高分衔接词 第二期

1. dismissal of previous discourse 弱化前面的内容 at least, anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in any case at least: 尽管其他方面是不好的，至少还有一点是好的。 • The car was completely smashed up. Well, at least no one was hurt. • She may be slow but at least she&`&s reliable. anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in any case 都是informal的表达，表示前面的观点无所谓，不重要, 接下来的才重要。 • I’m not sure when the meeting is gonna finish. Anyway/anyhow/at any rate/in any case, I will certainly be there by 9pm. 2. contradicting突出含有“否定/反面含义”的观点 on the contrary, quite the opposite • She did not allow the accident to discourage her. On the contrary/quite the opposite, she began to work twice as hard. • I read so many reviews saying the film was interesting. But you know how I felt after watching it? Quite the opposite, it was a complete waste of time. 3. return to previous subject 回到之前的话题 as I was saying ( to return to the previous point) • I am such a foodie, especially when it comes to dessert, cheese cakes, chocolate brownies, macarons, I can’t have enough of them. I once had a three-day trip to France, I literally spent all of time in restaurants and cafés. Right, as I was saying, food is such an important part of my life… 4. adding 补充观点 formal: moreover, furthermore What you can use: in addition, as well as that, what is more, also, besides, on top of that, another thing is • She borrowed my bike and never gave it back. As well as that/on top of that/what is more/what’s worse, she broke the microscope in our lab and pretended she hadn’t. 5. generalising 概括、归纳 on the whole, in general, in all/most/many/some cases, broadly speaking, by and large, to a great extent, to some extent 分别用来表示你认为概括到什么程度 • By and large, Chinese people are peace-loving, law-abiding citizens. • To a great extent, a person’s character is formed by the age of 8. Apart/aside from..., except for…概括的例外 • She wrote all of the songs on the album except for the final track. • Apart from/aside from the final track, all of the songs on the album were written by her. • The songwriting — with a few minor exceptions — is of a very high quality. • With the exception of the title track, this album is a huge disappointment.