1. 表起始的过渡语
first of all, to begin with, in my opinion, according to, so far, as far as等.
2. 表时间的过渡语
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. 表空间的过渡语
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. 表因果的过渡语
for, because of, one reason is that… another reason is that…, thus, so, as a result (of)等.
5. 表转折的过渡语
but, yet, however, after all, in fact, while, on the contrary, instead of, unlike, although, otherwise,nevertheless, in spite of, after all等.
6. 表列举的过渡语
for example, such as, that is, like, as follows, in other words, and so on等.
7. 表推进的过渡语
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. 表总结的过渡语
in short, in a word, in general, in brief, in all, on the whole等.