1.通過(guò)媒體報(bào)道把問(wèn)題呈現(xiàn)在讀者面前，引發(fā)思考

　　例如在寫關(guān)于該不該禁煙的話題時(shí)，可以這樣開頭：

　　A recent study conducted by Zhongshan University has found that the number of smokers has been increasing sharply over the pastfive years. Research findings also reveal that the incidence of smoking-related conditions has soared. As a result, the ban on smoking has been in the spotlight.

　　中山大學(xué)最近做的一個(gè)研究表明，在過(guò)去五年里，吸煙人數(shù)急劇上升。研究結(jié)果同時(shí)顯示，吸煙導(dǎo)致的疾病發(fā)病率也急劇增長(zhǎng)。因此，禁煙成為一個(gè)熱點(diǎn)話題。這個(gè)開頭通過(guò)媒體報(bào)道把問(wèn)題呈現(xiàn)在讀者面前，從而引出吸煙比例急劇上升造成的危害，引發(fā)讀者思考。

　　2.提出有爭(zhēng)議性的問(wèn)題，激發(fā)讀者興趣，使其積極參與討論

　　例如在寫到警察是否應(yīng)該持槍這篇文章時(shí)作者說(shuō)：

　　If police in the U.K. are able to go without guns and not have crime getting completely out of control then they have already set a fine example that other countries should follow. The fact that they are able to do this is an indication of their ability to control the flow of guns to the general populace and this makes citizens safer than anything else. To a civilian, taking guns away from criminals is more important than giving them to police.

　　提出這個(gè)有爭(zhēng)議的話題，激發(fā)讀者的興趣，使讀者積極參與到討論中來(lái)，讓大家各抒己見進(jìn)行討論。

　　3.引起讀者興趣的話題

　　例如在寫關(guān)于體罰的話題文章時(shí)，采用這樣一個(gè)開頭：

　　It is reported that a boy in Zhuhai was beaten to death by his father on Father' Day. Ample evidence also shows that children who are frequently abused by their parents or teachers tend to be introver ted, pessimistic, indifferent and even world-weary. Recently, there has arisen a fierce argument on whether corporal punishment should be abolished. Teachers, parents and exper ts take diverse attitudes towards this issue.

　　據(jù)報(bào)道在父親節(jié)那天，珠海有個(gè)小男孩被爸爸打死了。充分的證據(jù)也顯示，經(jīng)常遭父母或老師虐 待的小孩往往比較內(nèi)向、悲觀、冷漠甚至厭世。近來(lái)關(guān)于是否應(yīng)該廢除體罰出現(xiàn)了一場(chǎng)激烈的爭(zhēng)論，老師、家長(zhǎng)和專家各執(zhí)一詞。

　　當(dāng)讀者看到這個(gè)話題時(shí)產(chǎn)生了濃厚的興趣進(jìn)而引起了對(duì)這件事情的思考。