四六级要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,
　　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。表明作者的观点、态度
　　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。
　　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