BEC句子段落的銜接閱讀技巧指導

英美經濟貿易報刊文章與其他類型報刊文章除在所涉及的內容和專業詞彙上有所不同之外，在句子與段落的連接方法上基本一致。其連接手段可主要歸納爲以下四種：上下文句子間內容的.內在聯繫;替代;省略和採用連接詞。

　　1. 上下文句子間內容的內在聯繫：

例：So far， the national trends in costs for wages， salaries， and benefits have glossed over these concerns. The growth in labor costs continued to slow in the second quarter a pattern that held true in all major regions. However， the slowdown in labor costs is due to solely to sharp cutbacks in what companies， mainly large corporations， are paying for benefits， which make up about a fourth of total compensation costs nationally. Because of slower growth in costs of health care， workers compensation， and state unemployment insurance， benefits grew only 2.6% during the past year， the lowest pace in record.

在這一段落中，作者用了五個cost。雖然每一句中的cost未必是前一句中同一詞的簡單重複，但都與labor cost 相吻合，使整個段落所表達的內容連貫地表述出來。第一句和第二句提出勞工費用問題，第三句提出原因，最後一句闡述了勞工費用增加所生產的後果，意思層層加深，彼此相銜接。

　　2. 替代

例：But since few have marked down their own prices in line with the metals fall， they will be able to recoup much of the differences. Not so the producers， whose income is directly related to the fluctuating daily price on the London Metal Exchange.