對照句型

　　A is similar to B.

　　A is to B what C is to D

　　A and B have something in common

　　Just as…, so …

　　Similarly/ Likewise…

　　The advantages of A are much greater that B.

　　The same is true of… / The same can be said of …

　　Compared with B, A has many advantages.

　　Wonderful as A is, however, it has its own disadvantages, too.

　　Although A enjoys considerable advantages over B, it cannot compete with B in.

　　遞進句型

　　Moreover …

　　Furthermore …

　　In addition …

　　Besides …

　　Apart from …

　　What’s more …

　　What is more important …

　　列舉句型

　　(In my opinion, borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship.) First of all, asking a friend for money puts your friend in an uncomfortable position. Second, I think borrowing money from a friend can alter his perception of you. Finally, if you borrow money from a friend, it changes the balance in the relationship.

　　To begin with …

　　In the first place… In the second place … In the third place …

　　For one thing… For another …

　　轉折句型

　　It goes without saying that advertisement has brought our life color, convenience, comfort, or any enjoyment undreamed of, but it is also worthwhile to point out that some advertisements have gone too far in this direction.

　　But some other people become indulged in the games. They play from dawn to dusk, live in the unreal world, and give up all but everything. They are too stupid to make it clear that the real life is the most important.

　　We used to write down our daily feelings and personal things on papers, which is called diaries. These are personal world full of our secrets. Today, however, some people prefer internet blogs to diaries.

　　Nevertheless, there are other factors to be taken into consideration / account.

　　Good as … is, it has its own disadvantages, too.

　　It is partly right to say that… but we should not neglect that fact that…

　　However, the advantages of … outweigh any benefit we gain from …

　　It is true that… but this is not to say…

　　Given the fact that…, it by no means indicates that …

　　On the contrary…

　　In contrast…

　　讓步句型

　　although

　　however

　　nevertheless

　　after all

　　yet