16.Too much emphasis placed on (attention paid to / importance attached to)…may obscure (overlook / neglect) other facts…. (来源：英语学习门户 http://www.EnglishCN.com)

　　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),….