對比句型

　　One the one hand … On the other hand…

　　Nothing can rival…

　　… has merits as well as drawbacks.

　　… while…

　　… whereas…

　　… is not the same as …

　　A is just the opposite…

　　A differs from B in that…

　　… (The case) is not the same.

　　… instead…

　　Otherwise…

　　Contrary to widely accepted views, I believe that…

　　… varies from person to person.

　　What people fail to consider is that…

　　A is superior/inferior to B.

　　對照句型

　　A is similar to B.

　　A is to B what C is to D

　　A and B have something in common

　　Just as…, so …

　　Similarly/ Likewise…

　　The advantages of A are much greater that B.

　　The same is true of… / The same can be said of …

　　Compared with B, A has many advantages.

　　Wonderful as A is, however, it has its own disadvantages, too.

　　Although A enjoys considerable advantages over B, it cannot compete with B in.

　　遞進句型

　　Moreover …

　　Furthermore …

　　In addition …

　　Besides …

　　Apart from …

　　What’s more …

　　What is more important …

　　列舉句型

　　(In my opinion, borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship.) First of all, asking a friend for money puts your friend in an uncomfortable position. Second, I think borrowing money from a friend can alter his perception of you. Finally, if you borrow money from a friend, it changes the balance in the relationship.

　　To begin with …

　　In the first place… In the second place … In the third place …

　　For one thing… For another …

　　轉(zhuǎn)折句型

　　It goes without saying that advertisement has brought our life color, convenience, comfort, or any enjoyment undreamed of, but it is also worthwhile to point out that some advertisements have gone too far in this direction.

　　But some other people become indulged in the games. They play from dawn to dusk, live in the unreal world, and give up all but everything. They are too stupid to make it clear that the real life is the most important.

　　We used to write down our daily feelings and personal things on papers, which is called diaries. These are personal world full of our secrets. Today, however, some people prefer internet blogs to diaries.

　　Nevertheless, there are other factors to be taken into consideration / account.

　　Good as … is, it has its own disadvantages, too.

　　It is partly right to say that… but we should not neglect that fact that…

　　However, the advantages of … outweigh any benefit we gain from …

　　It is true that… but this is not to say…

　　Given the fact that…, it by no means indicates that …

　　On the contrary…

　　In contrast…

　　讓步句型

　　although

　　however

　　nevertheless

　　after all

　　yet

　　并列句型

　　Few people are immune to vanity, jealousy, and pretension.

　　The book is neither instructive nor interesting.

　　She speaks English fluently and freely.

　　He does not like swim, nor read, nor ride, nor drive.

　　The group of people comes into the room, talking, singing and laughing.

　　He firmly believes that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources other than books and that personal investigation is of great important.

　　Nature gave them no warm fur pelts against the cold, no swiftness to escape any enemy, no weapons for fighting.

　　過渡句型

　　This is true that…

　　It is one thing to… it is another to …

　　It is true without doubt, but…

　　As can be indicated in the picture …

　　As is shown by the picture …

　　As is revealed in the cartoon …

　　As we can find out later …

　　According to … given in the drawing …

　　It is generally believed / accepted / thought / held …

　　The key findings taken from the picture are as follows:

　　It can been seen from the picture that …

　　強調(diào)句型

　　It is the ability to do the job that matters, not where you came from or what you are.

　　It is the parents that always expect their children to get a good job and earn a lot of money.

　　It is the progress she has made that surprises me.

　　It was under his teacher’s instructions that he succeeded in conduction the experiment.

　　It was while watching the football game that they kept shouting at the top of their voices.

　　倒裝句型

　　Only when you have got good preparation can the opportunities come to you naturally.

　　We really should not resent being called paupers. Paupers we are, and paupers we shall remain.

　　So hard did he work that he finally won the fame.

　　Nearby were two canoes in which they had come to the island.

　　Not only was every tree cut down in the forest, but also all the animals disappear permanently.

　　虛擬語氣

　　Care must be taken in using this method lest serious problems (should) occur.

　　If only the man would listen to the others’ advice.

　　Any men in his position would have done like that.

　　But for electricity (= If there were no electricity), there would be no modern industry.

　　Should there be any trouble with this solution, the public would be able to take legal actions.

　　同位語

　　Winston Churchill, Britain's Prime Minister during the Second World War, died in 1965.

　　All the things have two faces, a light one and a dark one.

　　No one can deny the fact that the earth moves around the sun.

　　The man in the picture is obviously wrong in his opinion that a woman's place is in the home.

　　Certainly there are many worthwhile programs on television，including news，educational programs for children， programs on current social problems，plays，movies，concerts， and so on.

　　分詞短語

　　Faced with such difficulties, there is no choice for them but to quit.

　　Fighting against the bad weather, an umbrella can shelter people from wind and rain.

　　After seeing so many experiments, smokers become aware of the harm of smoking.

　　Having suffered such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.

　　Judging from his appearance, we may guess that he is an old doctor.