书面表达能力是英语专业学生综合素质的一项重要指标，目前越来越受到重视。

《大学英文写作》第一、二、三册分别供大学一、二、三年级使用，第四册则供四年级使用一个学期。

本教材为第二册，介绍了大学本科阶段专业学习所必需的课程论文、科研报告和毕业论文等应用文的英文写作技巧和写作方法。

Words for the Teacher

1 Keeping a Diary

2 Telling Your Stories

3 Introducing Description

4 Describing a Place

5 Drawing a Portrait

6 Describing Emotions

7 Introducing Comparison

8 Bearing the Purpose in Mind

9 Organizing Your Comparison

10 Limiting the Topic and Selecting the Material

11 Introducing Process Analysis

12 Building on a Familiar Topic

13 Making Everything Clear to Your Reader

14 Having Fun with Process Analysis

15 Introducing Definition

16 Exposing the Essence

17 Questioning the Assumptions

18 Introducing Classification

19 Examining It Closely

20 Using a Clear Organization

21 Making a Point

22 Introducing Cause and Effect

23 Thinking Before You Write

24 Taking Steps in Composition

25 Writing Through Your Exam

Additional Readings

List of Professional and Student Writings

Matemal Care, by Lu Qian

Not Drunk Enough, by Shi Xiaobo

A Box of Matches, by Jiang Min.

A Pitiful Person, by Qian Xiaoling.

Slips of Love, by Qian Xiaolin

Mr. Sweet, by Alice Walker

Description of a Stranger, by Li Shimeng

In an Elevator, by E.B. White

My Hometown (two drafts), by Chen Zan

My Mother, by Jiang Xinyi

Taking In and Giving Out: A Description of My Aunt, by Jiang Haoyun

Old Maid Grump, by Carole Gaffron .

A Description of a Statue (two drafts), by Zhou Jianhao

The Blast Furnace, by Sally Carrighar

The Natural Superiority of Women, by Ashley Montagu

Starbucks and a Traditional Cafe, by Zhou Haobo

I Love Clothes, by Li Shimeng

Reading and Television, from The Plug-ln Drug, by Marie Winn

The Chinese New Year (first draft), by Pi Xin

The Family Reunion Dinner (final draft), by Pi Xin

Undercover Discoveries in the World of Fashion, by Andy Rooney

The Transaction, by William Zinsser

American and Chinese Child-Raising (three drafts), by Mao Xiaochun

Modem Courtesy, by Lore Segal

CROAK-A-ROACH KILLS ROACHES DEAD!

Dish of Happiness--Ouhe, by Yao Ying

Terror at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard

Writing With Style, by Kurt Vonnegut

How to Make a Pair of Speakers (two drafts), by Zhu Jun

How to Survive a Hotel Fire, by R.H. Kauffman

Life Is Just a...Snapped Tape, by Zhu Xilin

How to Write a Personal Letter, by Garrison Keillor

What's a Ms.?

Homesickness, by Lu Qian

Chuang Tou Gui, by Qin Xiaoling

Hanliu, by Chen Fangya

I Want a Wife, by Judy Syfers

Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name, by James Lincoln Collier

A Good Beginning: The Choice of a Suitable Paddle (two drafts), by Wang Feng

Notes on Punctuation, by Lewis Thomas

Salutation Displays, by Desmond Morris

Ways of Earning Good Marks, by Qin Haihua

The Ways of Meeting Oppression, by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why Nothing Works, from America Now, by Marvin Harris

Why Boys Don't Know What Girls Mean and Girls Think Boys Are Mean, by Deborah Tannen

"Learning" to Give Up, by Albert Rosenfeld

Fear of Dearth, by Carll Tucker

When Television Is a School for Criminals, by Grant Hendricks