一 、表达思考, 犹豫
— Well, ---
— Let me see, ---
— How can I put it ?
— That’s interesting .
— Well, in fact ---
— That’s a difficult question .
— That’s a very big question to answer
— There are three main reasons , I suppose. First , ---second , ----and last----.
— That’s a tough question. I’m not sure about the answer, but there might be three solutions.
— I’m really fond of the question , you know---
— Well , I’m not sure . I’ll think it over.
Well, I’m trying to say is , too complicated to understand
二、 大胆询问, 正确理解题意
— Pardon ?
— I’m sorry , would you mind saying it again ?
— You are asking me to say something about ----, aren’t you ?
— I am afraid I don’t catch you words , could you say it again?
— Sorry , i don’t know what do you mean by ___?
— I am afraid I didn’t quite hear what you said,
— Sorry , I am not sure what you mean.
Could you speak a little ----, please ?
三、 有技巧地打断谈话
— Excuse me for interrupting , but---
— Sorry for interrupting , but ---
— May I say/add something here?
— May I ask a question ?
— By the way,----(change your subject )
四、及时纠正错误
— Well, what I’m trying to say is ---
— What I mean is ---
— The point I’m making is ---
— Let me put it in another way ,
— I another way, I mean,---
— That’s not quite what I mean. Actually , what I want to say is ---
— I think it might be more accurate to say ---
— Perhaps I should make that clear by saying ---.
五、礼貌询问意见
— I wonder what is you idea about ---.
— Would you like to talk about -----?
— What is you position on ---?
— I wonder if you could explain about---in more detail?
— What do you think of ---?
— Don’t you agree?
— How do you feel about---?
— What do you say ?
— Do you have any opinion on ---
— 六、 表赞同
— I think I’d accept you view on that.
— I think so , too.
— I can’t agree with you more
— That’s my opinion , too.
— I quite agree with you on that .
— That’s just what I was thinking .
七、 表不赞同
— Personally, I’d more inclined to agree with you, but –
— Personally, I tend to agree with you, but ---
— To be quite frank,
— I am not really sure if I’d agree with you in that .
— That’s not the way I see it .
— I’m afraid I cannot accept your argument .
— I’m afraid I have a different opinion .
八、返回原来话题
— To return the topic , ---
— To come back to the point that ---
— To go back to what you were saying about ---
— I might refer back to the problem we were discussing , I think ---
— You mentioned -----just now. well,---
套用句型(Part3 )
— 引言段
— A public debate has risen as to the phenomenon of ----
— Recently, there is a heated discussion on the issue of ---. Those who criticize ---argue that ---. They claim that ----. But people who firmly advocate ----. On the one hand , ----; on the other hand ,---.
— Nowadays , more and more people begin to realize /are aware of / notice the importance / significance / seriousness of the problem of education / pollution / unemployment .
— As ---develops,----
— Along with the development of ----, more and more ---
— In recent years,
— Now , it is commonly /generally/ widely believed /accepted/ that ---
— 正文
— My argument for this view goes as follows:
— There is considerable evidence in favor of ---.
— Firstly/ in the first place/ first of all/ to begin with/ in the first instance
— Secondly, in the second place
— Besides, in addition, furthermore, moreover,
— Finally , last of all, last but not least , in the last place
— To be frank, frankly, honestly speaking
— As the product of modern civilization, ___have been playing a vital part in the daily activities of human society .
— As to whether it is a blessing or a curse , however, people take different attitudes/ positions.
— There is a good side and a bad side to everything .
— Obviously, ---like everything else, ---have more than one face. While they are indispensable to mankind, they also bring us serious problems .
— There is no denying that ---
— 结尾
— In general / on the whole/ Generally
— All in all,
— In Brief, / in summary / in conclusion/ in short / In a word / to sum up/ to conclude
— Judging from all evidence offered , we may reasonably come to the conclusion that ----
— Taking into account all the factors , we may come to the conclusion that ---
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