Few people are immune to vanity, jealousy, and pretension.

The book is neither instructive nor interesting.

She speaks English fluently and freely.

He does not like swim, nor read, nor ride, nor drive.

The group of people comes into the room, talking, singing and laughing.

He firmly believes that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources other than books and that personal investigation is of great important.

Nature gave them no warm fur pelts against the cold, no swiftness to escape any enemy, no weapons for fighting.

过渡句型

This is true that…

It is one thing to… it is another to …

It is true without doubt, but…

As can be indicated in the picture …

As is shown by the picture …

As is revealed in the cartoon …

As we can find out later …

According to … given in the drawing …

It is generally believed / accepted / thought / held …

The key findings taken from the picture are as follows:

It can been seen from the picture that …　强调句型

It is the ability to do the job that matters, not where you came from or what you are.

It is the parents that always expect their children to get a good job and earn a lot of money.

It is the progress she has made that surprises me.

It was under his teacher’s instructions that he succeeded in conduction the experiment.

It was while watching the football game that they kept shouting at the top of their voices.

倒装句型

Only when you have got good preparation can the opportunities come to you naturally.

We really should not resent being called paupers. Paupers we are, and paupers we shall remain.

So hard did he work that he finally won the fame.

Nearby were two canoes in which they had come to the island.

Not only was every tree cut down in the forest, but also all the animals disappear permanently.

虚拟语气

Care must be taken in using this method lest serious problems (should) occur.

If only the man would listen to the others’ advice.

Any men in his position would have done like that.

But for electricity (= If there were no electricity), there would be no modern industry.

Should there be any trouble with this solution, the public would be able to take legal actions.

同位语

Winston Churchill, Britain’s Prime Minister during the Second World War, died in 1965.

All the things have two faces, a light one and a dark one.

No one can deny the fact that the earth moves around the sun.

The man in the picture is obviously wrong in his opinion that a woman’s place is in the home.

Certainly there are many worthwhile programs on television，including news，educational programs for children， programs on current social problems，plays，movies，concerts， and so on.

分词短语

Faced with such difficulties, there is no choice for them but to quit.

Fighting against the bad weather, an umbrella can shelter people from wind and rain.

After seeing so many experiments, smokers become aware of the harm of smoking.

Having suffered such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.

Judging from his appearance, we may guess that he is an old doctor.