2)Recently, there has been a heated debate (discussion) over whether or not sports stars can go to college or graduate school without taking the entrance exams.
　　3)The issue of whether or not students should take a part time job has been widely debated currently.
　　4)University merger, a hot topic on and off campus, is obviously a controversial problem.
　　5)Views on the issue in question vary widely from person to person.
　　6)Quite a lot of people hold/claim/argue/advocate/suggest that owning private cars is of great benefit, while others say/assume/maintain/stress that there may be problems with the increasing number of private cars.
　　7)On the surface of it, the above arguments seem nice and convincing, but on second thoughts, we may find that they can hardly hold water.
　　8)From the above discussion, I think that both sides of the argument are right in some way. However, I would like to take a more neutral position.
　　9)There is some truth in these arguments, but they overlook a deeper and more basic factor that…
　　10)Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but it is still my strong conviction that…
　　11)It is true that money can bring us a comfortable life, but it is not the only thing that we are seeking after.
　　12)As far as the personal insurance in China is concerned, I think, there is bound to be a bright future.