Reading to Write: A Textbook of Advanced Chinese (Paperback)

Preface 前言

User’s Guide 使用?明

一、Writing about Events: Part One?事篇上

Writing Guide ?作指?: Key Elements of Event Writing ?事要素

Model Text 范文: An Amusing Account of Exam Preparations ?考趣?

Rhetoric 修?: Personification ?人

Practical Writing ?用文: Email ?子?件

二、Writing about Events: Part Two ?事篇下

Writing Guide ?作指?: Detailed Descriptions ??描?

Model Text 范文: A Tune in the Rain 雨中曲

Rhetoric 修?: Metaphors and Similes 比?

Practical Writing ?用文: Congratulatory Words 祝?

三、Writing about People?人篇

Writing Guide ?作指?: Capturing Key Traits?住特征

Model Text 范文: Mother’s Smiles ??的微笑

Rhetoric 修?: Parallelism 排比

Practical Writing ?用文: Letter of Gratitude 感?信

四、Writing about Scenery: Part One?景篇上

Writing Guide ?作指?: Careful Observations 仔??察

Model Text 范文: Impressions of Niagara Falls 尼?加拉?瀑?

Rhetoric 修?: Exaggeration ??

Practical Writing ?用文: Posters 海?

五、Writing about Scenery: Part Two ?景篇下

Writing Guide ?作指?: Mingling Scenes and Feelings 情景交融

Model Text 范文: Autumn Colors on Campus 校?秋色

Rhetoric 修?: Association ?想

Practical Writing ?用文: Cover Letter for Job Application求?信

六、Writing about Feelings抒情篇

Writing Guide ?作指?: True Feelings and Beautiful Expressions 情?意美

Model Text 范文: Musical Enthrallment 琴?

Rhetoric 修?: Imagination 想象

Practical Writing ?用文: Resume ??

七、Persuasive Writing ??篇

Writing Guide ?作指?: Three Methods of Argumentation??三法

Model Text 范文: Confidence and Conceit自信?自?

Rhetoric 修?: Rhetorical Question 反?

Practical Writing ?用文: Reader Response ?后感

Appendices

English Translations of the Model Texts ?文英?

Vocabulary Index ??索引