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考雅思前一个好心的native speaker（而且就是她们国家的英文教师）一直在msn上陪我练习英语，给我纠错，还帮我认真总结了一份英语写作可能用到的非常地道的连接词，我觉得对我帮助蛮大的，贴在这里跟大家分享希望对大家有帮助哈。 Advices to organize a speech To clear the use of terms proposed, I have chosen successively 4 themes : violence, pollution, individualism, the death penalty. A) To organize the ideas in order First theme : violence · First / Firstly.../ First of all.../ In the first place…/First and foremost…/ To begin with, we can say that violence is omnipresent in our world. · Second… / Secondly… / Then…/ Next, legal answers to social problems are difficult to find. · Third / Thirdly…/ In the third place, violence and crime result from the failure of society and education. · Lastly…/ Finally…/ Eventually…/ In the end…/ Last but not least, I consider it is man’s duty to fight violence in others as well as in himself. B) For a transition · To turn to…/ Now…/ As for…/ As to…/ Concerning…/ As regards…/ Regarding the psychoanalytical dimension of violence… · Now, considering the problem from a different angle… C) To sum up what has been said · To sum things up…/ To put it in a nutshell…/ In a nutshell…/ To cut a long story short…/ In a word…/ In short…/ In brief…/ All in all, I find it hard to understand why people tend to be so aggressive. D) To conclude · All things considered…/ For all these reasons…/ To conclude…/ In conclusion, I think it is not altogether unjustified to claim with Hobbes that « man is a wolf to a man ». 2) To qualify arguments and opinions Second theme: pollution · Up to a certain point…/ To a certain extent…/ To some degree one cannot expect modern man to renounce technological progress. · In other words…/ To put things differently…/ It amounts to saying that the environmentalists objectives are utopian. · We must take into account man’s comfort and welfare. · It should be borne in mind that …/ One should not forget that the greenhouse effect is harmful. · We must weigh the pros and cons of stopping technological research. · We could also say that…/ It would be more accurate to say that…/ It is not going too far to say that…/ It is not an exaggeration to say that…/ Can we go as far as saying that some Greens advocate the return to the Stone Age. · By no means must we…/ On no account should we believe these excessive statements. · Not at all: Is this an exaggeration? Not at all/ definitely not. This is not an exaggeration at all. · You can also use adverbs like: rather, fairly, quite, almost, very, extremely, somewhat, obviously, presumably, preferably, actually… Ex: I somewhat understand that workers object to seeing polluting plants close down. Ex: The situation is obviously getting worse nowadays. Need we point out the alarming pace of deforestation on the planet? 3) To reinforce your argumentation A) To give arguments going in the same direction to those already given · Besides…/ Moreover…/What is more…/ Furthermore, if things are left as they are the disappearance of the human species is inevitable. · In addition to that…/ On top of that, man may unconsciously desire his own destruction. · Similarly…/ Likewise, prehistoric animals died because they failed to adapt to a changing environment. · (all) the more (so) as…/ Even more (so) because…/ Especially since…: This is all the more crucial as the hole in the ozone layer is said to widen at an alarming pace / This is particularly alarming, especially since the hole in the ozone layer is said to widen quickly. B) To give arguments as opposed to those already mentioned · However…/ (And) yet…/ Nevertheless…/Still…/ All the same…/ On the other hand, man’s irresponsible attitude reveals a lack of respect for the natural beauty around him. · Despite…/In spite of all our efforts, it is impossible to fight this attitude. · Though…/Although we try hard, it is not easy to solve the problem. · Conversely, progress may help us clean up our environment, thanks to the new technologies which permit recycling for instance. · On the contrary…/By contrast, the most polluting multinationals are also the ones which make the biggest efforts to clean up the mess they are responsible for. · As opposed to…/ Unlike the Germans, the French are reluctant to sort their rubbish. |
