《法学英语》

Contents1

Lesson One1

Text:Christmas Day in the Morning1

by Pearl S．Buck1

Word Study:take,get10

Grammar:1．Infinitives(1)24

2．I wish25

Lesson Two36

Text:The Nightingale and the Rose36

by Oscar Wilde36

Word Study:see,go47

Grammar:1．Noun＋to infinitive61

2．Inversion62

3．Other Ways of Comparing Things64

Lesson Three73

Text:Clearing in the Sky73

by Jesse Stuart73

Word Study:make,keep82

Grammar:Infinitives of Purpose96

Lesson Four105

Text:Darken your Graying Hair,and Hide your FrightAnonymous105

Word Study:turn,do115

Grammar:1．Infinitives as Subject130

2．Passive Infinitives131

4．Concessive Clauses Denoting Contrast132

3．The Subjunctive in Reporting Suggestions132

Lesson Five142

Text:Beauty is Truth142

by Anna Guest142

Word Study:leave,look153

Grammar:1．Present Participles as Adverbial Modifiers165

2．Infinitives of Result167

Lesson Six179

Text:Button,Button179

by Richard Matheson179

Word Study:draw,cut191

Grammar:1．The Past Participle as Attributive Modifier204

2．The Past Participle as Predicative206

Lesson Seven215

Tcxt:Twelve Angry Men(Part One)215

by Reginald Rose215

Word Study:owe,help,come237

Grammar:1．The Gerund251

2．The Verbal Noun256

Lesson Eight267

Text:Twelve Angry Men(Part Two)267

by Reginald Rose267

Word Study:set,run287

Grammar:1．Infinitive and Present Participle as ObjectComplement302

2．Modals plus the Perfect Infinitives304

Text:Pompeii317

by Robert Silverburg317

Lesson Nine317

Word Study:way,hand328

Grammar:1．The Past Participle as Adverbial Modifier342

2．The Past Participle as Object Complement344

Lesson Ten353

Text:The Man in Asbestos353

by Stephen Leacock353

Word Study:break,call365

Grammar:1．Impersonal It376

2．More About Comparison377

by Gilbert Highet386

Lesson Eleven386

Text:Diogenes and Alexander386

Word Study:account,show398

Grammar:1．The Present Participle as Attributive Modifier411

2．More About Modals413

Lesson Twelve427

Text:Farewell,My Unlovely427

by Caskie Stinnett427

Word Study:bring,check437

Grammar:1．Inversion(2)454

2．More About Appositive Clauses455

by George Kent465

Lesson Thirteen465

Text:Mr Imagination465

Word Study:pull,give478

Grammar:More on Modals;Object Complement490

Lesson Fourteen504

Text:The Odour of Cheese504

by Jerome K．Jerome504

Word Study:hold,carry513

Grammar:Sentences of Unreal Condition526

Lesson Fifteen540

Text:A Horseman in the Sky540

by Ambrose Bierce540

Word Study:lead,cover550

Grammar:Sentences of Implied Condition565

Lesson Sixteen575

Text:The Oyster and the Pearl575

by William Saroyan575

Word Study:put,work603

Grammar:Ellipsis and Rhetorical Questions621

Lesson Seventeen633

Text:Multinational Corporations633

Word Study:catch,agree643

Grammar:Exercise for Revision657

VOCABULARY LIST663