雅思英语阅读中的一句话

There had, of course, been dictionaries in the past, the first of these being a little book of some 120 pages, compiled by a certain Robert Cawdray, published in 1604 under the title 'A Table Alphabetical of hard usual English words'.
当然，过去一直就有词典，最早的一部是一本约120页的书，由一位叫罗伯特 柯德莱的人编写，1604年出版，题目是《按字母顺序的英语常用难词/生词表》。
there have/has been...一直有...
certain: 某
hard words: 难词/生僻词

列举一些英语作文常用短语。比如In a word之类。阅读怎样提高…我现高三.做时总在选项中徘徊…

First of all、Firstly——Secondly——Then——At last,、Finally、Last but not least.写作顺序，这样比较有条理

Generally speaking，总的来说，一般而言
In my opinion, Personally speaking,在我看来
According to根据……
It is said 加一个完整句子：据说
As a matter of fact(in fact)事实上
To tell the truth,说实话（比较口语化）

All in all, In a word, To sum up,总而言之