本书是美国汤姆森学习出版集团献给本世纪的一大礼物。作者Diane Larsen-Freeman以独特的视角,把语法的作用从FORM、MEANING和USE三个不同维度以全新的理念,深入浅出地加以解释,使学生更深刻地理解语法、提高他们的语言分析能力;使教师打破传统的语法,发展全新的、建立在FORM、MEANING和USE上的三维语法教学法。
本书使教师在教语法时更轻松、更有效、更清晰;丰富的练习、真实的交际活动使学生对原以为枯燥的语法从不同维度理解的更加深刻。
本书特点:练习每一种语法结构的形式、意义和运用;
情境化和“亲读者”的语法解释有助于学生理解英文;
题材丰富的交流活动帮助学生练习语法,学会流畅沟通,学会自我表达,从而展现自己的个性;
引人入胜的听力活动加深学生对英语语法结构的理解。

Unit1 Overview of the English Verb System Time and Tense
Unit2 Overview of the English Verb System Aspect
Unit3 Adverbial Phrases and Clauses
Unit4 Passive Verbs
Unit5 One-Word and Phrasal Modals
Unit6 Infinitives
Unit7 Gerunds
Unit8 Intensifiers and Degree Complements
Unit9 Modifying Noun Phrases
Unit10 Comparatives
Unit11 Connectors
Unit12 Relative Clauses
Unit13 Present Time Frame
Unit14 Present Perfect
Unit15 Future Time
Unit16 Modals of Prediction and Inference
Unit17 Hypothetical Statements
Unit18 Sensory Verbs, Causative Verbs,and Verbs that take Subjunctive
Unit19 Articles in Discourse
Unit20 Demonstratives in Discourse
Unit21 Possessives
Unit22 !uantifiers,Collective Nouns,and Adjectives
Unit23 Past Time Frame
Unit24 Modals in Past Time
Unit25 Reported Speech
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