Recent years have witnessed …

Recently, … has become the focus of the society / has become a common occurrence in our daily life.

…has been playing an increasingly important role in our day-to-day life.

Nowadays there is a growing concern for …

In recent years, there is a general tendency that …

Nowadays more and more people are beginning to beware of the seriousness of …

As an old saying goes… / There is an old / popular saying that…

Similarly / Likewise / By the same token, …

E.g. The clams were delicious.Likewise, the eggplant was excellent. （这些蛤蜊很好吃。茄子味道也很棒。）

The same is true of …

E.g. About six out of ten students in graduate schools are women. The same is true of today’s young adults who already have a degree beyond college.（现在研究生院中10个学生中有6个都是女生。这种情况同样出现在已经具有本科以上学历的年轻人中。）

Unlike / Instead of / Rather than…

On the contrary

Conversely, …

1. Given / In light of（由于）…, …

…as a consequence / result of（由于）…

E.g. Animals have died as a consequence of coming into contact with this chemical.（动物由于接触到这些化学物质而死亡。）

The main reason why … are as follows.

The first / second reason to do something is (that) …

Because of / Owing to / Thanks to…, …

For the sake of… / For someone’s own sake（为了）, …

...Thus, there are some dos and don’ts for us to help a class go smoothly. 

Besides, to..., several simple strategies can be followed in .... 

A make it convincing that…（A使得某件事情的发生是让人信服的）

E.g. In fact, the development of both Internet technologies and web-based education has made it convincing that one day online learning may replace the traditional classroom teaching.（事实上，互联网科技和网络教育的发展使得人们相信线上教学总有一天会替代传统的线下教学）

A make B almost inevitable （A导致B的出现几乎是不可避免的）

… is quickly taking in many territories（某事物迅速发展到很多领域）

There are different opinions among people as to 某话题. Some people believe / claim / suggest / argue / prefer that +观点. Others, however / in contrast, hold the opposite opinion.

Although / While more and more people come to believe +观点1, there are still others who insist that +观点2

On the one hand, people tend to (do something). On the other hand, they feel …

On the contrary, there are people in favor of …

From what has been discussed / mentioned above, we may conclude that …

Therefore, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that …

From all the reasons/consideration above, it is evident / clear / obvious that …

Taking into account all these factors, we may reach the conclusion that …

Given the reasons / consideration I have just outlined / discussed / presented, I strongly recommend that …