(1)表并列关系的过渡词:
and, also, as well, as well as, or, too, not only…but also, both … and, either … or, neither…nor等。
(2)表递进关系的过渡词:
besides, in addition(加之,除……之外), moreover(此外,而且), what’s more, what’s worse等。
(3)表转折对比的过渡词:
but, however, yet, instead, on the other hand, on the contrary, although, different from, despite, in spite of, whereas, unlike, nevertheless, not only…but also, here…there, years ago…today, this…that, the former…the latter, then…now, the first… whereas the second, once…now, on the one hand … on the other hand, some…others等。
(4)表原因的过渡词:
because, because of, since, as, for, now that, thanks to, due to(由于), for this reason, owing to, as far as, considering that, seeing that等。
(5)表结果的过渡词:
so, thus, therefore, as a result, so that, then, thereby, hence, so…that, such…that , accordingly等。
(6)表条件的过渡词:
if, unless, on condition that, as/so long as等。
(7)表时间的过渡词:
when, while, after, before, until, as soon as, later, afterwards, soon, lately, recently, since, from then on, eventually, in the meantime, then, suddenly, at the same time, next, early this morning / year / century, after a while, in a few days, now, presently, finally, at last, all of a sudden, form now on, at present, immediately, the moment等。
(8)表特定的顺序关系的过渡词:
first, firstly, second, secondly, third, thirdly, above all, first of all, then, next, finally, in the end, at last, afterward(s)(后来), meanwhile(几乎同时), thereafter(在那以后), last, finally, eventually(终于)等。
(9)表换一种方式表达的过渡词:
in other words, that is to say, to put it another way等。
(10)表进行举例说明的过渡词:
for instance, for example, take … as an example, namely, such as, like, in other words, that is to say, that is等。
(11)表陈述事实的过渡词:
in fact, actually, as a matter of fact, to tell you the truth等。
(12)表强调的过渡词:
certainly, indeed, above all, surely, most important, in fact, no doubt, without any doubt, truly, obviously, of course, actually, as a matter of fact, chiefly, especially, primarily, in particular, undoubtedly, absolutely等。
(13)表比较、对比的过渡词:
like, unlike, in the same way, similarly, be similar to, rather than, on the contrary, by contrast, one one hand…, on the other hand, otherwise 等。
(14)表目的的过渡词:
for this reason, for this purpose, so that, in order to, so as to等。
(15)表总结的过渡词:
in a word(总之,简言之), in general, in short(总之), above all, after all, generally speaking, to sum up, finally, in conclusion, to conclude, at last, in summary, on the whole等。
(16)表增补的过渡词:in addition, furthermore, again, also, besides, moreover, what`s more, similarly, next, finally 等。