English Writing Shortcuts

Author: Li Jinda
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The book ShortcuttoWriting consists of 8 chapters (see Table of Contents). For the convenience of readers, the book uses both Chinese and English in the explanations. The target audience includes college students and English enthusiasts with equivalent education levels. The guiding principle for writing this book is: simplifying complexity,; staying close to daily life; using standardized language; and being easy to imitate. The examples and model essays selected for this book include foreign writers writing about their own countries, foreigners writing about China, Chinese people writing about China, and Chinese people writing about foreign countries. Readers can start with themes they are familiar with and interested in, learning through understanding and appreciation—guided imitation—free writing. Readers can follow the following order for reading and imitation:
1. Chinese people writing about China, such as: Two Persons I Know; A Stamp Incident; I Need a New Bike, etc.
2. Foreigners writing about China, such as: Different Types of American Tourists in China; The Alarming Scale of Road Accidents.
3. Chinese people writing about foreign countries, such as: The Splendor of the Fall; Bryant's Two Poems on Mortality.
4. Foreigners writing about their own countries, such as: Careless Drivers; What I Have Lived for; A Study of the Various Interpretations of Young Goodman Brown, etc.