本书的主要内容包括: 理论指导篇, 写作命题规律及预测; 写作应试技巧; 评分原则及标准; 写作要求。实践演练篇, 其内容包括提纲作文; 情景提示作文; 看图作文; 段首句作文; 应用文; 命题作文; 关键词作文; 缩写与摘要。
《4级写作》为《大学英语四、六级考点透视丛书》的《四级写作》分册。其内容主要分为两个部分：
上编为理论指导篇，不仅向大家说明了大纲的基本要求，更详细地从多角度讲解了写作的应试技巧，还运用具体实例，详细分析了如何遣词、造句、组段、谋篇，如何进行写作准备，如何写作四种常用文体的作文，并结合大学英语四级考试写作部分中的八种题型，逐一讲解了提纲作文、情景提示作文、看图作文、段首句作文、应用文、命题作文、关键词作文以及缩写和摘要的写作。
下编为实践演练篇，选取了70余篇优秀习作和经典范文，对每一篇习作和范文不仅对语言文化难点给予注释，而且还从主题突现、语言使用、篇章结构和写作技巧等方面进行点评。大家在阅读欣赏这些习作时，就好像在聆听老师的分析讲解，给大家一种模拟课堂的感觉，并让大家把写作学习与词汇、阅读学习融为一体。
前言
上编 理论指导篇
一、《大学英语考试大纲》及《全国大学英语四、六级考试改革方案》对写作的要求
二、大学英语四级考试写作评分原则及标准
1．大学英语四级考试写作评分原则
2．大学英语四级考试写作评分标准
3．大学英语四级考试写作样卷分析
4．大学英语四级考试作文阅卷四步曲
三、大学英语四级考试写作命题规律及预测
四、大学英语四级考试写作应试技巧
1．如何遣词、造句、组段、谋篇
1）遣词
2）造句
3）组段
4）谋篇
2．如何进行大学英语四级写作准备
1）审题
2）写提纲
3）写开头
4）写正文
5）写结尾
6）短文写作的“六项基本原则”
3．如何写作四种常用文体的作文
1）记叙文
2）描写文
3）说明文
4）议论文
4．如何应对大学英语四级考试八种常考题型的作文
1）提纲作文
2）情景提示作文
3）看图作文
4）段首句作文
5）应用文
6）关键词作文
7）命题作文
8）缩写和摘要写作
下编 实践演练篇
提纲作文
Unit 1 Relationship Between Teachers and Students
Unit 2 Two Educational Patterns
Unit 3 Reading Selectively or Extensively
Unit 4 English Comers
Unit 5 Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary？
Unit 6 How I Overcome My Difficulties in Learning English
Unit 7 How I Finance My CoUege Education？
Unit 8 An EyeWitness Account of a Traffic Accident
Unit 9 Love Can Change A Man
Unit 10 Positive and Negative Aspects of Sports
Unit 11 Can Money Buy Happiness？
Unit 12 Do“Lucky Numbers”Really Bring Good Luck？
Unit 13 Don’t Hesitate to Say“No”
Unit 14 Parents and Children Should Have a Better Understanding
Unit 15 My View on Job-hopping
Unit 16 The Heavy Bags of School Children
Unit 17 “Little Emperor”in China
Unit 18 Preserving the Environment
Unit 19 What Can We Do About the Water Pollution？
Unit 20 Keeping the City Clean
Unit 21 Bicycle--an Important Means of Transport in China
Unit 22 May People Keep Pets or Not？
Unit 23 Shopping on the Net
Unit 24 Mercy Killing
Unit 25 Should We Clone Human？
情景提示作文
Unit 1 An Important Person for Me
Unit 2 The Importance of Friendship
Unit 3 Bridging the Gap between Friends
Unit 4 Military Training
Unit 5 College Students Use Cell Phones
Unit 6 Slimness
Unit 7 Love Abuse in Public Places
Unit 8 Laid-off Workers Have to Face Reality
Unit 9 We Need Chinese Instructions for Our Products
Unit 10 Mixed Marriage Encounters More Problems
Unit 11 On Sending Materials and Money to the Poor and Backward Countries
Unit 12 Why Does MA Jiajue Case Emerge7
看图作文
Unit 1 Oil Production and Consumption in Various Regions of the World
Unit 2 Changes in People' s Diet
Unit 3 Student Use of Computers
Unit 4 Family Spending in Sancha Town， Xiaogan City
Unit 5 Air Pollution and Cancer
Unit 6 A Black Eye or Two
Unit 7 How to Open a Bottle of Wine
Unit 8 Loneliness Haunts Children Too
Unit 9 The Bird' s Heart Is Full of Woe
Unit 10 Praise for the Future
段首句作文
Unit 1 Change Your Study Habits
Unit 2 Honesty
Unit 3 Why People Work
Unit 4 The Large Population
Unit 5 The Impact of Commercial Awareness on Higher Education
应用文
Unit 1 A Private Letter to My Old Classmate
Unit 2 A Letter of Saying Farewell to Our Dearest Teacher
Unit 3 A Letter of Thanks
Unit 4 A Letter in Reply to a Friend
Unit 5 A Letter of Congratulations
Unit 6 A Letter of Applying for M. A. Degree
Unit 7 A Letter of Applying： for Scholarship
Unit 8 A Letter of Applying for a Teaching Position
Unit 9 A Letter of Invitation
命题作文
Unit 1 A Wonderful Advertisement
Unit 2 How to Get Along with Others？
Unit 3 No Short-cut Way to Success
Unit 4 Target Is Important
Unit 5 The Psychology of Poor College Students
Unit 6 Difficulties of Living in a New Country
关键词作文
Unit 1 College Students' Pressure
Unit 2 Computer Assisted Instruction （CAI）
Unit 3 Live to Work or Work to Live
Unit 4 Possessions Notarization Before Marriage
Unit 5 The Prison System Does More Harm Than Good
缩写与摘要
Unit 1 Xiao Liu，an Honored Sanitation
Unit 2 How New York Became America’S Largest City
附录部分
附录1 大学英语四级写作常用连接词和词组
附录2 大学英语四级写作常用句型
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