8. not only…but also

在短短的三年的时间里她不但完成了所有课程，而且还获得了博士学位。

In just three years, she had not only finished all the lessons, but also received her doctor’s degree.

7. prefer to do…rather than do

比起女人，男人总是宁可在家睡觉也不愿花那么多时间来购物。

Compared with women, men always prefer to sleep at home rather than spend so much time shopping.

6. prefer doing to doing

他宁愿在精心准备后去做报告。

He prefers making speeches after careful preparation.

5. would rather do…than do

他宁愿听他人讲而不愿自己说。

He would rather listen to others than talk himself.

4. such…that

天气非常冷，以致于街上一个人都没有。

It was such a cold day that there was nobody on the street.

3. so…that

他们太累了，除了伸懒腰什么都做不了了。

They were all so tired that they could do nothing but yawn.

1. in order to

为了实现他的梦想，他学习非常努力。

He worked very hard in order to realize his dream. 2. in order that

她拼命干活以便到六点时把一切都准备就绪。

She worked hard in order that everything would be ready by 6 o’clock..

18. We may face the undeniable fact that…

二)巧用连接词

要想使文章有整体性、连贯性，就要学会正确使用连接词

表示罗列增加

First, second, third,

First, then / next, after that / next, finally

For one thing … for another…,

On (the) one hand…on the other hand,

Besides / what’s more / in addition / furthermore / moreover / another / also,

Especially / In particular,

表示时间顺序

now, at present, recently,

after, afterwards, after that, after a while, in a few days,

at first, in the beginning, to begin with,

later, next, finally,

immediately, soon, suddenly, all of a sudden, at that moment, as soon as, the moment

form now on, from then on,

at the same time, meanwhile,

till, not…until, before, after, when, while, as during

表示解释说明

now, in addition, for example, for instance, in this case, moreover

furthermore, in fact, actually

表示转折关系

but, however, while, though, or, otherwise, on the contrary, on the other

hand, in contrast, despite, in spite of, even though, except (for), instead, of course, after all,

表示并列关系

or, and, also, too, not only … but also, as well as, both… and, either …or, neither …nor

表示因果关系

because, because of, since, now that, as, thanks to…, due to…, therefore, as a result (of), otherwise, so…that, such…that

表示条件关系

as (so) long as, on condition that, if, unless

表示让步关系

though, although, as, even if, even though, whether …or…, however, whoever,

whatever, whichever, wherever, whenever, no matter how (who, what, which, where, when, whom)

表示举例

for example, for instance, such as…, take… for example

表示比较

be similar to, similarly, the same as, in contrast, compared with (to)…just like, just as,

表示目的

for this reason,, for this purpose, so that, in order to, so as to,

表示强调

in deed, in fact, surely, certainly, no doubt, without any doubt, truly, obviously, above all,

表示概括归纳

in a word, in short, in brief, on the whole, generally speaking, in my opinion, as far as I know, As we all know, as has been stated, as I have shown, finally, at last, in summary, in conclusion,

(三)掌握常用句型：

下面只列举比较常用的。

17. No one can deny the fact that…

16. All the fact s suggest that…