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