每天学点English Email(转折词的运用)

写作中常用转折词(transitional phrase),好长语句,上下段落间承接更自然,文章的脉络也能更清晰.

转折词有许多种类,如表时间顺序,作说明,表强调,表目的,作比较等.其用法主要有一下两种:

[示例]连接两者

提案已经核准,虽然有些细节问题仍须修改. [word] proposal n.提议,建议,求婚

The proposal was approved in principal,though details need revision.

置于句子或段落开头

能花几天出过旅游一定很有乐趣,不过想想,我真的没有时间.

It would be fun to spend several days traveling abroad.But ,on the other hand, I really don't have the time.

[换句话说]to rephrase it ,

[换个方式说] to put it differently/another way ,

[换句话说] in other words .

[也就是说]that is to say,

[具体的说]specifically 

[表时序的词汇]previously 先前;在...之前 formerly 以前;从前 before 以前 beforehand/earlier预先;事先;早先的时候

表[之前]词汇中previously和formerly 须搭配过去式或过去完成式使用,beforehand,earlier 则无时态限制.请见下句

Formerly he worked in a factory as an operator, but now he is a technician.

你可以在研讨会上文首席执行官问题,不过你得先写下来.

You can ask the CEO a question at the seminar ,but you have had to write it down befor