六级必备：阅读中需熟练掌握的连接词

　　熟练掌握以下连接词与连接语，就能充分把握住作者的意图和考题的出题思路，所以希望考生能对之要牢记在心。了解了这些连接词与连接语的不同功能后，相信你一定会在阅读理解上有所收获。一般把连接词与连接语分为以下三类：

　　1.表明事件发生的时间顺序：then, first, at once, next,

　　after that, previously, while, when, the

　　following day, etc.

　　2.表明文章的组织结构:

　　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,

　　lets 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.表明作者的观点、态度

　　1)Introducing further

　　evidence: moreover, furthermore, in addition,

　　whats more, as well, etc.

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

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

　　3)Effect: as a result, hence, therefore,

　　consequently, thus, so, etc.

　　4)Contrasting: in / by contrast, on the

　　contrary, on the other hand, nevertheless,

　　whereas, while, yet, however, but, etc.

　　5)Comparison: in like manner, likewise, in the

　　same way, similarly, in comparison with, etc.

　　6)Purpose: to this end, for this purpose, with

　　this in mind, in order to, so that, etc.

　　7)Intensification: indeed, in fact, in any

　　event / case, at no time, to tell the truth, etc