以下是短文寫作中使用率最高、覆蓋面最廣的基本句式，每組句式的功能相同或相似，考生可根據自己的情況選擇其中的1-2個，做到能夠熟練正確地仿寫或套用。

　　12.套語

　　1)It’s well known to us that ...

　　2)As is known to us，...

　　3)This is a topic that is being widely talked about.

　　4)From the graph(table，chart)listed above，it can be seen that ...

　　5)As aproverb says，“Where there is a will，there is a way.?

　　例如：

　　As is well known to us，it is important for the students to know the world outside campus.

　　The reason for this is obvious.Nowadays，the society is changing and developing rapidly，and the campus is no longer an“ivory tower?.As college students，we must get in touch with the world outside the campus.Only in this way can we adapt ourselves to the society quickly after we graduate.

　　再如：

　　Does it pay to be honest?This is a topic that is being widely talked about and different people have different opinions on it.