何伟主编的《英汉对比与英语写作》共分为四大部分、十五章。第一部分共三章，集中讨论中国学生在英语行文过程中突出存在的语言问题，包括选词、造句及标点符号使用等内容；第二部分也由三章组成，主要对英语篇章的局部构造进行阐述，并分析中国学生在英语环境下使用段落中心句、不同的段落发展方式以及段内衔接连贯方面存在的问题；第三部分由五章构成，上升到文章总体谋篇布局的层面，分别讲述了英语文章主题句、开头、结尾、篇章发展以及篇内衔接连贯这五大问题，并通过习作讲评重点分析了中国学生在这些方面易犯的错误；最后一部分共有四章，上升到文体层面，分别对英语记叙文、描写文、说明文以及议论文的写作特点进行了探讨，并通过范文赏析与习作点评，对比总结了中西方在这些文体应用方面上的异同，此外，这一部分的设计既关注了不同文体的风格特征，同时也是对前三部分内容的综合性应用。

中国学生的英语写作仍普遍存在一些问题，突出表现在受母语负迁移影响而导致的语法错误、语用错误以及篇章结构安排上的错误：写作理论知识与写作实践能力脱节的问题：作文结构程式化、千篇一律，内容刻板老套的问题，等等。编者何伟基于对上述问题的反思，特别针对中国的英语专业学生，编写了这本《英汉对比与英语写作》作为北京市2009年精品教材立项项目，《英汉对比与英语写作》旨在倡导一套更符合我国国情的英语写作教材编写理念，争取从根本上提高中国学生的英语写作能力。

Part 1 Language Expression

Unit 1 Words and Collocations

Words

English Conventions

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Collocations

English Conventions

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Unit 2 Sentences

Sentence Structure

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Sentence Unity

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Sentence Coherence

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

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Unit 3 Punctuations

Commas

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Colons

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Semicolons

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Dashes

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

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Part 2 Local Organization

Unit 4 Topic Sentence

English Conventions

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Unit 5 Supporting Details

Narration

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Description

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Student Writing Analysis

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Comparisen and Contrast

English Conventions

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Classification

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Student Writing Analysis

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Cause and Effect

English Conventions

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Illustration

English Conventions

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Process Analysis

English Conventions

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Unit 6 Unity and Coherence at Paragraph Level

Unity

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Words

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

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Part 3 Overall Organization

Unit 7 Thesis Statement

English Conventions

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Unit 8  Beginning of an Essay

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

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Unit 9 Ending of an Essay

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

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Unit 10 Essay Development

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

Unit 11 Unity and Coherence at the Textual Level

English Conventions

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Student Writing Analysis

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