July, 2, 2020 Connectives and Transitional Phrases for Sentence Openings
(Cоединительные и переходные слова)	
Temporal	Spatial	
after a while – вскоре, немного погодя
after some time – через некоторое время
afterwards – впоследствии, потом, позже
all this time – все это время
as a result – в результате
at last – наконец
at present – сейчас, в настоящий момент
at that time – в то время, тогда
at this time – сейчас, теперь
by and by – вскоре
eventually – в конце концов
finally – в конце концов, в конечном счете
firstly – во"первых
from the very beginning – с самого начала
from then on – с того времени
in a while – вскоре
in the end – в конце концов
initially – вначале
later – позднее
meanwhile – тем временем, между тем
next – потом, затем
now – сейчас, теперь
now and then – время от времени, иногда
presently – вскоре, теперь, сейчас
some time later – через некоторое время
soon – вскоре
then – тогда
until then – до того времени
until that time – до того времени	above – над, выше
adjacent (to) – примыкающий,
смежный, соседний
around – вокруг, кругом
below – ниже, внизу, под
close (to) – около
further – дальше, далее
here – здесь
here and there – там и сям,
туда и сюда
in front of/behind – напротив/
позади
in the distance – в отдалении,
вдали, вдалеке
near (to) – возле, у, около
nearby – неподалеку,
поблизости, недалеко,
по соседству
next (to) – рядом с, около
on the left/right – справа/
слева
on top of – сверх, вдобавок
opposite (to) – напротив
over – над
there – там
under – под, ниже	
General Transitions
(выражения общего характера)	
Opposition – противопоставление	Addition – дополнение	
but – о, а, тем не менее, однако
yet – но, однако, все же, тем не
менее
nevertheless – все же
however – однако, тем не менее
nor (with inversion) – также, тоже не	and – и
also – также, тоже, к тому же
in addition (to it) – вдобавок, к тому
же, кроме того
furthermore – кроме того, более того
moreover – более/сверх/кроме того	
Comparison – сравнение	Generalization – обобщение	
similarly (to) – подобно, так же
unlike – в отличие от
by contrast – в противоположность
on the one hand – с одной стороны
on the other hand – с другой стороны	generally – обычно, как правило
in general – вообще
on the whole – в целом, в итоге, в
общем
for the most part – большей частью	
GETTING KNOWN by D. H. Barber	
The latest book of my poems has not been selling very well – in fact 122 of my personal friends and relations tell me they’ve bought it, but the publishers say only 84 copies have been sold. “The trouble is,” said Edith, “that nobody has ever heard of you. What you need is a little advertisement. Let people know that you exist and that you write poetry, and they will rush along to the libraries and ask for your latest book.” “But I can’t just put an advertisement in the newspaper saying I’m a poet.”
Edith thought for a moment and then she said she had a bright idea. “Why not put an advertisement in ‘The Times’,” she said, “saying that you recommend as butler in a small family a man who has been in your employment for twenty years?” “But I haven’t had anybody in my employment for twenty years,” I said. “And I’ve never kept a butler of any sort, as you know very well. And how can I sell more copies of my poems by pretending that I wanted to find work for a nonexistent butler who hasn’t been in my employment for twenty years?” 
“You’re not very bright this morning,” said Edith. “Don’t you know that the most successful sort of advertisement is the sort that doesn’t look like an advertisement? You ought to do something like this.”
She got a piece of paper and a pen and wrote the following: “Mr L. Conkleshill, the poet (author of Raspberry Bushes and Other Poems), strongly recommends as butler in a small family his present head man, who has been with him for twenty years.”
“The idea is not bad,” I said. “but I refuse to do anything so dishonest. I absolutely forbid you to do it ...”
As a matter of fact I secretly rather liked the idea; and I thought that when I absolutely forbade Edith to do it, she would pay the money herself and send in the advertisement. For some days, however, she did nothing, although I was careful to keep reminding her that I absolutely forbade her to send the advertisement. Nearly always this sort of treatment produces the desired effect.
Although I looked in “The Times” every morning, the advertisement didn’t appear. Edith went away to stay with a sick aunt, and I forgot all about the matter. Then came the event of The Man With The Dog. He was a big man, and the dog was a big dog, and they both stood outside the front door and made noises at me.
“I’ll take the money now,” said the man in a bad_tempered voice.
“What money is this?” I said politely. “Something due for milk supplied?”
“Nonsense,” said the man. “Two pounds I want for the dog.”
“I don’t want a dog,” I said uncertainly. Ours was a lonely sort of road, and the man was a big sort of man, and it would perhaps be wiser to buy the dog.
“Don’t want the dog!” said the man in an unpleasant voice.
At last I bought the dog for thirty shillings. I was weak, perhaps, but Edith had been saying for a long time that we ought to have a dog. I gave the dog some meat and locked him in the kitchen, and went back to my poem. Then the bell rang again, and I found two men on the step, both with
large dogs. This time I didn’t argue. I just shut the door and went and looked at myself in the glass. I was worried. Were the dogs real, or were they the result of that last glass of whisky? I went up to my bedroom and looked down the long road that leads to the station. I could see six men with six dogs. 
Then the solution of the problem came to me, and I looked at “The Lost and Found advertisements” in “The Times”. “Mr L. Conkleshill offers Ј2 reward for the return of faithful dog Ogo, who first awakened the ideas in Faithful Eyes in his new book of poems.”
Edith said afterwards that I hadn’t told her she mustn’t put in an advertisement about a dog.	
Notes:
 advertisement (ad) [иЗDоtнfлгиен] – рекламное объявление
The Times – eжедневная лондонская газета
 Lost and Found advertisements – специальная колонка объявлений об утерянных вещах	
Retell the story, using the connectives and general Transitions above
	
Все материалы из  книги "Read and speak English" Т. Ю. Дроздов, В. Г. Маиловой, В. С. Николаевой