1.For the majority of people, reading or learning a new skill has become the focus of their lives and the source of their happiness and contentment 对于很多人来说，学习一门新技术占据了他们的生活和充实了他们的生活.

　　2.What''s more, living in school can save them a great deal of time on the way between home and school everyday, so they would be able to concentrate more time and energy on their academic work. 住校为学生省去了不少时间，这样学生可以把更多的时间用在学习上

　　3.Sth will make our life more enjoyable, that is to say, sth can add color to the dull routine of every day life. ...能让我们的生活更美好，也就是说，...可以给我们枯燥的生活带来色彩

　　4......, by occupying spare time so constructively, makes a person contented, with no time for boredom. ...占据了某人大部分时间，使得某人没空想东想西(充实了某人生活)

　　5.Little by little, our knowledge will be well enriched, and our horizons will be greatly broadened.

　　一点一滴，这样做可以丰富我们的知识和拓宽我们的视野

　　6.The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history, alone with the advance of the society and the increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization, more problems are brought to our attention,one of which is that……

　　人类进入了一个历史的崭新的阶段，随着科技发展和经济快速增长、经济全球化、都市化的速度不断加快，随之给我们带来了很多问题，其中之一便是……

　　7.Recently the phenomenon has aroused wide concern, some people are in alarm that....

　　最近，这种现象引起了人们的广泛关注，有人开始担心______________.

　　8....... plays such an important role that it un de nia bly (无可厚非的)becomes a wide-spread concern of the present world, there comes a question, is it a blessing or a curse?"

　　_______显得非常重要而成为当今世界所关注的最大的问题，这是无可厚非的.不过，问题是："我们该如何抉择?"

　　9.As society develops, There are a wide-spread concern over……

　　随着社会的发展，人们开始关注............

　　10..As to whether it is a blessing or a curse(咒骂[k ;s], however, people take different attitudes.

　　然而，对于此类问题，人们持不同的看法.

　　11.As to whether it is worthwhile ....., there is a long-running controversial debate. As an an old saying goes every coin has two sides ', it goes without saying that (毋庸置疑) people from different backgrounds may have divergent(相异的) attitudes towards it.

　　关于是否值得___________的问题，一直以来争论不休.正如谚语所说……因此毋庸置疑，不同的人对此可能持不同的观点.

　　12.In the process of modern urban development, we often find ourselves in a dilemma.

　　在都市的发展中，我们往往会陷入困境.

　　13.More and more people become appreciating the convenience of mobile phone.

　　更多人对……的方便而受到吸引

　　14.People are attaching more and more importance to the interview during job hunting

　　求职的过程中，人们慢慢意识到面试的重要性.

　　15.Some people contend that ... has proved to bring many advantages (disadvantages)

　　有些人认为________有很多有利之处(不利之处).

　　16.俗话(古语)说，……：As an old saying goes/ As an old proverb says, ….

　　例句：As an old saying goes, god helps those who help themselves. (俗话说，自助者天助之)

　　17.据报道/据估计/据说/据信，……：It is reported/estimated/said/thought/believed that….

　　例句：It is estimated that it will take about three years to finish the project. (据估计，需要三年来完成这个项目.)

　　18. 也就是说，……：In other words/Namely/To put it another way/ That is to say, ….

　　例句：She was too trusting. In other words, she had no head for business. (她太轻信人，换句话说，她没有商业头脑.)

　　19.一则，……;再则，……(多用于阐述理由或列举)：For one thing, …. For another, ….

　　例句：It is not wise for students to frequently go shopping. For one thing, most of them have no source of income. For another, they need to spend more time on their studies. (学生频繁去购物是不明智的.一方面，绝大多数学生没有收入来源;另一方面，他们需要在学业上投入更多的时间.)

　　20.考虑到……：Considering/Regarding/In view of,….

　　例句：In the view of the fact, this approach is inadvisable. (考虑到这个事实，这个方法是不可取的.)

　　21.我认为、在我看来，……：In my view/In my opinion/As far as I am concerned, ….

　　例句：In my view, it is quite important for students to enhance their learning in Chinese.(在我看来，学生加强汉语学习是很重要的.)

　　22.为了……：for the sake of/for purposes of/in order to achieve sth,…

　　例句：They seem to have doing nothing but reading, acquiring more knowledge and really essentially just learning for the sake of learning. (他们好像除了读书，掌握更多知识、为了学习而学习之外，什么也不做.)

　　23.很容易理解/证明……：It can be easily understood/proved that….

　　例句：It can be easily proved that one cannot achieve success unless he or she keeps on working hard. (很容易证明：除非一个人坚持不懈一直努力，否则他(她)很难取得成功.)