1、地道口語里最常用的連接詞地道口語里最常用的連接詞類別內容用法說明與例句因果so so thatbecause therefore說明：therefore在地道口 語交談中用得并不多，如 果IELTS 口試里使用的 話，最多也就是用12 次，過多則會讓對方有壓 迫感。讓步Although ， Even though , Even if , as long as說明：注意Even if ,是“即使”，是對還沒有發生的 情況讓步；而 even though,是“盡管”，對 已經存在的情況讓步。例句：1. Even if you take a taxi, you will still miss the

2、 train 2. Even though he knew theexperime ntwasdangerous, Ethan went ahead with it.3. My parents don' treally care what job I get, as long as I ' m happy.轉折ButHowever ,，though說明：前兩個詞不必贅 述，但- , though.這個詞 在地道口語里經常會被放 在句子結尾處，聽起來很 輕巧，意義上則是等于放在句中的but例句：It ' s hard work, I enjoy it, though.遞進

3、Apart from ，Besides ，例句：1. Apart from being used as a cafeteria, that building is often used for weddings and parties.2. Besides camping, I often ride horses on Sun days.說明：這兩個詞國內考生用 得不多，但其實真的不妨多 嘗試一下。而寫作里面各位 很愛用的In addition to在美 英生活里雖然也能聽到有人 用，但是不如這兩個表達使 用得頻繁。修 飾that who ,which說明：定語從句在IELTS 口語里還是挺常

4、用的，不過 that有時會被省略，而 which , who , when 和 where 則一般不被省略：when where 例句：1. I can' find the books (that) I got from the library.2. These are principles which we all believe in.3. A skilled workforce iscrucial, which is why thetrai ningprogrammeis soimporta nt.4. Managers who want toapplyprese ntkno w

5、ledgetend tostart off by going to an expert.5. For most of us, there some days when everyth ing seems to go wrong.6. I have reached the point where I just want to get the project fini shed.對比On the other hand,while/whereasIn/By con trastwhile/whereas 這 兩個連詞表示兩種人或 物之間的對比，美英生 活里用得并不算太多， 但在口試中，特別是在 Par

6、t3里面使用12次效 果是相當自然的：re例：I do every single bit of housework while Phoebe just does the dishes now and the n.In /By con trast在語里出現地不算太多， 但偶用一下也無妨，表 示兩種人或物之間的對 比例: They need a house whereas we would rather live a flat.例: The coastal areas have mild winters. By con trast, the cen tral areas are extremely

7、 cold in win ter.舉 例和 泛指Like Such as Take for example. In some cases,. and stuff like that舉例和泛指同樣可以幫 你比較自然地說出更長 一些的句子。舉例除了 for in sta nce/for example/such as 這些常 用說法，其實“like + n. ”是日常口語里最常聽 到的一個：I ' m into fantasy novels like Harry Potter and The Chronicies of Narnia .and things like that.or som

8、eth ing like that.寫作里司空見慣的such as在口語里同樣是 native speakers談話時舉例常用 的“例器”：Lewis enjoys team sports such as basketball and cricket（板球，這是英格蘭 人相當迷的一項運動）.In some/most cases, 屬- 于泛指，不必具體說明例 子但可以讓考官覺得你有 舉例的意識其它as well.as well asIn terms of As far as(is con cer ne(in stead of / rather tha nin particular說明：在地道英

9、文中 把as wel 1.放在句子結 尾是一種相當常見的用 法，比句尾的too語氣 j緩和一些：例: I need a ticket forThor, and one forTransformer III as well.當用在句子中部，一般 會使用as well as的形 式，同樣也是英文口語 里超級常用的連接方 式：例: Zoe likes the bookstore as well as the read ing club.In terms of 在方面，就而言，在意義上很像 talking about/speaki ng of 但那兩個 詞組多數時候出現在句 首，而in terms o

10、f在句子 里的位置更加靈活： 例：Larry was better off in his last job in terms of salary.例: The experiment didn find any differe nces in terms of what stude nts could lear n.國內一些同學一般比較 熟悉 As far as I ' m concerned,但其實這個 詞組里的第二個as后面 可以填入任何事物，而 且在生活中 還經常省略后面的is concerned或者把 is concerned換成 go(es). 例: As far as spe

11、lling , Alex has n ever bee n a good stude nt. But he gets excelle nt grades in math.例: As far as un employme nt goes , the UK economy is recoveri ng (恢復).rather tha n 和 in stead of都表示而不疋的意思，這兩個地道詞組 大家都耳熟能詳，但卻 很少聽到各位在口語里 面用：例：Support was offered by the gover nment rather than private compa ni es.例：

12、We can deal with this chapter now in stead of wait ing un til tomorrow.例: people are ma in ly worried about traffic in the area, and,in particular , the in creas ing speed of cars n ear schools.不 是 連 詞 卻 勝 似 連 詞 的 表 達tend to basically actually get說明：前三個在美英生 活里極為常用的口語表 達其實都不是連詞，但 仔細分析它們在句子里 面又實在沒起到什么

13、實 際的作用，主要功能還 是讓 native speakers把 自 己的句子更自然地“串”起 來。它們不應該再被無 視了： 例句：1. The gym tends to（一般 會怎樣，多半會怎樣） get very busy after 6 pm.2. We tend to get freezingwin tersanddrysummers in this part of the coun try.3. Basically, the car is in good con diti on, but the paintwork needs a bit of atte nti on.4. Harris onis actuallyvery helpful.5. Tyler ' jsone to the corner shop to get (=obta in) some milk.6. I get (= receive) junk mail from this compa ny daily.7. Things are getting (= becoming