英语专业四级口语表达观点常用开头.doc

Expressing and finding out attitudes expressing one’s opinion I think,,, / I feel that… As far as I’m concerned… Asking for someone’s opinion Do you think that …? What do you feel / think about …? Are you sure that …? Giving reasons I think … is right because… …That’s why I feel that… … and so I think that… Asking for reasons Why? / Why do you think that…? What makes you feel that…? Defending one’s opinion Yes, but what I really mean is… What I’m trying to say is… On the contrary, I … What you said is really an argument for my point of view, I feel … Agreeing / supporting other people’s opinions Yes, that’s right. / That’s what I feel, too. I think so, too. / Exactly. I (fully) agree with you. X put it very well. I feel that X is right. X raised some good points. What X said are the most important …, I feel. Disagreeing / contradicting other people’s opinions I don’t agree. / I don’t think so. That’s not… / You can’t say that… That’s no proof. / But surely… / Oh no, … That’s not the point / question / problem… Stating whether something is right or wrong True. Wrong. That’s right. That isn’t right. That’s it exactly. Absolutely not. Expressing certainty and uncertainty, probability and possibility I’m absolutely certain that… I’m sure that… There is definitely… There may be… Perhaps… …might… I’m not at all sure if… … could be… I don’t think that… … is not very likely. That could / may / might happen. … is not possible. If A happens X will come. If A happened X would go. Making comparisons … is not as…as… …are as…as… … is a much more important … than… … are less important than… There are far fewer / not as many arguments for … as against… You can’t compare…with… You have to compare…with… Making conjectures C could be a … / C looks like … I think / feel that … / … makes me think of… Expressing interest or indifference I’m interested in … I’d like to k now more about… I’d like to know