GRE写作笔记：文章正文

 　　可以用来论证的材料：历史事实、统计数据（注意用奇数，而且要再加上自己的评论和分析）、普通的例子、引用权威的话语、某些逸闻趣事

　　例子：

　　History offers many examples ....

　　Past experience has taught people that ....

　　Past two decades witnessed sweeping¹ changes

　　One recent example involves ....

　　According to a recent survey conducted by ..., 27% of college students ....

　　The report indicates that ....

　　A researcher at CSPS(Campus Students’ Problem Society) warns that ....

　　Professor A commented in his epoch-making masterpiece 书名，published in as early as 1993, that ...(with slight abridgement/adjustment/edition of mine)(and I paraphrase). His remarks reveals² a universal truth that ....

　　As the Chinese philosopher Kongzi(known as his Latinized name as Confucius)

1 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

2 reveals   

v.显示( reveal的第三人称单数 )；揭示；泄露；[神学]启示

参考例句：

• He reveals his innermost feelings only to his best friend. 他把最隐秘的想法只告诉最好的朋友。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The strong wind reveals the strength of the grass. 疾风知劲草。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》