雅思口語考試流利度的靈魂：連接詞

雅思口語考試流利度的靈魂——連接詞

一個英語學習者會不會使用連接詞，將直接決定其表達的地道程度和邏輯性，寫作中如此，口語更是這樣。不少“烤鴨”不習慣使用邏輯詞，因為在漢語中有時我們并不需要使用太多的邏輯詞來組成我們的句子。例如漢語的“你喝，我就喝”，但是到了英語，我們的句子就變成了“If you drink, I'll drink.” 在這里我們需要用if來連接兩個句子。這是因為中文注重意合，英文注重形合，舉個例子：
Do you like your high school?
Yes, I love my high school. Most of my high school teachers are familiar with teaching skills. They know how to design drills  class activities. They also know how to make every lesson lively  stimulating to engage each student. I have spent most of my memorable years in my high school. I have made lots of friends at that time,  that is a lifelong fortune for me.

 這個范文是由一個個正確的句子組成的，但它們之間卻缺少一定的聯系，這時候就需要邏輯詞上場了，我們看加上相應的連接詞之后的答案：
Yes, I love my high school, because most of my high school teachers are familiar with teaching skills. Besides, they know how to design drills  class activities. They also know how to make every lesson lively  stimulating to engage each student.Furthermore, I have spent most of my memorable years in my high school, when I have made lots of friends,  that is a lifelong fortune for me.

以上句子，在添加了相應的連接詞之后就變得很流利了，也是考官一聽就很有邏輯性的口語答案。首先“烤鴨”不僅要使用邏輯性詞語，還要能夠恰當地使用，從描述順序和步驟到解釋因果，讓不同的具體關系都能充分掌握?！翱绝啞币岣逷art 3口語的流利性就要從轉變漢語中不常使用連接詞這一語言習慣做起，熟記并且理解和熟練運用各種關系、連詞以及插入語，讓語言變得有序，且“活”一點。

讓我們來看一下我們會經常用到哪些連接詞： 

一、句子內部的連接詞

原因：Because, since, as, now that, considering, the reason why… is…for the sake of, due to, thanks to, on account of

時間：When, while, whenever, as, before, after, the moment/ minute/ day, the first/second time, last/next time

條件：If, unless, whether

地點：, wherever

方式：How, as, as if

結果：So that, such that, lest, for fear that

目的：For the purpose that, in order to

比較：Than, as

讓步：Although, though, while, whereas, as long as

二、句子之間的連接詞

邏輯順序：Firstly, secondly, next, last, finally, in addition, furthermore, apart , also, at present

開      頭：At the beginning, first of all, the first thing I should mention is…, to begin with, to start with, for one thing…(for another…), the topic is…

總      結：In conclusion, to sum up, to conclude, in summary, in brief, altogether, in short, overall, as has been mentioned, on the whole

重要性順序：Most/more importantly, most significantly, above all, primarily

類比和對比：Similarly, likewise, also, on the other hand, on the contrary, in contrast

原因和結果：The cause of, the reason for, as a result, as a consequence, therefore, thus, consequently, hence

引起/成為……原因：Lead to, bring about, contribute to, result in, account for, that’s why, trigger off, responsible for

強          調：Indeed, obviously, generally, in fact, in particular, especially, clearly, importantly, undoubtedly, on top of that

遞          進：, in addition, additionally, furthermore, as well as, too

舉          例：For example/instance, that is, such as, including, namely, just like, take… for example

換一種方式重述：In other words, I…,  that means…, let me put it another way, what I’m suggesting is…, all I’m trying to say is…, perhaps I should make that clearer by saying…, perhaps it would be more accurate to say…

轉          折：However, in comparison, but, nevertheless, yet, in contrast,  else, on the other hand, after all, admittedly

讓          步：Even so, even if, in spite of, despite, regardless of

 連接詞的使用是為了讓口語表達更流暢，句子內部以及句子和句子之間的銜接更自然，接下來讓我們來看幾個例子：

1. Should parents set goals for children?
It depends. On the one hand, if the goals are reasonable for children, their parents should set it. This is because reasonable targets are helpful when children are in the process of problem solution. However, if the goals are beyond kids’ reach, their parents had better avoid setting them. It will only lead to burdens to their kids with too many goals to realize.
Part 3中經常會出現分類討論的情況，在不同的論點之間的過渡和銜接就需要適當地運用連接詞，對于不同的邏輯關系（并列、轉折、補充、因果等等），可以從上面的表格里選擇適當的關系詞。除了凸顯口語表達的流利度，烤鴨們還要注意“凹造型”，即凸顯個性，這就需要烤鴨們把常見的連接詞用中國考生不常用但在英語里卻很地道的表達方式表達出來。

2. Do parents in your countries spend a lot of time with their children?
Well, it’s hard to say. The first thing I should mention is that for those white-collar parents, they don't have too much time to stay with their children during the weekdays. They're very busy with their work  some of them may work until late at night, for the purpose of winning the promotion  to survive in the competitive society, so they can only have the happy family time with their children during the weekends  holidays. Whereas,for those parents who have their own business, they have more time to stay with their children. That is because these parents don’t have to get up early  arrived at the office on time every day as they can arrange the daily schedule according to their daily schedule, so they can spend a lot of time with their children.

在英語中，名詞、動詞、形容詞等有成千上萬，但連接詞就那么幾十個，熟練掌握這些連接詞的使用方法會為雅思口語增色不少，所以這未嘗不是烤鴨們備考雅思口語考試的一條捷徑。朗恒教育的老師建議烤鴨們熟練學習連接詞及其相關短語，在雅思口語考試現場流利從容地應對考試！