常用套

发贴：tanjing

Sample Question: Nowadays, international tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Unfortunately, international tourism creates tension rather than understanding between people from different cultures. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Features:

Brainstorming:

For--

1. It is necessary to develop the tourist trade, for it contributes a lot to increasing understanding between nations.

2.As the saying goes, “ Seeing is believing.” Only a trip to an unfamiliar land can help us understand the people and culture there.

3.Since tourism helps increase understanding between people, it will finally wipe out prejudice against other nations, and make the world a more peaceful one.

4.Tourism contributes significantly to marry countries’ GNP( Gross National Product). The economy of some nations is based on the tourist industry.

5.Tourism helps develop a nation’s commerce because tourists are most likely to buy souvenirs wherever they go.

6.Tourism helps accelerate a city’s construction and its embellishment.

7.Contact with tourists from afar widens the horizon of the local people.

8.Tourism provides jobs for many people and helps solve or ease the social problem of unemployment.

9.The tourist trade gives people a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world and the wonders of mankind.

10. Tourism will help...

发贴：johnnyzsc

1. in general/ on the whole/ generally
2. all in all
3. From the foregoing, …
4. in brief/ in summary/ in conclusion/ in short/ in a word/ to sum up/ to conclude/ to summarize
5. If it is up to me to make a choice between A and B, I would rather choose … over …
6. If I were forced to agree with one of the two, my choice would be …
7. From the above comparison and contrast, anyone can safely conclude that …
8. When the advantages and disadvantages are carefully compared, the most striking conclusion is self-evident.
9. Judging from all evidence offered, we may reasonably come to/ draw the conclusion that …
10.All these opinions make sense, and consequently it is hard to choose the best of them. In my opinion, such matters must be left to individual’s conscience.
11.From what has been discussed above, we may safely arrive at the conclusion that …
12.Personally, I side with the former/ latter opinion.
13.I am of the opinion that priority should be given to …
14.Personally, I stand on the side of …
15.As far as I am concerned, I am in favor of the opinion that …
16.For my part, I completely agree with the former /latter.
17.To be frank/ To tell the truth, I should second the former/ latter attitude/ position in preference to the latter/ former.
18.People from different backgrounds, however, put different interpretations on the same thing.
19.Views on the issue in q...

发贴：johnnyzsc

1. at present/ currently/ lately/ recently/ nowadays/ these years/ in the past several decades/ over the last several years
2. at the turn of the century
3. Thanks to China’s reform and opening-up policy, … has witnessed great economic and social progress in the past two decades.
4. With the (rapid, marked, amazing, eye-catching, remarkable, fantastic) development/ progress/ growth/ advance/ improvement of economy/ society/ industry/ living standard, great changes have taken place in …
5. At the mercy of the ever-accelerated updating of science and technology, there are rapid changes in all aspects of our everyday lives.
6. With the arrival/ advent of the invention of …/ the information age/ the 21st century/ the economy age,
7. We are now entering a brand new era. The 21st century is a time of advanced scientific and technological knowledge.
8. The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history. We have just crossed the threshold of the 21st century and the curtain of the new millennium is slowly rising.
9. We are blessed with new opportunities and faced with new challenges.
10.With the increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization, more problems are brought to our attention.
11.As … develops,
12.Along with the development of …, more and more …
13.In the past few years, there has been a sharp growth/ boom/ decline in …
14.With the steady growth in ...

发贴：tanjing

Sample Question: Many people consider the death penalty to be an appropriate punishment in certain cases, whilst others think that there is never a reason for it to be used.

What is your opinion on the issue? Give reasons for your answers.

Features:

Brainstorming:

Pros--- Cons---

Gives comfort to victims or friends/relatives of victims Barbaric/immoral

Criminal will not repeat crime No chance for criminal to be rehabilitated

Public demands protection Makes criminals more desperate

Prison too expensive May not deter potential crimials

Deters potential criminals Cannot be reversed

Intro:

Bg:

1). There is no consensus of opinions among people as to the view of ……. Some believe that…… while others argue that……As to me/ As far as I’m concerned, I strongly support the former /latter one due to the following three reasons.
2). Ever since early last/this century,……has become an essential part of our modern life. It has played a decisive role in ……. Nobody can deny that the development of our civilization depends greatly on……( If there were no……, our modern life would be…….)
3)Despite the fact that the majority hold the opinion that……, I doubt whether the argument can bear much analysis.
4) Many nations have been faced with the problem……
5) One of the controversial questions is……
6) There has been no shortage o...

　　雅思图表题数字对比是很多考生都很头痛的事情，一旦没有掌握好顺序，就有可能是整个描写都混乱起来，所以大家掌握一些关于数字对比的雅思图表题常用套句是非常必要的，也是非常有好处的。

　　There was a (very) sudden/rapid/dramatic/significant/sharp/steep/steady/gradual/slow/slight

　　+increase/jump/rise/decrease/drop/fall/fluctuation (注意：上述很多词不可用于修饰fluctuation)

　　+in the number of XXX from (第一时间) to (第二时间) / between (第一时间) and (第二时间)

　　描述稳定的data：

　　The number of XXX remained steady/stable from (第一时间) to (第二时间) / between (第一时间) and (第二时间)

　　The number of XXX stayed the same from (第一时间) to (第二时间) / between (第一时间) and (第二时间)

　　There was little change / hardly any change / no change in the number of XXX from from (第一时间) to (第二时间) / between (第一时间) and (第二时间)

　　描述不同状态的data

　　Noun form:

　　steady drop / sharp rise peak / dramatic fall / sharp drop

　　Verbal form:

　　(to) bottom out / (to) reach the bottom / (to) increase gradually / (to) reach a plateau / (to) remain steady

　　描述the highest point以及the lowest point

　　高点极值：

　　The monthly prof it / The figures / The situation ...

　　+peaked in (月份/年) <准确时间点用at XXX> at XXX% / XXX(极点data)

　　或者reached a peak / a high point at XXX% / XXX(极点data)

　　低点极值：

　　XXX bottomed out / reached

　　+rock / the bottom / a low point

　　或者hit a trough

　　此外，在描述过程中还有很多的conjunctional words/sentences，最常用的固定搭配如下：