《大学英语教程 4 修订本》

Lesson One1

Text:The Pleasure of Learning by Gilbert Highet1

Word Study:maintain,convey,develop,contain,order13

Grammar:Rather29

Lesson Two42

Text:A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield42

Word Study:fix,stretch,bear,beyond,become of,apart56

Grammar:Negative Questions as a Form of Invitation and Suggestion71

Lesson Three81

Text:Solve That Problem—with Humor by William D.Ellis81

Word Study:assign,draft,issue,consider,handle,patch,in the course of95

Grammar:More About Adverbial Clauses of Time114

Lesson Four126

Text:Unforgettable Johnny Broderick by Toots Shor126

Word Study:effect,off,as good as,tackle,drive140

Grammar and Usage:1．The Absolute Construction 2．Some Uses of As156

Lesson Five171

Text:History and Historian171

by Allen F.Davis and Harold D.Woodman171

Word Study:lack,concern,pursue,conclude,suggest,by way of183

Grammar:1．Transitional Expressions 2．Some Uses of One198

Lesson Six213

Text:The Enormous Radio by John Cheever213

Word Study:intend,pronounce,more uses of the word work,More uses of the word strike231

Grammar:Adverbial Clauses Cut Short247

Lesson Seven259

Text:The $99,000 Answer by Leonard Stern and Sydney Zelinka259

Word Study:wish,clear,be at a loss as to,talk somebody out of/into,be liable to do something,appeal283

Grammar and Usage:1．Correlative Conjunctions 2．Adjective+to-infinitive299

Lesson Eight314

Text:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell314

Word Study:strain,claim,but for,dress,focus,score329

Grammar and Usage:Figurative Language343

Lesson Nine355

Text:In My Day by Russel Baker355

Word Study:utter,define,mind,prevent,amount to368

Grammar and Usage:Preposition+which/whom379

Lesson Ten388

Text:The American Character by Bradford Smith388

Word Study:deny,result,demand,need,infinitive phrase of result404

Grammar and Usage:1．A few Idiomatic Constructions with More 2．The Subjunctive Mood After Whether in Conditional Clauses418

Lesson Eleven428

Text:On Being the Right Size by J.B.S Haldane428

Word Study:engage,reduce,project,compose,hit444

Grammar and Usage:Ways of Expressing Similarities and Differences457

Lesson Twelve467

Text:The Shelter467

by Rod Serling467

Word Study:deserve,admit,remind,space497

Grammar and Usage:Link Verbs511

Lesson Thirteen521

Text:The Damned Human Race by Mark Twain521

Word Study:adopt,offer,at,oblige,render536

Grammar and Usage:Negation551

Lesson Fourteen562

Text:Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising by Ann McClintock562

Word Study:favor,apply,state,respect576

Grammar and Usage:The Present Continuous Passive and the Passive Present Participle590

Lesson Fifteen599

Text:Japan:The Productivity Challenge By Michael LeBoeuf599

Word Study:commit,control,regard,promote614

Grammar and Usage:1．Fractions and Percentages 2．Like Used to Compare Things633

Lesson Sixteen645

Text:The Never-ending Fight By Isaac Asimov645

Word Study:address,more uses of word,otherwise,dispose659

Grammar and Usage:More Expressions of Condition and Concession673

Vocabulary List685