一）、现象、数据的描述

1．In the past few years there is a marked increase in…/In recent years, there has been a dramatic change in…/In the past few decades there have arisen sharp decrease in…

2．With the rapid development of…, more and more…are doing…/With the marked improvement of…, …has/have become…/With the amazing growth/decrease of…,we can easily observe…

……

9．Between 19- and 19 - , …remained level at …

10．… has/ have increased from … to the present…

11．… x times as much /many as … years ago.

二）、普遍观点的描述

1.It is commonly thought that… /It is generally accepted that…/It is universally believed that… /It is widely conceived that…/It is ordinarily agreed…

2. It is a common sense that…/It is a popular belief that …/It is a common misconception that …/It is a wisely accepted point of view that … /It is a extensively held opinion that…

3. Nowadays, a lot of people feel that …/Nowadays , a great many people believe that…/Nowadays , an overwhelming majority of people think that…/Nowadays , a great number of people claim that…/Nowadays , an increasing percentage of people maintain that…

4. In the popular view… ,But …/In most people’s opinion ,… But…/In the eyes of the world ,… But…./In most people’s minds,… But…/To the general public ,… But…/

三）、 不同观点的描述

1． In reaction to the phenomenon, some people believe… ,in their minds,…/In answer to the problem/issue, some people believe… .In their minds,…/In response to the on-going social change, some people believe… ,in their minds,…/Others maintain …, in their eyes, …Still others argue that…, for these people…

2． When talking about /asked for comment on this phenomenon /problem/dramatic change, many of us would claim/say…/take a(n)…attitude. Not everyone, however, shares this point of view/takes this stand/ agrees with this opinion.

3． When it comes to… , …like to do …, while others prefer to …, still others wish to …

4． Faced with the problem/phenomenon/situation, some people blame… for… Others think differently.

四）、 反驳别人的观点

1． There might be an element of truth in this belief, but we shouldn’t fail to …

2． This opinion is prevalent, but the evidence we have seems to indicate that…

3． It is true that…, but it doesn’t necessarily mean /there is no reason to assert that…

4． Although the point of view is popular among …, it is more sensible/ rational to take …into account…/consider

5． Granted that this idea sounds acceptable, its absurdity can be laid bare if we look at the problem from another perspective.

6． Logical/ reasonable as the argument may be /sound, it ignores /is incurably mistaken to believe…

7． For all the widely held belief that …, observations(seem to )indicate that…

Despite the commonly/generally accepted/believed idea that …, new studies (seem to)indicate that…

In spite of the generally accepted assumption that… surveys (seem to )indicate that…

六）、 分析原因

1． Many factors have converged to create the crisis/ disaster…

2． This new phenomenon doesn’t spring from nowhere.

3． The change /phenomenon is attributable/due/ascribable to …

4． Among others, the following causes are surely worth mentioning. First …

5． Take the following factors into consideration and we’ll find that change/ phenomenon doesn’t occur for no reason.. First,…

6． There are a number of reasons for the phenomenon in question.

7． We can trace this problem back to…

8． Reflecting on the problem/ phenomenon under discussion ,we can say for certain that it results from/can be attributed to…

9． We can (reasonably) regard the change as a mark of …/We can (reasonably)see the trend as a consequence of …/ We can (reasonably) think of the problem as a reflection of…

10. Thanks/ Due to …

七）、 举例说明

1． This assertion can be tellingly documented by….

2． The opinion/ claim is persuasively supported by many instances in our daily lives. To give just one small example…

3． A case of point is …

4． Our life experiences tell us that …For instance/example…

5． To illustrate our point of view, let us have a look at the story of…

6． Looking back on the history of …, we can see clearly that…