2) The problem with this kind of logic, however, is … 然而，这种逻辑的问题是…
3) This doesn’t mean that we should automatically … 这并不意味着我们应自动地…
4) …, but there is no reason to believe that … …，但没有理由相信…
5) To (believe) that … is the most (ridiculous) thing. 相信…是最可笑的事情。
6) If it’s a fact that …, is it then …? 如果…是事实，那么是否…?
7) But the most important argument for something is that … 但是关于某事的最重要的争论是…
8) What is the point of … …的意义何在?(e.g. What’s the point of being rich?)
9) Will it be a big help in doing something? 做某事是对…的极大帮助吗?
10) The point is … 关键是…
11) As far as something is concerned, … 就某事而言，…
12) A close inspection of these arguments would reveal how groundless they are. 仔细审察这些论点，就会发现它们是站不住脚的。
13) What will happen to something is impossible to predict, not least because we … 会发生什么事情是难以预料的，这不仅仅是因为…
14) Have you noticed what this is doing to somebody? 你是否注意到这正在对某人产生的影响?
15) It strikes me as (silly). 在我看来很愚蠢。
16) The point is to do something. 关键是做某事。
17) It isn’t unusual for somebody to do something 某人做某事并不是不同寻常。
18) It was obvious that … 很显然…
19) It is a misfortune, for most of us, that … 对我们大多数人来说，这是我们的不幸。
20) It is more important to do something than to do something. 做某事比做某事更重要。
21) Doing something is largely a matter of doing something. 做某事很大程度上是做某事。
22) What is the value of doing something? 做某事的价值是什么呢?
23) There is certainly nothing wrong in this if we … but … 如果我们…在这一点上肯定没有什么错。但是…
24) There is some element of truth in these arguments, but they ignore a basic fact that … 在这些论点中有一些真理，但他们忽视了一个基本的事实，即…
25) Today it is not unusual for somebody to do something. 今天某人做某事不是不同寻常。
