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关闭窗口 语言的连贯与否是评价一篇文章优劣的标准。在一篇文章里，语言的连贯主要体现在句与句、段与段之间。上句要能很自然地带出下句，后句与前句呼应，形成句句相连，读起来一气呵成；就如同听一段优美的乐曲，中间是不能停顿的。同样，段与段之间也要相互呼应，不可各自独立、前段不接后段、后段不理前段，使文章缺乏整体性。
语言的连贯方法很多，有我们最常说到的过渡词(transitional words)，也可以称为转折词，还有代词、同义词、近义词等许多成分。为了进一步了解英语语言连贯特点，我们先看下面的实例分析。
(一)了解连贯——实例分析
Directions：
A. Title: A Trip I Would Like to Take
B. Time limit: 40 minutes
C. Word limit: 120～150 words
D. Your composition must be written on the ANSWER SHEET.
这篇作文题目要求写“我所喜欢的旅行”，但这一旅行还没实现，是计划、打算或是愿望。如不清楚这一点，就有可能跑题。
请看一篇学生例文分析：
［“I have a dream one day, I can travel around China.” At that time I was only a little girl. Now I am an adult. I can turn it into reality. ］ ［I will begin my trip from our capital, Beijing. It is the center of politics, economy and culture. It is just a living history museum. The Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Palace Museum…There are so many interests that I even cannot count all them out. ］ ［My first stop is Huhehaote, I want to see the grassland, to drink a cup of tea with milk, to listen to the wonderful tune played with matouqin.］ ［After that I will get on a train, leave for Jiuzhaigou. It is a beautiful place. There are a lot of trees, flowers and waterfalls, if I am lucky I will meet pandas. ］ ［Several days later, I will arrive in another ancient capital—Nanjing. I want to pay a visit to Zhong Shanling and Yu Huatai. ］ ［As we all know, Hang Zhou is very close to Nanjing. So I will choose Hang Zhou to be my next stop. I had been told that West Lake is very charming. It is a rarity of the great nature. It is always beautiful, moving and lovely. ］ ［Now I do not have much money. So I will go back to my hometown—Tianjin. ］
这篇例文在语言和语法方面有些问题，但本节主要讲语言的连贯，所以，对其他问题不作评论。
这篇文章虽然只由一段组成，但其中可分为七个层次，以文中的括号为标志。
下面依次从连贯性角度进行修改。
第一个层次主要讲作者从小就想周游中国，现在是成人了，可以实现这个愿望。这个用了五句英文表达的层次，句与句之间的连贯不够好，如果修改一下，感觉就会好得多。
To travel around the country has long been my dream. 此句用不定式做主语，谓语为完成时，较好地概括了例文中前三句的内容。This dream is much more likely to be realized now than it would have been ten years ago, 此句中的This dream呼应上句中的my dream，这里的重复是句子上下连贯的方法之一。since I have grown up and have begun to earn my living. since是表示因果关系的转折词，起连接作用。此外，ｓｉｎｃｅ带的句子内容比原句意义充实完整，表明我已经长大，而且已经自立了。使句子内容充实完整也是语义连贯的基础。第一层次可完整表述如下：
To travel around the country has long been my dream. This dream is much more likely to be realized now than it would have been ten years ago, since I have grown up and have begun to earn my living.
第二个层次是作者旅行的第一站，共写了五句话，但句与句之间缺乏连贯之意。这五句可以并为一句：For me, an ideal travel experience would begin in Beijing, known as the capital of China, where there are many places of historic interest and scenic beauty. 这句中的ｍｅ与前面的Ｉ呼应，ideal travel experience与my dream to travel呼应，这里的代词、同义词或词组在起连贯作用。此外，kｎｏｗｎ ａｓ过去分词短语，ｗｈｅｒｅ非限定定语从句比原文中的单句使上下文连贯得更紧密。
第三个层次中的ｆｉｒｓｔ
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