1(例子) What is interesting is…… 有趣的是……

(用法)这是个what is adj. is的结构套路，引导主语从句。千万别小看它，这比大多数immature的写作人滥用it is adj. that 要妥当自然多了。

(例丑) 有趣的是那些故事，包括诸如面向儿童的诗歌与传说这类纯小说类的作品，都较信息化导向的教科书更为普遍，发掘着深层次的情感，诸如爱情与痛苦，愤怒与容忍。

[KEY] What is interesting is that stories, including pure fictions such as poetry and tales for children, are more common than information-oriented textbooks, exploring deep emotions such as love and suffering, anger and tolerance.

讽刺的是尽管一个成年人永远不会彻底失去童年时代的想象力，然而不久我们不得不在现实下疲于奔命。

KEY] What is ironical is that although an adult should never completely lose the light of his childhood imagination, sooner or later we have to knuckle down(屈服认输，开始努力工作)

2. . Turn our attention to…… 将注意力转到……

(用法)常用在对比论证中，将此句置于短首或者转折处，由此引起对比于上文的论证或者辩驳。当然，更普遍用法等同于pay attention to

若我们将注意的焦点转移到现实中的事业上，由于并不是每个聪明的学生都能够受到最好的培训，从而可能的举措是建议我们的学生如何在有限的环境条件中表现得最佳。

[KEY] If we turn our focus to the reality of a career, since not every intelligent student arrives at the top training establishments, it might perhaps be wise to advise our students on how to make the best out of limited circumstances.

注意翻译技巧 挺特别的 不说receive 而是 arrive at a place

3. a fair and balance, yet undesirable decision

obvious yet not the most significant reason

expensive yet worthy course

slow yet indispensable process

A weird, entertaining, yet TRUE story..

Not that emails or telephones have made people less personal, but that people themselves have become less personal. One of several possible reasons is that people usually lack of adequate communicating skills.

unforeseeable negative consequence in the future.

History has to be vague and ambiguous, and is therefore/thus so interesting that many are obsessed by it, because people always cannot help knowing the truth.

历史必然模糊含混，也正是如此，它才那样有趣以至于很多人都被深深的吸引，因为人们总是忍不住要追寻真理。