商务英语BEC中级模考练习写作万能
连贯和衔接
(一)连贯 (coherence) 常见连接词有: 1. 表示罗列增加 First, second, third,
First, then / next, after that / next, finally For one thing … for another…, On (the) one hand…on the other hand,
Besides / what’s more / in addition / furthermore / moreover / another / also,
Especially / In particular, 2. 表示时间顺序
now, at present, recently,
after, afterwards, after that, after a while, in a few days, at first, in the beginning, to begin with, later, next, finally,
immediately, soon, suddenly, all of a sudden, at that moment, as soon as, the moment
form now on, from then on, at the same time, meanwhile,
till, not…until, before, after, when, while, as during, 3. 表示解释说明
now, in addition, for example, for instance, in this case, moreover
furthermore, in fact, actually 4. 表示转折关系
but, however, while, though, or, otherwise, on the contrary, on the other
hand, in contrast, despite, in spite of, even though, except (for), instead, of course, after all,
5. 表示并列关系
or, and, also, too, not only … but also, as well as, both… and, either …or, neither …nor
6. 表示因果关系
because, because of, since, now that, as, thanks to…, due to…, therefore, as a result (of), otherwise, so…that, such…that
7. 表示条件关系
as (so) long as, on condition that, if, unless 8. 表示让步关系
though, although, as, even if, even though, whether …or…, however, whoever,
whatever, whichever, wherever, whenever, no matter how (who, what, which, where, when, whom)
9. 表示举例
for example, for instance, such as…, take… for example 10. 表示比较
be similar to, similarly, the same as, in contrast, compared with (to)…just like, just as,
11. 表示目的
for this reason,, for this purpose, so that, in order to, so as to
12. 表示强调
in deed, in fact, surely, certainly, no doubt, without any doubt, truly, obviously, above all,
13. 表示概括归纳
in a word, in short, in brief, on the whole, generally speaking, in my opinion, as far as I know, As we all know, as has been stated, as I have shown, finally, at last, in summary, in conclusion,
(二)衔接 (cohesion) 1. 返指(referring back)
例:Davis opened a door. “Here is your room. I am afraid it is a bit untidy.” He picked a dirty handkerchief off the floor and stuffed it in a drawer.
The keeper came loping softly up the lane with the dog padding at his heels and we watched them through the hedge as they went by.
I held her very close. My cheek was against hers. 例:The women were asked to leave. Some of them refused. The earthquake killed 24,000 people and insured 77,000. 例:A man and a woman were struggling up the dune. The man wore shorts. The woman wore a print dress.
2. 预指(referring forward)
有多种方法可用来指代将要提及的事务。
例如:This chapter will follow the same pattern as the previous one.
In the next chapter, we will examine this theory in detail. The overlap can be seen in the table below.