(一)连接词(1)表选择关系或对等关系的连接词：either…or…，neither…nor, or, as well as…, and,both…and…。
(2)表因果关系或对等关系的连接词：therefore, so, as a result, as the result of …，becauseof, due to …,owing to, thanks to等。
(3)表时间顺序的连接词：the moment, as soon as, at first, then, later, meanwhile, at thebeginning, in the end, before long, for the first(second…)time, the minute等。
(4)表转折关系的连接词：yet, and yet, but , while, on the contrary, on the other hand,however, at the same time(然而)等。
(5)表解释说明的连接词：that is, that is to say, in other words, such as, for instance, and soon, etc. and the like等。
(6)表递进关系的连接词：not only…but (also), what，s more, what“s worse, besides, inaddition, worse still, moreover, above all等。
(7)表示总结的连接词：in a word, on the whole, in short, briefly, in brief, to sum up, in all等。
(三)注意以下过渡词的用法1、表示时间的af first起初next接下来then然后after that那以后later后来soon好久soon/shortly after ……之后好久finally最后in the end最后eventually最终at last 终于lately近来recently最近since then自从那时起after that那以后in no time不一会儿after a while一会儿afterward后来to begin/start with=in the first place首先、第一点immediately立即、马上meanwhile=inthe meantime=at the same time在此期间、同时earlier, until now直到现在suddenly=all of asudden突然as a young man当……是个年轻人的时候at the age of…在……岁的时候asearly as早……的时候as soon as一……就……before, the other day几天前early in themorning大清早after/before dark天黑后/前one day有一天one afternoon一天下午one morning一天早晨2、表示空间的to the right/left朝右/左on the rinht/left在右/左边in the middle of在中间in front of在前面in the front of在前面at the back of在后面at the bottom of在底部on the edge of在……的边上on top of在……的顶部opposite to与……相对close to靠近near to在……附近next to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further on再往前3、表示列举和时序first, second,third…finallyfirstly, secondly, thirdly…finallyfirst of all, next then, lastlyfor one thing…for another…at the same timeat firstat last4、表示列举for example例如：……namely即……for instance例如：……that is (to say)也就是说such as如……take…for example拿……来说like像……5、表示比较或对比like像unlike不像similarly同样地in the same way以相同的方式compared to与……相比while而still=nevertheless然而on the contrary正相反different from与……例外on (the) one hand…on the other hand一方面……另一方面in contrast with与……成对比6、表示增补and而且both…and不但……而且not only…but also不但……而且as well as不但……而且also=besides=furthermore=more over此外、而且in addition并且apart from除了……之外what“s more而且、更严重的for another另一方面worse still=what“s worse=to make matter worse更倒霉的是including包括7、表示因果because因为since既然as由于now that既然therefore因此thus这样so所以as a result (of)结果because of=on account of因为thanks to多亏for this reason由于这个原因if so如果这样if not如果不是这样8、表示目的for this purposein order to doso as to doso that…in order that…9、表示让步though/althoughno matter+疑问句in spite ofwhatever/however/whoever even if/ even though10、表示递进或强调besides况且what“s more更严重地是thus这样above all首先indeed的确in fact/ as a matter of fact事实上in other words换句话说in that case那样的话or rather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in a/one word简言之、一句话、总之generally speaking一般说来in short=in a few words简言之in conclusion=lastly最后地on the whole=taking everything into consideration从总体来看、大体上so所以therefore因此thus这样as has been mentioned正如所提到的it is quite clear that很显然there is no doubt that毫无疑问it is well-known that大家都知道as we all know=as is knownto us all大家都知道as/so far as I know据我所知to sum up=to summarize=in summary总之13、表示转折话题by the way顺便说I am afraid我恐怕in my opinion依我看来to tell the truth说实话to be honest厚道地说in face事实上。
