1、表起始的過渡語有to begin with, according to, so far, as far as等。例如：

　　1) As far as I know, everyone is happy about this new arrangement of things.

　　2、表時間的過渡語有first/firstly, in the meantime, at the same time, for the first time, ever since, while, shortly after, the next moment, nowadays, at present, before long, in the future等。例如：

　　2) After that I went to No. 8 Middle School of Dalian and graduated this summer.

　　3) Firstly, the technology of ... secondly, people’s income has...Thirdly, mobile phones are....

　　3、表空間的過渡語有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/ center of等。例如：

　　4) On the other side, where the playground used to be now stands another new building—our library.

　　4、表因果的過渡語有thanks to, thus, therefore, as a result(of...), with the help of..., owe ...to...等。例如：

　　5) The company has a successful year, thanks mainly to the improvement in export sales.

　　6) As a result, many of us succeeded in passing the College Entrance Examinations.

　　5、表轉(zhuǎn)折的過渡語有on the contrary/contrary to ..., though, for one thing ...for another, on the contrary, except for, in spite of, otherwise, after all, in fact等。例如：

　　7) I know the Internet can only be used at home or in the office, but on the other hand, it is becoming more and more popular for much information as well as clear and vivid pictures.

　　8) It is hard work; I enjoy it though.

　　9) Contrary to what I had originally thought, the trip turned out to be fun.

　　6、表例證和列舉的過渡語有that is to say, as a matter of fact, namely, for instance, take...as an example, such as, that is , like, as follows, in other words, and so on等。例如：

　　10) As a matter of fact, advertisement plays an informative role in our daily life．

　　11) There is one more topic to discuss, namely/that is ( to say ), the question of education.

　　12) A particular example for this is...