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主题Linking Words(连接词):Adding(补充), Organizing(组织), Summarizing(总结)
Adding Information and Examples:补充信息和例子
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example / for instance(比如说)
Use these words to give one example of the idea you are talking about.Both of these expressions can go at the beginning or the end of a sentence. 用这两个词可以举例子来说明你正在讨论的想法,这两种表达都可以放在句首或句末。
例句1:There are a number of problems in this school. For example, many of the classrooms don’t have audiovisual equipment. 这所学校存在许多问题。比如说,许多教室都没有视听设备。
例句2:She has a lot of good ideas for our business – opening an online store, for instance. 她对我们的生意有很多好主意——比如开一家网上商店。
2. Written English(书面英语): . and
In written English, we can use . to give further explanation or clarification;it means “that is” or “in other words.” 在书面英语中,我们可以使用.来给更多的解释搞清楚的解释,它的意思是“也就是说”或“换句话说”。
例句1:Our last marketing campaign failed (.we spent $50,000 and didn’t make many sales). 我们上次的营销活动失败了(也就是说,我们花了5万美元,但是销售额并不多)。
We can use .to give examples; it means “for example” 我们可以用“e.g.例如”来举例子,意思和“for example例如”是一样的
例句2:I enjoy radical sports (.rock climbing, hang gliding, and windsurfing). 我喜欢极限运动(例如攀岩、滑翔和帆板运动)。
注意⚠️:In very formal writing, these expressions appear inside parentheses. 在非常正式的写作中,这些表达会出现在圆括号内。
(即) / such as(比如)
There is a difference between namely and such as. (namely和such是有区别的)Namely is followed by ALL of the examples you referred to, but such asgives only one or some of the examples, not all of them. Namely 后面跟着你提到的所有例子,但是 such as只给出了一个或几个例子,而不是全部。
例句1:A few of the students – namely Brian, Thomas, and Jack – failed the course. 有几个学生——即布赖恩、托马斯和杰克——这门课不及格。
例句2:A few of the students, such asBrian, failed the course. 有几个学生,比如布赖恩,这门课不及格。
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