 1  Capitalization

Unit 2  Punctuation

Unit 3  Subject-Verb Agreement

Unit 4  Run-on Sentence

Unit 5  Sentence Fragment

Unit 6  Dangling Modifier

Unit 7  Faulty Parallelism

Unit 8  Sentence Combining Skills

Suggested Answers to Exerises in Section Four

Appendix Symbols and Abbreviations Used in Correction