Signal / Transitional Words and Phrases过渡词大全（信号词）●Addition:表：此外；还有；加之；and, also, too, either, 也as well, 同样not only……but also, not only……but，besides，in addition，另外as well as;除…以外moreover 此外，而且●Sequence: 顺序词: Time order; space order; logical orderin the first place, 首先first of all, 首先to begin with, 首先firstly, 首先at first 开始时=at the beginning for a start, 首先then, and then 然后again, next, 再者；其次；afterward, subsequently，随后besides, in addition, 此外additionally,加之moreover, what's more,furthermore, 此外，而且one more thing,此外a further, 此外for one thing,首先for another,另外previously, 之前meanwhile, 以此同时simultaneously, 同时concurrently,同时in the middle/process of=during lastly, 最后finally,in the end；eventually最后last but not least,最后Time sequence words & expressions:时间顺序词1.now, nowadays, at present…;现在，现阶段2.when, before, after, as, while, during…;3.the moment…正当…4.as soon as…一…就….5.hardly….when…. 一…就….6.scarcely…when…一…就….7.no sooner…than…. 一…就….8.be about to…正要9.once …一旦10.between…and….;11.in…(year), e.g. in 1997; in 2000st ……; yesterday morning;13.on Friday, on Friday morning,14.in July, in winter15.on the eve of the Spring Festival…除夕之夜16.on the Mid-Autumn Day;中秋夜17.on the evening of the Mid-autumn Day18.on the National Day19.during the 8-day holiday20.over the last 10 years/decade21.in the day(day-time), at night,22.in the morning/evening/afternoon;23.at daybreak, at sunrise, at sunset,24.at noon, at midnight,25.at the end of this/last month/year;26.by the end of this/last year；by the time…27.at that time, then, just then,28.since…; from then on29.recently,( in) those days,( in) these dayster, afterwards, earlier, formerly, ….later, later on.31.at the turn of century32.in the first half of the century33.in the 1990s, etc.34.in the future, in recent future, in 2015,35.at birth, in childhood, in infancy （年少时）,36.in adolescence（青春期）；37.when I was young, when I was a little boy/girl,38.in my teens, when I was a teenager,39.in my early/middle/late 20s40.as an adult, in adult-hood, in old ages在晚年,41.at death.42.Simultaneously, simultaneous with, at the same time, in the meantime, as, meanwhile43.the former, the latter, previous, previously, prior to,44.Ex-president, ex-girlfriend45.first, second, third,…finally.46.Firstly, secondly, thirdly……..47.In the first place, in the second place, etc.48.To begin with, next, then, subsequently=afterwards, in the next place;49.In conclusion, finally, lastly, in the end, eventually,.50.Until，till now，so far;51.Before long= soon,不久52.long before很久以前53.at this time tomorrow;54.by the time when…ter on 后来56.For the time being 到目前为止；暂时57.In two weeks’ time 两周后58.In two weeks from today 离今天两周的时间内59.Sometime next week 下周的某个时候60.This time next week 下个星期的这个时候61.Time and time again 再三62.From time to timee.g. I see him from time to time 我不时地去看他63.Ok, time`s out. let’s come back to this later. 好，时间到了。

让我们迟些再谈这个64.They bought him a cake in time for his birthday 他们及时买了一个蛋糕祝贺他的生日65.提前半小时：half an hour early;thirty minutes early;early by half an hour;half an hour ahead of time;half an hour ahead of schedulein advanceRefer to expressions of time.docProcess order words &expressions:过程步骤顺序词1.Firstly, then, and then,2.after that,3.next, the next,4.until, as soon as, as…; at this point/moment,5.before, while,6.at the same time,7.after, when. once. stly，finally,9.in the end,10.at last;●Definition:下定义用词a term,is/are (called),we have sth. called,is known as,is defined as, 被定义为consist of,由…组成is comprised of=be made up of, is a form of,is formed of,refer to, = stand for 代表is called = is referred to as mean；is concerned with,is about●Explanation:解释词：也就是in other words, that is,I mean, namely, 即that is to say,another way of saying,equally, refer to●A dversative: 表示相反、对比之词（contrast）；转折whereas, while, but, yet, however,unfortunately,nevertheless,on the other hand,on the contrary,conversely,meanwhile,after all,in contrast,although this may be true, still, instead,though,despite, in spite of, although,apart from,even if●Comparison:比较相似用词：as……as, 同…一样the same as,与...同样的similarly, 同样is similar to类似于more than, 比…更…most,in contrast, 相反by contras witht与…相比,in comparison with,与…相比compared with/to,与…相比overrun, =exceed outstrip,超过exceed, 超过，胜过outdo, 胜过outweigh, =is more than surpass, =exceedbeat, 打败by comparison,比较起来where,up against, 面临as opposed to与…相对；与…成对比C ause: 表原因用词because,because of,for this purpose/reason, there are three reasons whysince=now that…,as, for, about,as a result of…,result from, for the same reason, for some reasons obviously, evidently, due to,owing to…, thanks to,on account of owe…to….,contribute…to…, seeing that…;=in view of.. the reason for …is that….; out of …出于…；considering●E ffect：表结果：as a result, 因此，结果consequently, accordingly，so, then, therefore,to this end,=finallythus, hence, hereby,result in= lead to,so that…，so/such….that….；the result of …is that…;the effect of …is that…;the consequence of … is that…so as… to …;have an effect on,have influence upon,make …possible;make it (im-)possible for sb to do sth….●Condition（表条件）：if，whether,unless 除非=if …not…provided that, 假如= providing thatas long as = so long as,depending on; no matter wh- Young as you are.On condition that…条件是Emphasis（表强调）:definitely, extremely, obviously,in fact,indeed, in any case, absolutely, positively, naturally, surprisingly, always, forever, perennially, eternally,never, emphatically, unquestionably,without a doubt, certainly, undeniably,without reservation,what I want to talk about is, and most important,a major development,why it is so important,now it is important, remember that,the important idea is that, in particular,especially, actuallyNegation（表否定）:not, no, not…at all none, never, neither, nor, hardly, 几乎不rarely, 几乎不seldom, 几乎不scarcely, 几乎不barely, 几乎不too … to,rather than,而不是instead of,替代了little, few,at no time,决不by no means, 决不in no way决不in no case决不under no circumstance决不be free of, 免于withoutno longer = not…any more12.Examples/ exemplification :举例用词1)for example , 例如2)for instance, 例如3)as an illustration, 例如4)as an example, 例如5)take …as an example.6)cite an example举例说明7)to illustrate, 例如8)such as, 比如，例如9)as follows, 如下10)like, 象…11)say，比如12)according to statistics根据统计资料13)let me illustrate, 14)let me cite… as proof,15)in other words,换句话说16)that is to say,也就是说17)in particular…特别是18)namely, 即，也就是19)particularly, 尤其是20)specifically 特别是21) a good illustration is…22) a good example of that is…23) a case in point is…一个恰当的例子是…24)… is a good ca se in point.25)Conclusion:下结论用词in brief, 简而言之on the whole, 总体上讲to sum up, 总之summing up, =in sum 总之in summary, 概括起来to summarize, 概要而地言to conclude,in conclusion, 下结论as I have shown,accordingly,因此as has been noted,众所周知as we have seen,from this we can see that, 由此可知altogether,anyway, in short, 简而言之overall,in sum, 总之in a word，一句话，总而言之above all,最重要的是all in all总而言之finally；at last我认为：In my opinion,依我看来In my view,依我看来In my eyes,在我眼里In my mind在我心目中I think / believe /suppose /suggest,我认为As far as I am concerned就我个人而言From my points of view;依我看Privately, in private私下As far as oneself is concerned:就对个人而言：Personally, I don't mind. 就个人而言，我不介意过渡词（1）表示增加的过渡词：also，and，and then，too，in addition，furthermore，moreover，again，on top of that，another，first, second, third等。