Name: 用7種強化劑提高你的英語水平。 (Advance your English with 7 INTENSIFIERS)
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After teaching English for more than 30 years,
my goal in all my lessons is to help you to

So in the next few minutes you're going to be
able to take your English to a higher level

by learning seven advanced
expressions with intensifiers.

So let's start with this example
in a general situation.

We can say that, or we could
say: "Joan really likes music."

In this example, the word "really" is an intensifier,
and what an intensifier does is that it strengthens

She doesn't just like music, she really
likes music, and that's fine to say.

Doesn't matter, but maybe for those of you who
like to understand grammar, I'm just telling

All right, let's look at another
example from a business context.

The next example: "We really
appreciate your offer."

Now, again, the word "really"
was the intensifier.

But do we use only
"really" as intensifiers?

We use many, many other words because it would be
very boring to keep saying "really" all the time.

Also, "really" might be fine in this example
because it's kind of informal and conversational,

but here it's a little bit more formal, a
little bit more businesslike, so you want

to use better English, you want to use more
advanced English, and you want to use more

So, what do we usually say instead
of that with the verb "appreciate"?

We usually say something like this:
"We truly appreciate your offer."

Now, in this example, the word "truly"
is the intensifier instead of "really".

And the verb stays the same,
so that's "appreciate".

So, when you have an intensifier like "truly"
or "really" plus a verb, like "appreciate",

Or a word combination, two words which
are used together very frequently.

So people expect to hear them together.
All right?

So when you use them, you
sound much more natural.

You also sound a little bit more formal, more
polite, more educated, a little bit more refined

and cultured, and just
more advanced in English.

"I truly appreciate your offer", instead of
saying: "I really appreciate your offer",

then you're going to
sound more advanced.

Now, of course, it depends
on the situation.

If you're just talking to friends, maybe you
want to keep saying "really appreciate", but

I'm going to show you seven
other expressions...

Six other expressions-you've already learned
one, all right?-which you can use and which

are used very often in academic circles and
also in professional circles because you can

use these expressions in speaking and writing, you
can use them in social and business situations,

like especially in customer service, in meetings,
negotiations, presentations, discussions. Right?

And, of course, we can use them in a lot of
academic situations, like in your essays,

Imagine if you started using this kind of
vocabulary instead of regular vocabulary.

Of course you're going
to get higher marks.

So, let's look at some
of these expressions.

All right, so let's first start with an
overview of these six advanced expressions.

Don't worry about understanding
them or how to use them.

I'm going to explain that
in just a minute. Okay?

"Strongly", "honestly", "deeply", "fully",
"sincerely", "positively", and each of them

had a verb; "recommend",
"believe", "regret", etc. Okay.

Because these expressions, these two-word
combinations are used together, and they are

recognized as good
expressions to use together.

So let's go through them now so you
understand exactly how to use them.

So, the first one: "We strongly
recommend you back up your files."

You see this instruction very often
to do with your computer. Right?

So you don't want to lose
your files, so they tell you:

"We strongly recommend
you back up your files."

All right, another example: "I strongly
recommend you go to the hospital."

Now, I've used examples with "we" and "I", you can
use any pronoun, or name, or anything like that.

Or: "I honestly believe
you deserve a raise.

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