1. 表起始的過渡語
first of all, to begin with, in my opinion, according to, so far, as far as等.
2. 表時間的過渡語
first, at first, then, later, in the end, finally, afterwards, after that, since then, for the first time, at last, as soon as, the next moment, meanwhile, later on, soon, finally等.
3. 表空間的過渡語
on the right/left, to the right/left of, on one side of… on the other side of…, at the foot/top/end of, in the middle/centre of, next to, far from, in front of等.
4. 表因果的過渡語
for, because of, one reason is that… another reason is that…, thus, so, as a result (of)等.
5. 錶轉折的過渡語
but, yet, however, after all, in fact, while, on the contrary, instead of, unlike, although, otherwise,nevertheless, in spite of, after all等.
6. 表列舉的過渡語
for example, such as, that is, like, as follows, in other words, and so on等.
7. 表推進的過渡語
what’s more, on one hand… on the other hand…, in addition to, as well, still, also, in other words, not only…but also…, besides, furthermore, moreover等.
8. 表總結的過渡語
in short, in a word, in general, in brief, in all, on the whole等.