在短文写作中，往往会碰到开始第一句怎样写，中间如何连接、过渡，又用什么样的句式零结尾等问题。本书为此选编了部分适用于短文写作启、承、转、合四个步骤的常用套语和习语，供考生背诵、写作时参考。熟记这些套语和习语，写作时可以做到得心应手，扩展思路，起到画龙点晴、事半功倍的作用。
1. It is often said that... ; 2. Everybody knows that ...; 3. Generally speaking ...;
4. It goes without saying ...; 5. Some people say that ...; 6. We often hear ...;
7. According to ...; 8. As proverb says ...; 9.As we usually say ...;
10. As we know ...; 11.I'm sure that ...; 12. I don't think that ...;
13. As far as I am concerned ...;
14. It is clear that ...;
15. It is well-known that ...;
16. It has been proved that ...;
17. It must be emphasized that...;
18. No one could deny that ...;
19. What's the meaning of ...;
20. What do we mean by ...;
21.There are lots of reasons for...;
22.The problems of... are become more and more serious, ...;
23. First of all,...;
24. In the first place,...;
25. The best way to solve the troubles is ...;
26. That's the only way ...;
27. In this way we can ...;
28. We should try our best to ...;
29. From this point of view ...;
30. Moreover, we should not forget that ...;
31. Many people believe that ...;
32. To take ... as an example, ...;
33. There are many examples to show that ...;
34. One example is ..., another example is ...;
35. The first step,... the second step,... the last step,...;
36. For one thing ..., for another ...;
37. On the one hand ..., on the other hand ...;
38. At the same time ...;
39. In the same way ...;
40. In other words ...;
41. In particular ...; 42.What is more ...; 43. After all ...;
44. In spite of…; 45. As a matter of fact ...; 46.In contrast...;
47. On the contrary ...; 48.Above all ...; 49. As a consequence...;
50. As has been mentioned ...; 51. As we have said ...; 53.By and large ...;
54. For this reason …; 55.From now on ...;
56. Now, it is widely accepted that ...;
57. With the rapid development of…;
58. Maybe, it is time to reconsider the problem that ...;
59. In order to get a better understanding of what… , we have to …;
60. To prove this main point of argument, let me ask why ...;
61. But that's only part of the.., perhaps the most important about..., is...;
62. It is universally acknowledged that ...;
63. Apart from ... another point is ...;
64.It might be time we should take ...;
65.There is no doubt that special attention must be paid to the problem of ...;
66.The great challenge is ... there is much difficulty, but...;
67. Whether it is likely or not, but one thing is quite clear…;
68.To be sure, there maybe some difficulties we cannot avoid, but if we ...;
69. No easy solution is at hand to the problem of ... but ...
70. It is rather easy to find out the reason why…;
71. Anyhow, whether it is good or bad, one thing is certain that it will undoubtedly…;
72.The explanation for this question may involve several complicated factors, for one thing is…, for another is…;
73. We have to look [or a quick method, because the present situation of…, if allowed to continue, will certainly lead to the end of…;
74. We'd better admit the fact that…;
75.There is sufficient evidence to show that…;
76. Personal experience teaches us that…;
77. On the whole…;
78. In conclusion…; 79.In a word …; 80.To sum up…;
81.Therefore, we can reach the following conclusion…;
82.This is the reason why ...;
83.In brief …;
84. As a result…;
85.To make a long story short, …;
86.To put it simply …;
87.I n summary, it is more important…;
88. In my opinion …;
89. All this means that…;
90. It may be considered that ...;
91. Finally we hope that ...;
92. I would like to make a final point …;
93. Hence, we may conclude that ...;
94. Hence, we'd better come to the conclusion that ...;
95. From what has been discussed above, we may reach the conclusion that ...;
96. Only in this way can we ...;
97. At no time (and in no circumstances) should we ...;
98. Compared with ...;
99. We need to take clear attitude at the problem,… otherwise, we...;
100.The evidence upon all sides leads to a just conclusion that… .
