本书是《新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材)》之一。本书贯彻“以功能文体为突破口的跨文化交际法”。

本书共分十八个单元，每个单元包括五大板块，分别是导言、范文、写作技巧、课上写作和课后作业。此外，每单元还精选了“名言”，用于加深对单元主题和写作技巧的理解。

UNIT 1 FIRST-PERSON NARRATION

 PART Ⅰ LFADIN

Task 1：An Experience of Selling Something

 PART Ⅱ SAMPLE WRITING

Dreamhouse

Task 2：Comprehension and Style

Task 3：Writing a Critique

 PART Ⅲ WRITING TECHNIQUES

Types Of Narration

The Elements of a Narrative

Selection of Details

First-Person Narration

Revising First．Person Narration

Unit Summary

 PART Ⅳ IN．CLASS ACTIVmES

Task 4：Battle Royal

Task 5：Elements of the Story“Homc Stretch”

Task 6：Detail Selection in“Dreamhouse”

 PART Ⅴ AFTER-CLAsS ACTIVITIES

Task 7：The Best/Worst of Times

Task 8：Narrating Your Own Experience

Task 9：Technology and I

Task 10：Other Topics for First-Person Narration

UNIT 2 THIRD-PERSON NARRATION

UNIT 3 DECRIPTION OF A PLACE

UNIT 4 DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

UNIT 5 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE:DESCRIBING SCENIC SPOTS

UNIT 6 EXPOSITION BY EXAMPLE AND DEFINITION

UNIT 7 EXPOSITION BY PROCESS AND CAUSE-EFFECT

UNIT 8 EXPOSITION BY CIVISION-CLASSIFICATION AND COMPARISONCONTRAST

UNIT 9 COESIVE DEVICES(1):LOGICAL AND GRAMMATICAL COHESION

UNIT 10 SYNOPSIS

UNIT 11 BOOK REPORT

UNIT 12 FORMAL LETTERS

UNIT 13 TERM PAPER

UNIT 14 COHESIVE DEVICES(2):LEXICAL COHESION

UNIT 15 ARGUMENTATION(1)

UNIT 16 ARGUMENTATION(2)

UNIT 17 ARGUMENTATION(3)

UNIT 18 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION:REGISTER VARIATION AND THOUGHT PATTERNS

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