TransitionalWordsTransitionalwordsandphrasesprovidethegluethatholdsideastogetherinapassage.Theyprovidecoherence(thathangingtogether,makingsenseasawhole)byhelpingthereaderorlistenertounderstandtherelationshipbetweenideas,andtheyactassignpoststhathelpthereaderorlistenerfollowthemovementofthediscussion.1、Additioninaddition(to),furthermore,again,also,besides,moreover,what'smore,similarly,next,finally,aswellas,besides,likewise,asidefrom,apartfrom,除了汽车之外,这家工厂还生产自行车。Asidefrommotorcars,thefactoryturnsoutbicycles.2、Comparisoninthesameway,likewise,similarly,equally,identically,incomparison,justas,comparatively,correspondingly,我的鞋子比我妹妹的要小。Myshoesaresmallincomparisonwithmysister's.3、Contrastwhereas,incontrast,ontheotherhand,instead,however,nevertheless,unlike,onthecontrary,while,…有些人喜欢肥肉，相反有些人讨厌肥肉。Somepeoplelikefatmeat,whereasothershateit.4、Cause/Effectbecause,becauseof,for,since,dueto,owingto,thanksto,asaresult(of),accordingly,hence,so,thus,therefore,consequently,forthisreason,forthispurpose,otherwise,sothen,subsequently,有人叫他离开该城市,所以他就走了。Hewasaskedtoleavethecityandaccordinglyhewent.5、Exemplificationforexample,forinstance,suchas,inthiscase,bywayofillustration,including,like,asanillustration,asanexample,….我将举例说明兔子的行为。BywayofillustrationI'llrefertothebehaviorofrabbits.6、Concessionalthough,though,inspiteof,yet,afterall,nevertheless,still,despite,regardlessof,whileitistrue....尽管天气不好，我们的假期仍过得很愉快。Despitethebadweatherweenjoyedourholiday.7、Summary/Conclusiontosumup,tosummarize,insummary,toconclude,inconclusion,inaword,inshort,inbrief,briefly,allinall,inanycase,inanyevent,allthingsconsidered,onthewhole,inthefinalanalysis,inthelongrun,onbalance,从各方面考虑一下，你的做法还是很明智的。Allthingsconsidered,youdidverywisely.8、Sequenceafterward,after,first,later,then,next,soon,atfirst,firstofall,tobeginwith,inthefirstplace,atthesametime,forthetimebeing,thenextstep,intime,inturn,lateron,meanwhile,inthemeantime,while,earlier,simultaneously,withthisinmind,…首先，迫在眉睫的是建立自然保护区。Tobeginwith,itisurgenttocreatenaturereserves.9、Emphasiscertainly,aboveall,indeed,ofcourse,surely,actually,asamatteroffact,chiefly,especially,primarily,inparticular,undoubtedly,absolutely,mostimportant,particularly,实际上，这是一个假货。Asamatteroffact,thisisafake.10、Generalizationasarule,asusual,forthemostpart,generally,generallyspeaking,ordinarily,usually,normally大体说来，她是个品行端正的孩子。Sheisforthemostpartawell-behavedchild.11、Restatementinessence,inotherwords,namely,thatis,thatistosay,inshort,inbrief,toputitdifferently只有一个学生通过了考试，就是彼得。Onlyonestudentpassedtheexam,namelyPeter.12、Diversionbytheway,incidentally我现在该走了。顺便提一句,如果你要那本书,我下次带来。ImustgonoIncidentally,ifyouwantthatbookI'llbringitnexttime.Pickoutthetransitionalexpressionsusedinthetexts23.SecretofA主题ecIdoland