9. The percentage remained steady/stable at….
10. The figures stayed the same….
11. The figures bottomed out/peaked at….
12. The figures reached the bottom/a peak/a plateau during….
书信作文常用句型
1. I am writing to you in the hope that you could do me a favor to improve the horrible situation.
2. I would like some detailed information on/about….
3. I would be grateful if you could let me have details of ….
4. I am writing to request some necessary information about….
5. I am greatly concerned about….
6. My appreciation to you for your generous help is beyond words. I wish I could repay it one day.
7. Thank you very much for the kindness you showed me during….
8. It is my pleasure/a great honor for me to extend an invitation to/invite you to….
9. I will be expecting you, so do not disappoint me.
10. I wish to apply for the position of… with your company.
11. I graduated with a BA degree in…from…in….
12. I am very excited and delighted over the good news that you are recruiting a….
表达效果较好的特殊句型
1． 平衡句：用相同的结构表达相似的意思
1) Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
2) We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, and we shall fight him in the air.
3) I am learning how to study, how to organize my time, and how to concentrate.
4) We must believe that we have the knowledge, and that we are competent enough to fulfil the task.
2． 省略句： 省略不影响句子意义的词
1) Although exhausted by the demanding job, they refused to give up.
2) The road is very slippery as if covered with ice.
3) The sooner, the better.
4) Friends can be more dangerous than we sometimes suspect; developing real lifelong friendships much more difficult than we are willing to acknowledge.
5) Reformers are optimistic, conservatives pessimistic; conservatives live for the past, reformers the present and the future.
3． 倒装句：将句子中的某一成分放在反常位置，以达到强调效果
1) In vain did they try to persuade the USA to give up violence.
2) Only by so doing can we expect to stop further pollution and create a better world for us and the future generations to live in.
3) Here comes the opportunity you have been longing for to realize your dream.
4) To such an extent have they polluted the area that plants can not grow.
1) 表示并列关系的过渡词：and, as well as, or …
2) 表示转折关系的过渡词：but, yet, however …
3) 表示时间关系的过渡词：first, second, third, and then, finally, after, before, after a few days, at last, at
that time, later, in the past, immediately, in the meanwhile, when, while, then, after that …
4) 表示空间关系的过渡词：near (to), far (from), in the front of, beside, behind, beyond, above, below, to
the right, to the left, on one side, on the other side of, outside …
5) 表示比较关系的过渡词：in the same way, just like, just as …
6) 表示对照关系的过渡词：but, still, yet, however, on the other hand, in spite of, even though …
7) 表示递进关系的过渡词： also, and, then, too, in addition, moreover, again …
8) 表示因果关系的过渡词：because, since, then, thus, otherwise, so, therefore ,as a result…
9) 表示解释说明的过渡词：for example, in fact, in this case, for, actually …
10) 表示强调的过渡词：in fact, indeed, necessarily, certainly, without any doubt, truly, most important …
11) 表示目的的过渡词：for this reason, for this purpose, so that, in order that, so as to, in order to, …
12) 表示列举的过渡词：for example , such as …
13) 表示总结性的过渡词：in conclusion, finally, at last, in brief, as has been stated, in a word, in general, in all, in a word, generally speaking …