英语作文逻辑连贯的必杀技——过渡词！

众所周知，要写出清晰流畅的文章，需要把文章中各部分巧妙地连接在一起。这样可使文章自然而别致，并能层层展开主题句，完整地表达中心思想。而过渡词（Transitional Words）是连接这些部分的纽带。过渡词是一种关系指引词，一般由副词或起副词作用的短语承担。此外，代词、连词、上下文的近义词等也可作过渡词。过渡词能使文章启、承、转、合，融会贯通，连成一体。

1.根据意思和作用的不同，过渡词可以分为以下十五类

（1）表并列关系的过渡词:

and, also， as well, as well as， or, too, not only…but also..., both … and..., either … or..., neither…nor...

（2）表递进关系的过渡词:

besides, in addition（除此之外，而且）, moreover（此外，而且）, what’s more， what’s worse

（3）表转折对比的过渡词：

but, however, yet, instead, on the other hand, on the contrary, although, different from, despite, in spite of, whereas, unlike, nevertheless, years ago…today, this…that..., the former…the latter, then…now..., the first… whereas the second..., once…now..., on the one hand … on the other hand, some…others

（4）表原因的过渡词:

because, because of, since, as, for, now that, thanks to, due to（由于）

（5）表结果的过渡词:

so, thus, therefore, as a result, so that, then, thereby, hence, so…that..., such…that...

（6）表条件的过渡词:

if, unless, on condition that, as/so long as

（7）表时间的过渡词:

when, while, after, before, until, as soon as, later, afterwards, soon, lately, recently, since, from then on, eventually, in the meantime, then, suddenly, at the same time, next, early this morning / year / century, after a while, in a few days, now, presently, finally, at last, all of a sudden, form now on, at present, immediately, the moment

（8）表特定的顺序关系的过渡词:

first, firstly, second, secondly, third, thirdly, above all, first of all, then, next, finally, in the end, at last, afterward（s）（后来）, meanwhile（几乎同时）, thereafter（在那以后）, last, finally, eventually（终于）

（9）表换一种方式表达的过渡词:

in other words, that is to say, to put it another way

（10）表进行举例说明的过渡词:

for instance, for example, like, such as

（11）表陈述事实的过渡词:

in fact, actually, as a matter of fact, to tell you the truth

（12）表强调的过渡词:

certainly, indeed, above all, surely, most importantly, in fact, no doubt, without any doubt, truly, obviously

（13）表比较的过渡词：

like, unlike, in the same way, similarly, similar to...

（14）表目的的过渡词:

for this reason, for this purpose, so that, in order to, so as to

（15）表总结的过渡词:

in a word（总之，简言之）, in general, in short（总之）, above all, after all, generally speaking, to sum up, finally, in conclusion, at last, in summary