一篇好的文章读起来是抑扬顿挫、圆润通畅、朗朗上口的。词汇再美、句式再高级，若缺乏有效的衔接与过渡，充其量只能是一盘零乱的珍珠，虽光彩夺目却不堪受用。有效地使用过渡成分将亮点语句串“珠”成篇，是成就满分作文的最后一道“工序”。利用好“起”“承”“转”“合”四方法，会让文章读起来自然流畅，彰显考生深厚的写作功底，折服阅卷老师挑剔的目光，为之“倾倒”而给高分。
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表示“起”的词汇常用在段落或文章的开头，用于开篇引出扩展句。常见的词汇有：first, firstly, first of all, at first, in the first place, above all, to begin/start with, today, now, nowadays, at present, currently, recently, generally speaking, according to等。
①(2019·全国卷Ⅰ书面表达)To begin with, because I am very good at drawing Chinese painting, I can introduce and explain a lot of Chinese painting knowledge to the visitors.
②(2018·全国卷Ⅰ书面表达)According to our tradition，you are supposed to arrive early, so that you can help the family prepare the dinner, which is not only meaningful but also interesting.
③(2017·全国卷Ⅰ书面表达)Now I’m writing to tell you the plan for the next class.
④(2017·天津卷书面表达)Firstly，I am expected to know about the polite language related to my service.
