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。
