让你文章有层次的几个结构词

# 引入话题

There is an ongoing debate about + 具体讨论话题

There is an ongoing debate about the stature of a population and what it means for the prosperity and fairness of a nation, but I’m interested in shortness on an individual level. Our success as individuals does not depend on beating up other people or animals. Even if it did, in an era of guns and drones, being tall now just makes you a bigger target.

“就... 而言” speaking of

And yes, speaking of Tesla, today’s newsletter is partly about Elon Musk.

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# 逻辑让步

It's true that + 让步观点....But + 自己态度

It’s true that what may be the most important trend in my lifetime — historic progress against global poverty — has stalled because of Covid, climate change and the impact of the Ukraine war on global food prices. But it has not collapsed.

Sure + 让步观点.... But + 自己态度

Sure, I have my beefs with Hollywood, with its preachy output and woke agendas. Most of the shows I mentioned above pushed back against toxic masculinity, the punching bag du jour. But increasingly I think streaming is making us smarter, while social media is bringing out the goldfish in us.

assume + 让步观点.... But + 自己态度

Noncompetes were long assumed to apply mainly to high-level executives with access to sensitive corporate information. But their use has exploded in the past few decades, extending far beyond the boardroom.

one might figure + 让步观点.... Instead + 自己态度

Given all of this, plus the fact that his source material is a near-canonical piece of literature, one might figure White Noise for an awards juggernaut, or at least a solid contender. Instead, White Noise debuted at this year’s fancy film festivals to mostly tepid reviews. It’s arriving online rather quietly, as an end-of-year oddity rather than an instant magnum opus.

前面说了一个让步观点，+ “尽管如此（That said）”, 后面引入自己观点

That said, Musk has indeed been acting very oddly — and in ways that seem almost perfectly calculated to drive away his best customers.

（In theory +）理论观点，+ （in practice/reality）, 后面是实际情况

例子1 In theory, noncompete clauses promote investment and innovation by assuring companies that their employees can’t run off with valuable secrets. And, again in theory, workers should be paid more in exchange for agreeing to sign a contract that restricts their autonomy. But the reality looks very different. We know this because over the past few decades, several states restricted the enforceability of noncompete clauses to various degrees, usually because of court decisions. ...

例子2 Officially, colleges say that students can share as much about their mental health as feels comfortable. But in practice, it seems clear that schools are nervous about accepting adolescents who divulge psychiatric histories.

要注意上面不管是in reality 还是 in practice 前面都加上了 But

# 递进关系

前面简单说了以后，+ To delve a bit deeper, 后面细说‍‍‍

To delve a bit deeper, here’s a comparison — using data from Invictus and the American Community Survey — between Steuben County, a very Trumpy area southeast of Buffalo, and Westchester County, a wealthy and very Democratic New York suburb that includes Scarsdale:

“if you look into...”

I think, if you look into the deep motivations driving them, often, it’s like, 2023 is finally going to be the year that I transcend the human condition—the year I overcome the temptation to eat junk food, with more self-discipline than any human ever could have.

# 其他几个表示程度的词

“在很大程度上”

To a large extent Musk may simply be revealing who he always was — basically, a typical technology oligarch.

basically 在这里的使用也可以模仿下

“总的来说”

In general, authoritarian instincts and contempt for the little people are a lot more prevalent among the Silicon Valley elite than people realized when information technology still felt cool.

总结

分享比较多的还是 “让步 + 观点”的结构，主要也是因为社论性的外刊文章一般就是分析一些现象或者观点，而“分析”最起码要做到的就是从不同角度去论证，所以相关的表达也就遇到比较多了。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍