雅思寫作中必知的那些連詞和短語

　　很多雅思備考同學一度誤以為雅思作文字數(shù)不夠是不會扣分的，但事實上是會扣分的。而且許多同學在練習雅思作文時經(jīng)常會覺得作文字數(shù)湊不滿，那么怎么來解決這個問題呢? 如果我們做雅思閱讀，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)其實里面會有很多的無意義詞，什么是無意義詞呢?其實就是那些連接詞和議論文經(jīng)常套用的小短語，它們不會影響整篇文章的總體意思，卻可以提高文章的連貫性，而通過這個方法，雅思作文字數(shù)不夠的問題也迎刃而解了。

　　以下是雅思寫作必備的連詞匯總。

　　1.To signal sequence or addition

　　Accordingly, actually, additionally, afterwards, again, also, and, another, as was previously stated, as well as, at the same time, besides this, consistent with this, correspondingly, equally important, finally, further, furthermore, in addition, in a like manner, in the first place, in the same way, including, initially, last, likewise, more importantly, moreover, next, originally, overall, primarily, similarly, to begin with, too, what is more.

　　2. To signal time

　　After, afterward, as long as, at first, at last, at length, at the same time, before, concurrently, currently, during, finally, following, immediately, in the future, in the meantime, last but not least, later, meanwhile, next, once, presently, rarely, simultaneously, sometimes, subsequently, then, this time, until, until then, whenever, while.

　　3. To show results

　　Accordingly, as a result, consequently, for this reason, hence, in other words, in that case, it follows that, it is evident that, otherwise, owing to, resulting from this, so it can be seen that, that being the case, therefore this implies, this suggests that, thus, under these circumstances.

　　4. To introduce evidence/support/reasons

　　Contradictory to this, contrarily, in support of this, it follows, this is clear because, the evidence for···is, the reasons for···are, this is supported by, to affirm this, to attest to this, to corroborate, to explain, to further confirm, to further verify, to list, to substantiate this, in substantiation.

　　5. To signal repetition, summary, or conclusion

　　Accordingly, all in all, all together, as a final point, as a result, as I have noted, as indicated earlier, as mentioned, as previously stated, as we have seen, briefly, by and large, consequently, finally, given these facts, hence, in brief, in conclusion, in other words, in short, in summary, to sum up, in summation, on the whole, overall, since, so, summing up, then, therefore, thus, thus we can see that, to conclude, to recapitulate, to repeat, to review.

　　6. To introduce causes or effects

　　Accordingly, as a result, because, consequently, due to, for as much as, for that reason, hence, in as much as, in that, in view of, on account of, owing, since, then, therefore, thus, to narrow the focus, after all, from this perspective, from this point of view, given this context, in fact, in order to, in other words, in particular, in this case, in this context, indeed, particularly, put another way, specifically, that is, this is particularly true when, under certain, circumstances, up to a point, with this in mind.

　　7. To contrast

　　After all, although, alternately, and yet, at the same time, be that as it may, contrastingly, conversely, despite, dissimilarly, even though, for all that, however, in contrast, in contrast to this, in opposition to this, in reality, in spite of this, inconsistent with this is that, instead, meanwhile, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, on the one hand, on the other hand, otherwise, paradoxically, rather than, regardless of, still, though, whereas, when in fact, yet.

　　8. To compare

　　Also, analogous to, another similar issue is, at the same time, by the same token, equally, in comparison, in like manner, in similar fashion, in the same way, likewise, similarly.

　　9. To clarify

　　In other words, that is, that is to say, this means that, to clarify, to elaborate, to explain, to paraphrase, to put it another way.

　　10. To show purpose

　　In order to, in the hope that, for the purpose, with this end, to the end that, with this objective

　　11. To dismiss

　　All the same, at any rate, either way, in any event, in either case, whatever happens.

　　12. To signal concession

　　Admittedly, albeit, although it is true that certainly, even so, granted, it may appear that, knowing this, naturally, of course, this is only the case when, while this is true, while it may seem that.

　　13. To signify a condition

　　Granting that, in the event of, on the condition that, providing that, so long as

　　14.To prove examples

　　As an illustration, by way of example, for example, for instance, in particular, in support of this, notably, to demonstrate, to elaborate, to exemplify, to highlight, to illustrate, specifically, that is.

　　15. To reference

　　Concerning this, considering this, with respect to, with regards to

　　16.To emphasize

　　Above all, as a matter of fact, certainly, chiefly, especially, importantly, in any case, in particular, indeed, it must be emphasized, that, mainly, mostly, notably, obviously, of course, particularly, primarily, specifically, truly, undoubtedly.

　　當然這里還要提醒雅思考生們需要注意的是，必須理解這些詞的用法而不能機械的帶入到雅思寫作的句子中，否則反而會顯得非常突兀，影響全文整體的感覺。希望同學們在練習雅思寫作的過程中，嘗試著使用這些詞，會感覺受益匪淺。