本书为大学英语写作教程系列丛书之一。本系列丛书中已经出版的《英语十句作文法》、《英语五段作文法》和《英语段落作文法》深受广大读者的青睐。本书与前几本书的不同点在于：它着力于从语言上（前几本书主要从结构、技巧上）提高学生的写作水平。全书模仿四、六级考试的翻译题命题法——以原版书刊上摘录文章的段落为主要材料，然后挖去部分句子、从句或短语，要求学生根据所给的汉语译文翻译去完成英语原文句子。通过这种回译法以提高学生的语言表达能力，使学生的英语语言表达更地道、更规范、更生动。
本书的适应对象是各类设有英语作文项目考试的考生，尤其是大学英语四、六级考试的应试者。当然包括所有致力于提高自己英语语言综合运用能力的读者。
1. Extreme Permissiveness
2. Fashion andWomen
3. On Co-education
4. On Exam inations
5. Anti-intellectualism in America
6. ContrastBetween Chinese and American Ways of Education
7. Why Asian-Americans Excel in Academic Performance?
8. Turning Failure into Success
9. Thinking:A Neglected Art
10. The Sense of Wonder
11. College Pressure
12. Quality ofLife Is Much More than a Job
13. Children and Money
14. On Work
15. Animals and the Survival Game
16. Technological Innovation
17. Americans Friendliness
18. How CanWomen Truly Enjoy Equality with Men?
19. Our Obsession with Competence
20. Cultural Conflicts
21. University Students Concern about Employment
22. People's Polite Behavior
23. Why Are People Fascinated by Natural Disasters?
24. The Time Issue in Asian Families
25. Books for Children
26. Rearing Children
27. Protection for Children AgainstCertain Kinds of TV Programs
28. Change of the Payment System in Asia
29. Effects of Cigarette Advertising
30. College Study
31. Cheating in Colleges and Universities
32. On Over-education
33. Americans Tendency to Passive Compliance
34. The American Attitude Toward Time
35. Stress and Technology
36. Problems of Rearing Super-kids
37. The US and the Overpopulation
38. Reading and Thinking
39. How to Develop Creativity
40. Children's Obsession with Achievements
41. Why PeopleWork
42. Social Interaction
43. Intimate Strangers
44. An Animal Survival Lesson for Mankind
45. Space Project
46. Let Your Mind Wander
47. Lecture System
48. To Lie or Not to Lie—The Doctor's Dilemma
49. On the Automobile
50. The Fifth Freedom
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