指南上對(duì)于 連貫 的描述是：
the relationship between ideas and the progression from one idea to the next is clear and easy to follow.
就是說(shuō)觀點(diǎn)之間的關(guān)系要明確，從一個(gè)觀點(diǎn)講到另外一個(gè)觀點(diǎn)的過(guò)程也要很清楚。
那么我們?cè)撊绾巫龅侥?
首先我們要了解表達(dá)兩個(gè)句子關(guān)系的方法：
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其中一種方法就是所謂的 明連接 ，主要體現(xiàn)在形式上：就是利用because, as, while, if, however, therefore, although, similarly, consequently, nevertheless，first和 second等連詞或者副詞表達(dá)因果，并列和轉(zhuǎn)折等關(guān)系。
另一種方法則是 暗連接 ，主要體現(xiàn)在語(yǔ)義上： 通過(guò)使用指示代詞、人稱(chēng)代詞等對(duì)前一句中出現(xiàn)過(guò)的內(nèi)容進(jìn)行指代，或者對(duì)前一句話(huà)中出現(xiàn)的關(guān)鍵詞進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)述，解釋?zhuān)瑥亩纬勺匀坏某薪雨P(guān)系。
我們看下面一則故事的節(jié)選：
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention.
這則故事語(yǔ)法準(zhǔn)確，內(nèi)容充實(shí)，但是在 連貫性 上略遜一籌。我們嘗試通過(guò)明連接和暗連接兩種方法來(lái)潤(rùn)色該文章。
修改后：
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat there. The play was very interesting，but I did not enjoy it. It is because a young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry with them for I could not hear the actors. I turned round and looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention to me.
使用了明連接和暗連接后，對(duì)照原文，文章的連貫性有了較大的改善，讀起來(lái)更加順暢。
托�？谡Z(yǔ)的回答可以看作是一個(gè)個(gè)的argument，對(duì)于連貫性的要求更高。除了句子之間要有聯(lián)系以外，我們還要注意到段與段之間的聯(lián)系。
通常我們用總分(一個(gè)主題，兩個(gè)分論點(diǎn)，每個(gè)分論點(diǎn)后面加例子)的結(jié)構(gòu)來(lái)回答。主題句中表明觀點(diǎn)后可以加上because，for two reasons 表明和后面兩段話(huà)的因果關(guān)系。
而兩個(gè)分論點(diǎn)前面可以用first和second這樣的序數(shù)詞來(lái)表示兩段的并列關(guān)系，也可以在兩段之間加上表示遞進(jìn)關(guān)系的what‘s more，further more， moreover等詞。此外每個(gè)分論點(diǎn)的例子要在語(yǔ)義上(暗連接)對(duì)于分論點(diǎn)進(jìn)行支持。
比如該題為：
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People should sometimes do things that they do not enjoy doing. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
In my view, people sometimes should do things that they don’t enjoy for two reasons: First, they can learn something new from it.
For example, when I was a senior high school student, I was asked to play a role in a play. I had never done that before and I didn’t want to do it. However, from that I gained a lot of experience about how to perform(呼應(yīng)分論點(diǎn)一).
Second, people may find that the things they don’t want to do are actually interesting. For example, when I was preparing for that play, I found that it was a lot of fun to learn my lines and perform with a large group of people. Because of this, I think doing things that I don’t like may turn out to be a good experience(此句呼應(yīng)分論點(diǎn)二).
