托福写作对于考生的行文逻辑、文章结构都有很高的要求,要写出逻辑连贯、结构清晰的文章,就需要把文章中各部分巧妙地连接在一起,这样可使文章自然而别致,并能层层展开主题句,完整地表达中心思想,而过渡词(Transitional Words)就是连接这些部分的纽带,使文章融会贯通,连成一体。下面我们来看一下这些过渡词在文章中的具体应用,各位童鞋可以借鉴模版,在具体托福写作的练习中加强应用,同时不断补充积累更多相关过渡词,形成自己个性化的模版和语料库。

说明文

1. Recently, ____________ 描述现象, 引起话题

2. What surprises us most is __________. 表现较为典型的一个方面

3. It is true that ____________. 对于现象作出评论

4. There are many reasons explaining _______. 承上启下,解释这一现象的原因

5. The main reason is ________. 说明原因一

6. In addition, __________. 原因二

7. Thirdly, __________. 原因三

8. As a result, _________. 讲述导致的结果

9. Considering all these, __________. 作者的态度

10. For one thing, _________. 观点一

11. For another/ Also, _____________. 观点二

12. In a word, ___________. 总结全文

议论文

1. There is a heated debate over _______.

And different people offer different ideas.

两种观点针对的争论焦点

2. It is commonly accepted that ________. 观点一

3.In contrast, others __________. 与观点一对立的观点二

4. Those who hold the first opinion suggest _______. 观点一的理由

5. In their view, __________. 深入阐述观点一的理由

6. However, others think __________. 观点二的理由

7. They argue that _________. 深入阐述观点二的理由

8. As far as I am concerned, I agree with„ 我的看法

9. First of all, _________. 个人看法的依据一

10. Further more, ___________. 个人看法的依据二

11. Thirdly, ____________. 个人看法的依据三

12. In a word, ___________. 个人结论或文章的结论

观点论证

1. It is well known that __________. 提出观点

2. The truth of it is self-evident. 强调观点

3. As we know __________. 观点的理论依据

4. As we know __________. 证明观点的准确性

5. Many examples can be found to prove ____. 提出事实,论证观点

6. Take _________ for example. 提出具体的例子

7. Furthermore, __________. 其他相关的事实

8. It goes without saying that __________. 该相关的日常生活中的体现

9. Then, __________. 重申该观点的准确性

10. There is no doubt that __________. 得出结论

11. In conclusion, ____________. 总结全文