例：Many people stay at jobs they are too old for rather than meet possible rejection.

　　分析 rather than 的后项是动词meet，因此并列的前项也是动词，即stay.

　　转折信号词

　　转折信号词的作用是否定前项肯定后项，使前后两句话的方向或意思相反。表示转折关系的信号词有：but，yet，however，whereas，in fact，on the contrary，conversely, on the other hand等。

　　公式: A ， but B

　　应用：在阅读前半句时就可以预测后半句的大意，使接下来的阅读过程变成求证，如同把文章读了两遍。另外，在有生词的情况下，只要理解了半句话的意思，就可以推测另一半句子的含义。例如

　　The second flaw in the reasoning of the WZCS document is the naive faith it places in its 1,000 core zoos. One would assume that the caliber of these institutions would have been carefully examined, but it appears that the criterion for inclusion on this select list might merely be that the zoo is a member of a zoo federation or association. This might be a good starting point, working on the premise that members must meet certain standards, but again the facts dont support the theory.

　　题目：Zoos in the WZCS select list were carefully inspected.

　　举例信号词

　　举例信号词是对上文的解释说明，信号词前后的内容意思相同。可用做举例的信号词有：for example，for instance，like，such as等。英语里的破折号和冒号也有相同的作用。

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