一)连接词(1)表选择关系或对等关系的连接词:either…or…,neither…nor,or,aswellas…,and,both…and…。(2)表因果关系或对等关系的连接词:therefore,so,asaresult,astheresultof…,becauseof,dueto…,owingto,thanksto等。(3)表时间顺序的连接词:themoment,assoonas,atfirst,then,later,meanwhyle,atthebeginning,intheend,beforelong,forthefirst(second…)time,theminute等。(4)表转折关系的连接词:yet,andyet,but,while,onthecontrary,ontheotherhand,however,atthesametime(然而)等。(5)表解释说明的连接词:thatis,thatistosay,inotherwords,suchas,forinstance,andsoon,etc.andthelike等。(6)表递进关系的连接词:notonly…but(also),what,smore,what'sworse,besides,inaddition,worsestill,moreover,aboveall等。(7)表示总结的连接词:inaword,onthewhole,inshort,briefly,inbrief,tosumup,inall等。(三)注意以下过渡词的用法1、表示时间的affirst起初next接下来then然后afterthat那以后later后来soon不久soon/shortlyafter……之后不久finally最后intheend最后eventually最终atlast终于lately近来recently最近sincethen自从那时起afterthat那以后innotime不一会儿afterawhile一会儿afterward后来tobegin/startwith=inthefirstplace首先、第一点immediately立即、马上meanwhile=inthemeantime=atthesametime在此期间、同时earlier,untilnow直到现在suddenly=allofasudden突然asayoungman当……是个年轻人的时候attheageof…在……岁的时候asearlyas早……的时候assoonas一……就……before,theotherday几天前earlyinthemorning大清早after/beforedark天黑后/前oneday有一天oneafternoon一天下午onemorning一天早晨2、表示空间的totheright/left朝右/左ontherinht/left在右/左边inthemiddleof在中间infrontof在前面inthefrontof在前面atthebackof在后面atthebottomof在底部ontheedgeof在……的边上ontopof在……的顶部oppositeto与……相对closeto靠近nearto在……附近nextto与……相邻under垂直在下over垂直在上below在下方above在上方across在……的另一边around在周围behind在后before在前against靠着、抵着furtheron再往前3、表示列举和时序first,second,third…finallyfirstly,secondly,thirdly…finallyfirstofall,nextthen,lastlyforonething…foranother…atthesametimeatfirstatlast4、表示列举forexample例如:……namely即……forinstance例如:……thatis(tosay)也就是说suchas如……take…forexample拿……来说like像……5、表示比较或对比like像unlike不像similarly同样地inthesameway以相同的方式comparedto与……相比while而still=nevertheless然而onthecontrary正相反differentfrom与……不同on(the)onehand…ontheotherhand一方面……另一方面incontrastwith与……成对比6、表示增补and而且both…and不但……而且notonly…butalso不但……而且aswellas不但……而且also=besides=furthermore=moreover此外、而且inaddition并且apartfrom除了……之外what'smore而且、更重要的foranother另一方面worsestill=what'sworse=tomakematterworse更糟糕的是including包括7、表示因果because因为since既然as由于nowthat既然therefore因此thus这样so所以asaresult(of)结果becauseof=onaccountof因为thanksto多亏、由于forthisreason由于这个原因ifso如果这样ifnot如果不是这样8、表示目的forthispurposeinordertodosoastodosothat…inorderthat…9、表示让步though/althoughnomatter+疑问句inspiteofwhatever/however/whoeverevenif/eventhough10、表示递进或强调besides况且what'smore更重要地是thus这样aboveall首先indeed的确infact/asamatteroffact事实上inotherwords换句话说inthatcase那样的话orrather更确切地说particularly特别地11、表示转折but但是still然而however然而while而12、表示总结ina/oneword简言之、一句话、总之generallyspeaking一般说来inshort=inafewwords简言之inconclusion=lastly最后地onthewhole=takingeverythingintoconsideration从总体来看、大体上so所以therefore因此thus这样ashasbeenmentioned正如所提到的itisquiteclearthat很显然thereisnodoubtthat毫无疑问itiswell-knownthat大家都知道asweallknow=asisknowntousall大家都知道as/sofarasIknow据我所知tosumup=tosummarize=insummary总之13、表示转折话题bytheway顺便说Iamafraid我恐怕inmyopinion依我看来totellthetruth说实话tobehonest诚实地说infact事实上