When it comes to .... , some people believe that ....... Others argue that the opposite is true . There is probably some truth……in both arguments/statements , but (I tend to the prefer / latter ...)
Now, it is commonly/generally/widely believed/held/acknowledged ……
Recently the issue of the problem of/the phenomenon of ...has been brought into focus.
While it cannot be solved immediately, still there are ways. The most popular is .... Another method is ... Still another one is .....
There is no quick method to the issue of .., but .. might be helpful/beneficial.
People often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world. But I say that to read books is more valuable than anything else, because books give us knowledge and knowledge gives us power.
As … are both helpful and disastrous, it is better to …, encouraging and loyal, but to avoid ….
but / while / however / yet / rather than …, not … but…, while, whereas
or, either … or …, otherwise
so, for, thus, because, since, as, now that, such … that, so … that
not only … but also, and, both … and…, as well as, neither … nor …, either … nor …
when, while, as, before, after, as soon as, since, until, till, once, hardly … when…, no sooner … than …
for this purpose, so that, in order that, in order to
although, though, even though, even if, as, whatever / no matter what, whenever / no mater when, however / no matter how, whoever / no matter who
if, unless, as / so long as
as, than, as … as, not so / as … as, as if, like, unlike, the more …, the …
并列递进:and, also, as well as, besides, what’s more, furthermore, moreover, etc.
转折:but, yet, however, although, nevertheless, in spite of, after all, etc.
因果:because, as, for, since, for this reason, because of, so, therefore, thus, as a result, etc.
对比:or, otherwise, like, unlike, on the contrary, while, on the other hand, instead of, etc.
总结:in all, in brief, on the whole, in short, in general, in one word,