熟練掌握以下連接詞與連接語，就能充分把握住作者的意圖和考題的出題思路，所以希望考生能對之要牢記在心。了解了這些連接詞與連接語的不同功能后，相信你一定會在閱讀理解上有所收獲。一般把連接詞與連接語分為以下三類：

　　1.表明事件發(fā)生的時間順序：then, first, at once, next,

　　after that, previously, while, when, the

　　following day, etc.

　　2.表明文章的組織結構:

　　1)Listing: firstly, in the first place,

　　secondly, thirdly, my next point is,

　　last/finally, etc.

　　2)Illustrating: for example/ for instance, to

　　illustrate, an example/ instance of this is,

　　let’s take….., take…. for example, etc.

　　3)Re-stating: in other words, that is to say,

　　to put it another way, let me put it this way,

　　or rather, namely, etc.

　　4)Referring: in this respect, in that

　　connection, as we said, apart from this, etc.

　　5)Resuming: to resume, to return to the

　　previous point, getting back to the argument,

　　etc.

　　6)Summarizing: to sum up, in short, it amounts

　　to this, what I have been saying is this, etc.

　　7)Emphasizing: it is worth noting, I would

　　like to direct your attention to, let us

　　consider, we must now turn to, I shall begin by,

　　etc.

　　3.表明作者的觀點、態(tài)度

　　1)Introducing( or emphasizing) further

　　evidence: moreover, furthermore, in addition,

　　what’s more, as well, etc.

　　2)Cause: because (of), since, owing to, on

　　account of, due to, as a result of, etc.