Opening
1. How … is a hot issue / is worth of deep thinking.
2. Ever think of the problem of … ?
3. Recently, there is a growing concern over the problem of ….
4. In recent years, there is a phenomenon/ trend that arouses public attention.
5. The result / consequence of … can be serious / beyond our imagination.
6. … brings about unspeakable sufferings to …
7. There has been a heated debate over the issue of …
8. There are many different arguments on…
9. At present, … arouses people’s interest/ public attention.
10. Different people hold different opinions toward…
11. There is a prevailing trend of … which caused heated debate in the society.
12. It is commonly accepted that ….
13. There are many reasons for… / to explain…
14. There are many factors that contribute to …
15. In order to understand…, we should/ need have an insight into the three leading / main causes.
16. Many remarkable factors contribute to this problem.
17. People have different ideas on …
18. There are two major opinions towards …
19. Whether … is good or bad depends on the way people look at things.
20. In order to understand the nature of …, we need to consider the two aspects in it -
21. When asked … , I would like to say …
22. … is quite a common and popular practice.
23. It is a usual practice to …
Developing
1. However, others have different understandings about …
2. In someone’s eye, … is …
3. But others show quite different attitudes toward…
4. At the same time, other people are in favor of …
5. Nothing could be more harmful than the problem of …
6. On one hand, … On the other hand, …
7. It directly results in …
8. Great/ dramatic changes have taken place just due to…
9. … will cause serous results if ….
10. Last but not least,
11. Despite all the benefits … brings, we should be aware of its negative side.
12. The most important reason is that …
13. Firstly… secondly …. Lastly…. Finally in the end. Eventually, Last but not least,
14. The problem lies in …
15. One of the possible / well-accepted reasons is that …
16. For one thing, …. For another,….
17. … ranks among one of the major causes of …
18. Let’s take a look at the most important reason.
19. … also played its part in ….
20. However, it is only part of the story.
21. However, this alone can not work effectively.
22. This is just a good case in point.
23. To illustrate / show my point clearly, I will …
24. It is high time that we took responsibilities of …
25. It is essential that we need to learn that …
26. More and more people come to realize the necessity of ….
27. With the development of …, … has become a public concern.
28. It is reported / estimated / said that …
Ending
1. As far as I am concerned, …
2. I totally agree on the first opinion.
3. As I see it, the question is …
4. When it comes to me, I have to say that …
5. In fact, it is hard to tell which one is right and which one is wrong. It depends on the situations.
6. However, we should take a wise decision/ choice on …
7. Considering all these factors, ….
8. From all the reasons we have discussed above, we can tell …
9. In conclusion / In a word…
10. However, … should also be responsible for…
11. To solve the problem, joint efforts have to be made by …
12. From all the effects / influences we have discussed above, we can tell …
13. Since the problem can be so serious, we have to do something about it / take methods / actions.
14. So, … deserves every one’s attention and action.
15. Despite all the difficulties we are faced with, we can make efforts to ….
16. On the whole, …
17. In general / in brief / in one word / in summary, …
18. Considering all these, I would like to suggest …
19. On balance, the positive side overweighs the negative side.
20. Hence, … should be taken into consideration seriously.
21. Whether to …. depends on different situations.
