TEM Lesson 6Commonly-used sentence patterns in TEM 4 writing A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.常见句型1: 常见开篇句 1. With the rapid improvement in (economy/the internet/peoples living standard.)/ growing awareness of (environmental protection/privacy/food and health)/wellness With more and more (people going abroad nowadays/people shopping online) 描写法常见句型1: 常见开篇句 2. Recently, the problem of (student couples renting apartments off campus) has been brought to popular attention； (The ever increasing housing price) has become the focus of public concern.常见句型1: 常见开篇句 3. One of the universal issues we are faced with is (how parents should discipline their teenager children.) that cause increasing concern is that (we are losing tremendous areas of arable land to housing and highway projects. )常见句型: 常见开篇句 4. In the past few years, there has been a boom in tourists who go abroad to vacation. a sharp growth/decline in Chinas export of consumer goods to the U.S. and Europe. 描写法常见句型: 常见开篇句 5. According to the information given in the table/graph, we can find that urban parents spend three times more on education than the rural parents. There is a 50% drop in migrant workers who choose to find a job in the first-tier cities of BJ, SH, GZ, SZ. 数据法常见句型: 常见开篇句 6. Nowadays, more/most important/dangerous for our society is 描写法 to cultivate in people the sense of decency, courtesy, shame, and responsibility. the ever-widening gap between the rich who blow millions on a single wedding and the poor who cannot even afford their basic necessities.常见句型: 常见开篇句 7. we can see from the table/graph/figure above, 数据法 drastic/considerable/great changes have taken place in (peoples spending habits/) over the period of time from to 常见句型: 常见开篇句 8. As can be seen from the table/graph/figure, there is a marked increase/decline/ (un) favorable change in luxury good import in China in the past five years.常见句型: 常见开篇句 9. The table/graph shows that there is a declining/increasing trend of returned overseas students from 2008 to 2012.常见句型: 常见开篇句 10. Anyone who takes a closer look at the data in the table/graph can be surprised to find that The percentage of senior citizens in China has increased 10% in the past decade. Babies born in dragon years are 50% more than those born in other zodiac years. 常见句型: 常见开篇句 11. It has long been considered only right and proper to Make both your living and fortune honestly. However, the issue of trust crisis has become a wide- spread public concern. No businessman can conclude a business transaction without being on guard nowadays in China. This has cost us large amount of time and capital.常见句型: 常见开篇句 12. The current situation of (Our reform of political structure), if approached from the opposite angle, reveals that (much of the achievement is far from satisfactory.)常见句型: 常见开篇句 13. No one would deny that When it comes to (fake commodities), most people contends that they damage our body, pollute our mind, and dampen our confidence in a harmonious society. Now it is widely believed that.常见句型: 常见开篇句 14. A public debate has arisen as to/concerning/regarding/respecting whether one should step forward bravely in the event of crime.常见句型: 常见开篇句 15. The birth/invention ofhas made an enormous/essential difference tobut it does not mean that The birth of the computer has made a radical difference to human progress, but it does not mean that this wonder does no threat to our society.常见句型: 常见开篇句 16. Sth (bio-engineering) has changed the way our society developsbut its bright side should not keep us from following closely its dark side.常见句型: 常见开篇句 17. Things aboutare going on to our advantage, but a long cool look at reveals that Things about the reform in state enterprises are not going on to most workers advantage, but a long cool look at this move reveals that it will produce some substantial benefits to our nation in the long run.常见句型: 常见开篇句 18. What would our society be like if there were no Public morals and basic courtesy? Mutual trust among people? No law and order to govern peoples behavior?常见句型: 常见开篇句 19. To/for/with most people, sth is/means To dishonest people, a friend means a target or an object that is of some use to them either at present or sometime in the future.常见句型: 常见开篇句 20. Suppose/imagine that Our living standard is as low as 30 years ago, with no private housing, cars, opportunities to go abroad or vacation abroad.therefore, the advantages of our reform policy far outweighs its disadvantages.常见句型: 常见开篇句 21. We often find ourselves caught/involved in a dilemma whether We should go for more income with a hectic schedule or less income wit