LessonOne
Text:ThePleasureofLearning
byGilbertHighet
WordStudy:maintain,convey,develop,contin,order
Grammar:Rather
LessonTwo
Text:ADillPickle
byKatherineMansfield
WordStudy:fix,stretch,bear,beyond,becomeof,apart
Grammar:NegativeQuestionsasaFormofInvitationandSuggestion
LessonThree
Text:SolveThatProblem—WithHumor
byWilliamD.Ellis
WordStudy:assign,draft,issue,consider,handle,patch,inthecourseof
Grammar:MoreAboutAduerbialClausesofTime
LessonFour
Text:UnforgettableJohnnyBroderick
byTootsShor
WordStudy:effect,off,asgoodas,tackle,drive
GrammarandUsage:1.TheAbsoluteConstruction
2.SomeUsesofAs
LessonFive
Text:HistoryandHistorian
byAllenF.DavisandHaroldD.Woodman
WordStudy:lack,concern,pursue,conclude,suggest,
bywayof
Grammar:1.TransitionalExpressions
2.SomeUsesofOne
LessonSix
Text:TheEnormousRadio
byJohnCheever
WordStudy:intend,pronounce,moreusesoftheword
work,moreusesofthewordstrike
Grammar:AdverbialClausesCutShort
LessonSeven
Text:The$99,000Answer
byLeonardSternandSydneyZelinka
WordStudy:wish,dear,beatalossasto,talksomebody
outof/intosomething,beliabletodosomething,
appeal
GrammarandUsage:1.CorrelativeConjunctions
2.Adjective+to-infinitive
LessonEight
Text:TheMostDangerousGame
byRichardConnell
WordStudy:strain,claim,butfor,dress,focus,score
GrammarandUsage.FigurativeLanguage
LessonNine
Text:InMyDay
byRusselBaker
WordStudy:utter,define,mind,prevent,amountto
GrammarandUsage.Preposition+which/whom
LessonTen
Text:TheAmericanCharacter
byBradfordSmith
WordStudy:deny,result,demand,need,infinitivephraseofresult
GrammarandUsage:1.AFewIdiomaticConstructionswithMore
2.TheSubjunctiveMoodAfterWhether
inConditionalClauses
LessonEleven
Text:OnBeingtheRightSize
byJ.B.S.Haldane
WordStudy:engage,reduce,project,compose,hit
GrammarandUsage:WaysofExpressingSimilaritiesandDifferences
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