Transitional Phrases
In certain
lines of the reading passage, "What is the UN's World Heritage List?", notice
how transitional phrases (in red), show the relationship of ideas
(in purple) in consecutive sentences, thereby developing the theme of the passage and
moving it forward:
"UNESCO's World Heritage List can be seen as a
celebration of both the greatness of nature and the greatness of
culture. The list acknowledges humankind's capacity to feel awed by the beauty and
power of the "wonders" of nature; similarly, it acknowledges humankind's ability to
create its own great structures by recombining elements of the natural world in unique ways. The UNESCO World
Heritage List was established to preserve the great structures of all the
diverse cultures of the world. From this point
of view, such structures are not treasures of
particular nations only, but are the heritage of all
humankind. Thus, the concept of
cultural and natural wonders as "world heritage" was
born."
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