在各种考试中,或者在其他英语实用场景中,我们经常需要就某一话题表达自己的观点。本期内容将从以下五个方面进行讲解:
Express your opinion
Make your statement stronger
Ask questions
Agree or disagree
Explain your opinion
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通常我们会用这么几个方式表达观点
I think …
I think Summer is the best season.
我认为夏天是最好的季节。
I guess …
I guess practice is the best way to learn English.
我觉得练习是学习英语最好的方式。
I believe …
I believe it will be raining later.
我确信待会儿就会下雨。
In my opinion, …
In my opinion, we should stop using the plastic bags.
我认为我们应该停止使用塑料袋。
From my point of view, …
From my point of view, garbage sorting should be implemented step-by-step.
我的观点是,我们应该逐步推行垃圾分类。
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为了使观点更加有力,我们可以使用形容词或者副词:
Strongly
I strongly believe the degree of air pollution will be intensified if we keep burning the garbage.
我坚信,如果我们继续焚烧垃圾,空气污染的程度将会加剧。
Honest
It’s the best album of the year, in my honest opinion.
在我看来,这才是年度最佳唱片。
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在对话中,为了使讨论能继续进行,或者能有意见交换,我们通常会问对方关于该话题的观点。可以使用如下问题:
What’s your opinion about …?
What’s your opinion about species extinction?
对于物种灭绝你怎么看?
What do you think of / about …?
What do you think about the decreasing market share of our product?
对于我们产品市场份额的减少,你怎么看?
How do you feel about …?
How do you feel about the change of people’s communicating way brought by social media?
你如何看待由社交媒体带来的人们沟通方式的变化?
I think …, what do you think?
I think the red cap is the nicest. What do you think?
我觉得这顶红色的帽子最好看,你觉得呢?
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在对话中,我们也会对对方的观点表示同意或者不同意
表示同意
I agree.
Right.
I think so.
表示不同意
I disagree.
That’s not right.
I don’t think so.
表示中立观点
I am not sure about that.
I partly agree with you.
Maybe.
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通常在表达自己的观点之后,应该进一步进行解释,以支撑自己的观点。
In my opinion, RocEnglish is great. They always share amazing English learning materials.
我觉得RocEnglish非常棒,他们总是分享很好的英语学习材料。
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Exercise
Express your opinions to answer the questions below.
What do you think of the social media?
What’s your opinion about the air pollution?
How do you feel about the online education?
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