考研英语写作冲刺：高分作文必备过渡词语

 　　过渡词语是一种表示句子之间各种逻辑意义的衔接手段，英语中逻辑连接词较多，用法也十分灵活，是考生学习写作时的一大难点，考生在答题完成作文中不应该只单调的重复几个简单的过渡词语，如but 、so 、because ，相信大家都没少用过，但是这些词语肯定不能引起阅卷老师的阅读兴趣，反而还会让老师觉得考生“水平一般”。那么如何让自己的过渡词语“闪”起来，让阅卷老师眼前一亮呢？下面小编就带各位考生来学习一下高分作文必备的过渡词语。

　　一、过渡词语重要性

　　文章中句子之间、段落之间各种关系的体现都离不开过渡性词语，过渡性词语对成文有三大好处，其一是使得表达更加流畅、连贯，能让作者的成文思路更加清晰地呈现给读者；其二是让句式多变，让文章更加精彩；其三，还能增加文章字数，解救那些苦于字数不够的考生。可以说过渡性词语在一篇优秀的考场作文中发挥着举足轻重的作用。

　　二、必备过渡词语

　　文章及段落起始常用的过渡词语

　　to begin with 首先

　　To begin with，I’d like to express my gratitude¹ to those who have helped me.

　　generally speaking 总体上讲

　　Generally speaking , those who have knowledge are more capable than those without knowledge.

　　first of all 第一，首先

　　First of all , doing exercise every day is of the utmost importance in keeping it .

　　in the first place 首先

　　In the first place , she can read at the rate of 100 words a minute.

　　文章及段落结尾常用的过渡词语

　　therefore thus 因此

　　Therefore , it takes longer time and more energy to communicate in written English than in oral English.

　　in conclusion 最后

　　In conclusion ，the international agreement should be made to prevent the world from the war.

　　in brief，in a nutshell 简言之

　　In a nutshell ，we should develop a good habit of study.

　　to sum up 总而言之

　　To sum up , equality continues to be the goal of the world women.

　　in a word 总之

　　In a word , country life is more beneficial than city  life.

　　常用表示先后次序的过渡词语

　　Eventually最后afterward²随后finally最终immediately立刻meanwhile同时since then自此以后

　　Afterward , they began to examine more closely the working of human mind.

　　常用表示因果关系的过渡词语

　　Accordingly于是for this reason 由于这个原因due to 由于as a result of 由...结果

　　As a result of his good performance in the college , he was given an excellent job.

　　常用表示比较和对比的过度词语

　　In contrast with 和...成对比similarly 同样on the contrary 相反likewise 同样

　　In contrast with your belief that we shall fail , I know we shall succeed.

　　有关描写图表的过渡词语

　　during this time 在此期间

　　apart form 除了...之外

　　compared with 与...相比较

　　Compared with the percentage of the base year ,it jumped by 15 percent.

　　常用表示强调的过渡词语

　　Furthermore 此外moreover 而且besides 此外in face 实际上

　　Her intentions were good. Besides, it was plessant to be with her.

　　通过今天的学习，相信各位考生动充分认识到了过渡词语的重要性，同时通过表格中的词汇积累了许多闪光词汇。距离考研越来越近了，加油哦，胜利的曙光就在前方！

1 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

2 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。