《大学英语教程 第4册》

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

2．Some Uses of As156

Lesson Five171

Text: History and Historian by Allen F. Davis and Harold D. Woodman171

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

Grammar: 1. Transitional Expressions198

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 something, be liable to do something, appeal283

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

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 Shelter 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 Percentages633

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