mid-exam作文

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第一段

• 背景：
  Due to rapid advances in…(Due to the rapid development of modern technology), XXX is becoming increasingly indispensable in people’s life. （XXX is playing an increasingly important role in people’s life）

• 问题定义：
  1.XXX, as an essential role of …, is able to …
  2.while … may have the best of intentions, the effectiveness of this strategy as a mechanism（机制，方法） for economic development has become increasingly controversial.（虽然……可能有着最好的意图，但这一战略作为经济发展机制的有效性已越来越引起争议。）

• Thesis
  This essay will argue that XXX is(not) a …（回溯题目）

• Outline
  It will demonstrate that 两个观点

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第二段(没有counter)

• Topic sentence
  1.One significant argument in favour of …
  2.Firtly, the major argument is that …

• Explanation 长句子分两句
  1.In many cases, this is due to the …
  2.This is due to the fact that…
  3.This is because…

• example 可写可不写
  for instance, …

• Critical Comment
  1.This will help to …
  2.This appears to suggest that…
  3.This indicates that…
  4.This means that…
  5.From this, it is clear that…
  6.The implication of this is…
  7.This therefore means that…

• （reason 2） 可写可不写
  Furthermore

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• Summary of the paragraph（总结词汇）
  1.It follows that（由此可见）
  3.In this way,
  4.As a result,
  5.To sum up,
  5.on the whole

• concluding sentence
  1.In view of this
  2.In light of this
  2.Therefore
  3.（in doing so）
  4.As a s a consequence,

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第二段（有counter）

• Topic sentence
  One significant argument in favour of …

• Explanation 长句子分两句
  1.In many cases this is due to the …
  2.This is due to the fact that…
  3.This is because…

• examples 可写可不写
  for instance

• counter
  1.Many argue that… may…,
  2.Some argue that

• rebuttle
  1.while …, there is known to be … of …
  2.however,…
  3.In fact,

• give examples
  This is because

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• Summary of the paragraph（总结词汇）
  1.It follows that（由此可见）
  3.In this way,
  4.As a result,
  5.To sum up,
  5.on the whole

• concluding sentence
  1.In view of this
  2.In light of this
  2.Therefore
  3.（in doing so）
  4.As a s a consequence,

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第三段

1.Another important argument for
2.Another argument in favour of … is that…

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第四段

• In conclusion, it can be argued that…回溯题目…offering the potential for valuable XXX benefits , as well as…(回溯两个论点)

• future statement：
  人，therefore, need to …

• although…(…drawbacks),…

• in light ogf this,…（回溯题目again), This approach is a challenging one but likely to be more effective in the long term than xxx.

Restatement: refer back to thesis/position
Summary: summarise arguments (Agree or Disagree)
Evaluation: evaluate the significance/strength of writer’s position
Future statement: give recommendation/suggestion/warning