考试辅导：2011大学英语四级考前写作训练(6)

　　Americans are queer people： they can't play. Americans rush to work as soon as they grow up. They want their work as soon as they wake. It is a stimulant-the only one they are not afraid of. They used to open their offices at ten o'clock； then at nine； then at eight； then at seven. Now they never shut them. Every business in America is turning into an open-all-day-and-night business. They eat all night， dance all night， make noise all night. They can't play. They try to， but can't. They turn football into a fight， baseball into a lawsuit， and yachting into machinery. They can't play. The little children can't play； they use mechanical toys instead-toy cranes， hoisting toy loads， toy machinery spreading a toy industrial depression of infantile dullness. The grownup people can't play； they use a mechanical gymnasium and a clockwork horse. They can't laugh； they hire a comedian and watch him laugh.
　　另一种做法是使用表示各种关系的承接词，下面列出一些常用的连接词和短语供大家参考，希望大家在平时的练习中有效地运用。（一）空间段落展开
　　above before me before on the left
　　5
　　across from below in the distance on the right adjacent to beyond nearby opposite to also further next to on top of up down close to beneath under around near to over
　　（二）时间段落展开
　　first， second， etc. soon eventually in the meantime then until at the same time next thereafter after a while now after presently later afterward somewhat later finally at last
　　（三）分析段落展开
　　first， second， etc. now for this purpose but as a result furthermore finally at last moreover also consequently likewise another for example next yet for instance on the contrary once in addition in summary such in this case on the other hand then otherwise in conclusion thus to sum up therefore
　　（四）比较段落展开
　　another ` furthermore moreover equally important too， also at the same time besides then accordingly in fact in addition to like， likewise similarly just as…so in much the same way