欲扬先抑法
It is a truth universally acknowledged that most people search for jobs mainly to earn their livings, but for a person whose philosophy is broader, what he pursues, such as the sense of achievement as well as joy obtained from his vocation, is much more important than money. Thus, frankly speaking, money is definitely not the most important aspect in a job. I shall illustrate the point in detail from the following three aspects.
《傲慢与偏见》怎么开头的?It is a truth universally acknowledged that 是个钻石王老五就脚着取个好老婆才是真的好。
故事法
When I was young, I did as my mother taught me and said hello with a big smile to every acquaintance everywhere I went. One day, what I was returned with turned out to be a punch on my face. That was when I began to cast doubt upon the virtue of perpetual politeness and came to wonder whether I had better jump out of the very confinement and be a little bit tougher sometimes. After all these years, I come to realize that good as it is, politeness is not the virtue that a modern man needs to invariably embrace.Thus, I do not agree with the given statement that one should never be impolite to others, for it is a case by case analysis.
要想引出话题，还可以先讲个和话题相关的小故事。顺着题目说，小时候，我一直是多么有礼貌的，然后，为了引出分类讨论的观点，我们接着讲，但是，有一次，我为自己的彬彬有礼受了苦。看看，what I was returned with主语从句，以及体现出转折意味的turned out to be嵌入得多么自然。下一句，began to cast doubt upon与came to wonder平行，wonder的是什么呢，是whether是否采取和题目所述相反的做法更好。前面都是对题目观点的具体化描述，所以现在，该表明我们的立场了，我们就要把话头拉回来，回归概括性质的话。总体上，我们不同意题目的观点，因为就像前面的故事展示的那样，这是一个需要分情况讨论的问题。
提问法
Is there a good reason for a modern man to be impolite to others? In some people’s perception, the answer is negative, and while, there are quite a number of others whose collective answer turns out to be positive. I would like to adopt the combination of the two sides, for I believe that in most cases one needs to keep being polite to others, but under urgent circumstances it is fully justified in jumping out of the confinement of the doctrine of politeness.
反问或设问也是一种重要的开头方式。首先，把题目观点改写成反问句或疑问句。结合运用背景争议法，对于提出的问题，有的人认为答案是肯定的，有的人认为答案是否定的。我们自己的立场呢?我认为二者所言皆有一定道理，对于题目提出的问题，我们应该分情况分析，有时前者对，有时后者对。
引用法
Money, light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul. I do agree that money is the most important aspect in a job.
《洛丽塔》讲洛丽塔的事，所以一开头定下基调，洛丽塔，我生命之光，欲望之火，我的罪恶，我的灵魂。题目讲钱是一份工作最重要的方面，如果我们同意，要表达的就是钱就是最重要的，当然也可以说，钱，我生命之光，欲望之火，我的罪恶，我的灵魂。典雅有力，开门见山。
背景争议法
写开头段，我们一般的模式是背景争议法。现在大家都在讨论一个话题，有人认为A对，有人认为B对，我认为...。是不是过于没有创意呢。但是语言能改善这个不足。我们看下面的例子吧。
1. Some prefer to buy a technological device as soon as it is available, others prefer to get it after it has been adopted by many people. Which do you prefer?
In the modern world, we are bedazzled by a plethora of choices when it comes to technological gadgets as high-tech companies roll out new phones, cameras and new everything every few months to prey on our predilection for novelty. While some have a penchant for the adrenaline rush of getting hands on the newest gizmos, others have the patience to wait until the craze has abated. In my opinion, there is no point in getting a high-tech product immediately after it hits the stores.
2. Do you agree or disagree that two people can be friends if one has more money than the other?
In the charged debate over whether two people in decidedly different financial situations can be friends, some argue that it’s not the income that matters so much as having things in common, while others maintain that friendships can never work for people at two ends of the financial spectrum. Weighing both sides of the argument, I find it hard to escape the conclusion that friendships don’t bode well for the rich/middling dichotomy.