English Speaking Club: 2/17 Clarifying Opinions

English Club: Expressing, Asking for, and Clarifying

OpinionsAdvanced EnglishFebruary 17, 2016

CONTINUE: Expressing Opinions

Phrases to Express Your Opinions

• In my experience…• In my opinion…• Personally, I think…• I believe that…• I would suggest

that…

• In my view…• For me…• I am certain that…• It seems to me

that…• Without a doubt…

• It is thought that…• Some people say

that…• It is considered…• Generally…

Experience – досвідBelieve – вірити

Certain –

впевненийDoubt – сумнівConsidered –

вважаєтьсяGenerally – взагалі

Agreeing and Disagreeing with Opinions

Agree• Of course!• That’s a good point.• That makes sense.• That is logical.• I can’t argue with that.

Disagree• However…• I’m not sure about that.• The problem with that is…• But don’t you feel that…

Point – точкаSense – сенс

Logical – логічне

Argue – споритиHowever – протеSure – упевнений

Exercise I.

Reading English is more difficult than writing

English.

Exercise II.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the

day.

Exercise III.

Ghosts exist.

Exist – існувати

NEW TOPIC: Asking for and Clarifying Opinions

How to Ask for Opinions

• In your honest opinion…?

• If I said…?• What is your view on…?• Would you agree that…?• What are your feelings

about…?• Can you give me your

thoughts on…?• Am I right in thinking…?• Would it be logical to

say…?

Honest – чеснийView – погляд

Would – б

Feelings – почуття

Thoughts – думки

Logical – логічний

Asking for Clarification

• I’m sorry, could you repeat that?• Pardon?• What do you mean by…?• Could you give me an example?• Could you be more specific?• I’m not sure I understand your point.

Clarify – проясненняCould – міг

Mean – означати

Repeat – повторювати

Specific – конкретний

Example – приклад

How to Clarify Your Point or Idea

• Let me explain that in more detail…• In other words…• Let me put it in another way…• What I mean is…• What I’m trying to say is…• To clarify…

Explain – пояснюватиDetail – деталь

Another – інший

Way – спосіб

How to Clarify Someone’s Ideas

• So what you’re saying is…• What you’re trying to say is…• If I understand you, you’re saying that…• If I’m hearing you correctly…• So your idea is…

To hear – чути Correctly –

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