16.Too much emphasis placed on (attention paid to / importance attached to)…may obscure (overlook / neglect) other facts….
17.The danger (problem / fact / truth / point) is that….
18.What the arguer fails to understand (consider / mention) is that….
19.However just (logical / sound / valid) this argument may be, it only skims the surface of the problem.
20.Among the most convincing (important) reasons given (cited / offered / identified) by people for…, one should be stressed (emphasized / mentioned).
21.As far as I am concerned, however, I believe that….
22.I believe that the title statement is valid because (of)….
23.I agree with the above statement because I believe that….
24.Although I appreciate that…, I cannot agree with the title statement.
25.There is a public controversy nowadays over the issue of…. Those who object to…argue that…. But people who favor…, on the other hand, argue that….
26.Currently (In recent years / In the past few years / For many years now), there is (has been) a(n) general (widespread / growing / widely held) feeling towards (concern over / attitude towards / trend towards / awareness of / realization of / illusion of / belief in)….
27.Now it is commonly (widely / generally / increasingly) believed (thought / held / accepted/ felt / recognized / acknowledged) that…. But I wonder (doubt) whether….
28.These days we are often told that (often hear about)…, but is this really the case?
二、中间段
中间段是文章的正文，其作用是从不同的层面对文章主题进行具体和详实的解释和论证。
1、中间段的一般特征
① 篇幅一般比开头段和结尾段长。
② 每段有相应的主题句。
③包含定义、解释、描写，说明主题思想的扩展句可以采用实例、数据或个人经历等写作手段。
④不同种类的段落采用不同的扩展手段。
中间段的常用核心句型
1.Although the popular belief is that…, a current (new / recent) study (survey / poll / investigation) indicates (shows / demonstrates) that….
2.Common sense tells us that….
3.The increase (change / failure / success) in…mainly (largely / partly) results from (arises from / is because of)….
4.The increase (change / failure / success) in…is due to (owing to / attributable to) the fact that….
5.Many people would claim that….
6.One may attribute (ascribe / owe) the increase (decrease / change ) to…, but…is not by itself an adequate explanation.
7.One of the reasons given for…is that….
8.What is also worth noticing is that….
9.There are many (different / several /a number of / a variety of)causes (reasons) for this dramatic (marked / significant) growth (change / decline / increase) in…. First,…. Second,…. Finally,….
10.There is no evidence to suggest that….
11.Why are (is / do / did)…? For one thing,…. For another,….
12.Another reason why I dispute the above statement is that….
13.It gives rise to (lead to / bring /create) a host of problems (consequences).
14.There are numerous reasons why…, and I shall here explore only a few of the most important ones.
15.It will exert (have / produce) profound (far-reaching / remarkable / considerable / beneficial / favorable / undesirable / disastrous) effect (influence) on….
16.A multitude of factors could account for (contribute to / lead to / result in / influence) the change (increase / decrease / success / failure / development) in….
17.In 2000, it increased (rose / jumped / shot up) from 5 to 10 percent of the total (to 15 percent / by 15 percent).
18.By comparison with 2002, it decreased (dropped / fell) from 10 to 5 percent (to 15 percent / by 15 percent).
19.It accounts for 15 percent of the total.
20.There were 100 traffic accidents in April, an increase of 5 percent in a five-month period.
21.By 2002, only (less than / more than / almost / about / over/ as many as) three quarters (40 percent of / one out of five / one in four) college population (graduates / housewives) as against (as compared with) last year (2002) preferred to (liked)….
22.With the development (improvement / rise / growth / general recognition / acknowledgement / realization) of…, vast changes awaits this country’s society.
23.Now people in growing (ever-increasing / significant) numbers are beginning (coming / getting) to believe (realize / recognize / understand / accept / see / be aware) that….
24.According to a(n) recent (new / official) study (survey / report / poll),….
25.History (Our society) is filled (abounds) with the examples of….
26.The story (case / instance / situation) is not rare (isolated / unique), it is one of many examples (typical of dozens).
