順接關(guān)系通常由下列關(guān)系詞連接:thus, therefore, similarly , first, second, third…last(ly), generally speaking, in other words等; 另外還有例證關(guān)系詞:for example, for instance; 以及表總結(jié)關(guān)系的詞,in conclusion, all in all, in a word等。2017考生需要注意的是當(dāng)段落中無明顯關(guān)系詞時,通常視為順承關(guān)系。這種關(guān)系在考研英語試題文章中出現(xiàn)的是最多的,需要從句意關(guān)聯(lián)上判定出來。例如試題中的這段話,句間全是順承關(guān)系,第二句和第三句是對第一句的解釋,第五句是對第四句的解釋。
It’s a rough world out there. Step outside and you could break a leg slipping on your doormat. Light up the stove and you could burn down the house. Luckily, if the doormat or stove failed to warn of coming disaster, a successful lawsuit might compensate you for your troubles. Or so the thinking has gone since the early 1980s, when juries began holding more companies liable for their customers’ misfortunes.
要快速的識別因果關(guān)系,首先要了解考研英語中常見的因果關(guān)系詞:because, since, as, for, due to, owing to, thanks to, contribute to, attribute to, in that等。有時候文章中雖然沒有出現(xiàn)表示因果關(guān)系的標(biāo)志性詞語,但是在邏輯上也存在著因果關(guān)系,這個時候考生就需要自己進行判斷和推理。例如下文:第一句話中分詞結(jié)構(gòu)Feeling threatened就表示原因;第二句話就是第一句的結(jié)果表現(xiàn)。
Feeling threatened, companies responded by writing ever longer warning labels, trying to anticipate every possible accident. Today, stepladders carry labels several inches long that warn, among other things, that you might—surprise!—fall off. The label on a child’s Batman cape cautions that the toy “does not enable user to fly”.
While warnings are often appropriate and necessary—the dangers of drug interactions, for example—and many are required by state or federal regulations, it isn’t clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured.