商務英語閱讀句子段落的銜接指導（1）

　　英美經(jīng)濟貿(mào)易報刊文章與其他類型報刊文章除在所涉及的內(nèi)容和專業(yè)詞匯上有所不同之外，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為以下四種：上下文句子間內(nèi)容的內(nèi)在聯(lián)系;替代;省略和采用連接詞。

　　1. 上下文句子間內(nèi)容的內(nèi)在聯(lián)系：

　　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復，但都與labor cost 相吻合，使整個段落所表達的內(nèi)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，最后一句闡述了勞工費用增加所生產(chǎn)的后果，意思層層加深，彼此相銜接。