your opinion. So this video is very useful for anyone who will be writing the IELTS exam,

表達自己的意見。這部影片對於任何將要應試雅思測驗、

the TOEFL exam, as well as anyone who wants to become a better speaker or a better writer.

或是要考托福、或是任何一位想讓談話更流暢或寫作功力更好的人，都非常實用

Okay, so in this video we will first look at some common expressions we use to give

好的，所以在這部影片中，我們會先看一些較常見的表達意見的方式，

our opinion, and we will look at ways to strengthen these expressions to make them stronger and

接著，我們會看到該如何加強這些表達的語氣，讓我們的措辭更強而有力

to show that we feel very strongly or not so strong about something.

地來表達出我們對某些事物較強烈或不強烈的感受

Okay, so let's begin. I have here the most common way to give your opinion: "I think..."

好的，那麼我們開始吧。這裡寫的是，你用來表達意見最常見的方式：「我覺得...」

So why do I have an "x" here? Well the problem is students overuse "I think..." "I think

為什麼我在這裡畫一個「x」呢？問題出在於，學生們太常使用"I think..."「我覺得這個，

this, I think that, I think this, I think that." It gets very boring. And so if you're

我覺得那個，我覺得這個，我覺得那個。」這會讓表達顯得很無趣。所以，如果你要應考

doing the TOEFL or the IELTS, the problem with using "I think..." is you're going to

托福或是雅思，使用 "I think..." 的問題在於，你會得到較低的分數

get a lower mark because that's considered basic English usage. So in order to get a

因為這被認為是最基本的英文用法。因此，為了要得到

higher mark or if you're just interested in becoming a better speaker or writer, I've

較高的分數，或如果你只是對於成為一個更好的演講者或筆者有興趣的話，

listed some expressions that will really help aid you in expressing your opinion. So let's

我已經列出了一些表達方式，這些可以真正的在你想表達自己的意見時，幫助到你。那麼

look at some other expressions you can use. And these all pretty much mean "I think..."

我們就來看些其他你所能用的措辭吧！而這些全都代表著「我覺得...」

So the first expression: "As far as I'm concerned," okay? "As far as I'm concerned,...". Okay,

第一是： "As far as I'm concerned," 可以嗎？ "As far as I'm concerned,..."，好的，

one question you often get on IELTS, on TOEFL is: "Should boys and girls go to the same

你時常在雅思測驗或托福測驗中，會得到的一個問題是：「男孩和女孩應該同校一起相處，

school or should they go to different schools?" What I could say or I could write: "As far

還是他們應該被分開，各自去念男校及女校？」我可以說或可以寫的是：「就我而言，

as I'm concerned, boys and girls should go to separate schools." Okay? One thing that's

男孩和女孩應該去不同的學校。」好的，一個你必須知道的重要事情是：

important to note: there's a comma. "As far as I'm concerned," and then you write your

這裡有個逗號，"As far as I'm concerned," 接著你接上你的

opinion. Okay? Our next expression: "In my opinion,..." This

意見，好嗎？我們的下一個是："In my opinion,..." 這比

is better than "I think" -- it's still a bit overused though. So I would recommend using

"I think" 還要好一些...雖然這也有點太常被使用了。所以，我會比較

some of these other expressions. But "In my opinion,..." is still okay to use, just don't

推薦用這些其他的句型。但是， "In my opinion,..." 還是可以拿來用，只是不要

use it too often. "In my opinion, in my opinion," -- I guess if we use the same example as before

太常使用，「據我看來，據我看來」...我猜如果我們用和先前一樣的例子...

--, "boys and girls should go to separate schools." Okay?

「男孩和女孩應該要分開去不同的學校」可以嗎？

Our next expression, again, it means the same thing as "I think...", it's just a nicer way

下一個措辭，一樣的，它的意思也是「我覺得...」，這只是比較

to say it. I've given you two options. You can say: "It seems to me that..." or "It appears

友善的說法，我給了你兩個選擇。你可以說： "It seems to me that..." 或 "It appears

to me that..." These are excellent to use in writing. So if you're doing the TOEFL essay

to me that..." 這在寫作中非常的好用，所以，如果你在寫托福的短文

where you give your opinion on something, agree or disagree essay, or the IELTS essay

當你需要給出你的意見，同意或不同意的短文；或是在寫雅思的短文時，

this is a good one to use. One question that's often asked in the TOEFL

這都是很好用的一種寫法，一個托福常見的問題

and I think also the IELTS: "Do parents make the best teachers? Do you agree or disagree?"

我想雅思應該也是：「家長是最好的老師嗎？你同意或是不同意？」

So I could say: "It seems to me that parents do make the best teachers.", "It seems to

我可以說：「在我看來，家長是最好的老師。」、「在我看來，

me that parents do not make the best teachers." Notice one other thing about this expression,

家長並非最好的老師。」注意一下這個句型的一個差異

whereas we have a comma here and here, "It seems to me that..." there's no comma. Okay?

儘管我們這裡和這裡都有一個逗號，"It seems to me that..." 這裡是沒有逗號的。可以嗎？

So any time we have "that", you don't have to worry about a comma.

因此，只要我們有"that" ，你就不需要擔心是否要有逗號

Okay, our next expression: "I would argue that..." So again, we have "that", no comma.

好的，我們的下一個是："I would argue that..." 一樣的，我們有"that"，所以不用逗號

"I would argue that the death penalty is not a good form of punishment." Often times, the

「我認為死刑並不是一個好的懲罰方式。」時常，托福測驗

TOEFL may ask you if you agree or disagree with the death penalty. You could use: "I

會問你，你是否同意死刑，你可以說：「我認為

would argue that the death penalty is the best way to deal with criminals." So it all

死刑是處理罪犯們最好的一個方式。」這都

depends on your opinion, but you can either agree or disagree with this statement.

倚賴於你的想法，但你可以同意或不同意這段陳述的說法

Another way to say "I think...": "From my point of view," or "From my perspective,"

另一種說「我覺得...」的方式： "From my point of view," 或是 "From my perspective,"

Okay? Notice we have a comma for both of these. "From my point of view," okay, so now I'm

可以嗎？注意這兩句都有逗號。「根據我的觀點，」好的，這次

not going to use an IELTS or TOEFL example, I'm going to use a superhero example. "From

我不用雅思或托福測驗的例子，我要用超級英雄的例子。

my point of view, Cyclops is a horrible superhero." So again, just for anyone who likes to argue,

「根據我的觀點，獨眼巨人是一個非常糟糕的英雄。」再一次的，對於任何想表達意見的人

this is a good one to use. The last one is a very high formal way of

這是一個很好的選擇，最後一個，是一個非常正式的方法

saying your opinion. "I am inclined to believe that..." So you wouldn't use this with your

來訴說你的意見。"I am inclined to believe that..." 你不會對你的朋友們

friends. If you have an argument with your friends, maybe you're talking about the best

用上這句話，如果你和你的朋友們在爭論，或是你們在說

place to live in the world or the best place to travel to, if you said: "I'm inclined to

世界上最棒的居住地點，或最棒的旅行地，如果你說：「我傾向於

believe that France is a great place to visit." Your friends would find your language too

相信法國是最棒的造訪地。」你的朋友們會覺得你用的詞語太過於正式了

formal. But you can use this in writing, in formal writing. If you're writing the TOEFL

但你可以將這用在寫作上，在正式的寫作文章上，如果你是在寫托福

or the IELTS, you can use this expression. And again, at the end we have "that", we don't

或雅思的測驗，你就可以用這個，同樣的，在最後面有"that" 這個字，因此並不需要

have a comma. Okay? So be aware that if you use any of these expressions with "that",

逗號，可以嗎？所以，要注意，如果你用的是有 "that" 這個字的句型

when you write them you do not need a comma whereas for the other ones that don't have

當你在寫作時，你不需要加上逗號，反之，如果是其餘沒有 "that"的那些

"that", use a comma and then write if you agree, or disagree, or what you think.

加上逗號，並接著寫你是同意、不同意、或是其他的想法

Okay, so now we're going to look at some commonly spoken expressions. These were written expressions

好的，現在，我們要去看一些常用的口語表達方式，這些是寫作用的

-- or you can speak them --, now we're just going to look at some spoken expressions.

或你也可以用說的，現在我們要去看一些口語上的表達方式

Okay, so in the IELTS there is a speaking section where you talk to an examiner and

好的，所以在雅思測驗中，有一個口說的部份，你需要和主考官說話

what they're looking for is normal language use. So they want you to use everyday language,

他們在這部分注重的是正常的言語表達方式，因此，當你在說明或給予你自己的意見時，他們會希望你用日常生活中會用到的字詞、

everyday expressions when you speak and give your opinion. They don't really want you to

日常生活中會用的表達方式，他們並不想要你用

use very high academic, high level, pompous language; I don't know a better way to put

非常學術、高等、華麗的詞語，我不知道該怎麼更好的來描述這個

it. They don't want you to use complicated language. They want you to use everyday language

他們不想要你用太過複雜的方式來陳述，當你和主考官對話時，

when you talk to the examiner. So I have here four expressions. So whether

他們想要你用日常的會話，我這裡有四種表達方式，不管

you want to improve your speaking and become a better conversationalist with your friends

你是想要增進你的口說，並和你的朋友們成為一位更好的談話者

or do well on the IELTS speaking section, these four expressions are really good for

或你是想在雅思的口說測驗上得高分；當你用這四種表達方式

giving your opinion when you say it, not when you write it.

都會讓你訴說自己的意見時，變得更為流暢，但不是用來寫作時用的

So the first one I have: "If you ask me, _______." "If you ask me,

第一個是："If you ask me, _______."「如果你問我，

Star Trek is better than Star Wars." Now of course that's not an academic example; they

《星艦迷航記》會比《星際大戰》還要好。」當然的，這不是一個學術類的例子，他們

would never ask anything like that on the IELTS. They'd probably ask you: "Do you think

不會在雅思測驗上問像這樣的問題，他們可能會問你：「你覺得

books are better than movies?" Or "Do you think living in a city is better than living in a town?"

書本會比電影還要好嗎？」或「你覺得住在城市裡，會比住在小鎮中要好嗎？」

Another way to give your opinion: "To be honest, _______."

另一種說明你的意見的方式是："To be honest, _______."

-"To be honest, I think living in a city is better than living in a small town."

「老實說，我覺得住在城市比住在小鎮中好。」

-"Personally speaking, I think city life has more to offer than country life."

「就個人來說，我覺得城市生活比鄉村生活來的有趣。」

-"From what I gather, people enjoy living in a city more than they enjoy living in the

「我的推測為，和住在鄉村比起來，人們較享受居住在城市中。」

country." Okay? So these are all just spoken ways to

可以嗎？這些全都是用說的方式

give your opinion.

來給予出你自己的意見

Okay, another way to score high on both the TOEFL and the IELTS, this has to do with both

好的，另一種讓你在托福和雅思中都可以獲得高分的方式，這可以用在

the written section and the speaking section, is to show contrast with other people's opinions.

寫作方面，也可以用在口說方面；就是與其他人的意見形成對比

Okay? So instead of just saying: "I think that this is good because...", "I think that

可以嗎？所以，與其只說：「我覺得這很好，因為...」或「我覺得這很糟糕，

is horrible because..." A better thing to do is contrast your opinion with other people's

因為...」一種更好的方式是：將你自己的意見，與那些你不同意的人的意見

opinions who you disagree with. So you may say something like: "Some people may disagree

形成對比。你或許會說：「有些人可能不同意我的想法，

with me, but as far as I'm concerned... As far as I'm concerned..." --what's a good example?

但就我而言...就我而言...」有什麼好的例子呢？

-- "Travelling by car is better than travelling by airplane." Okay?

「開車旅遊比搭飛機旅遊還要好。」可以嗎？

And when you contrast, words that they'll be looking for that will help boost your mark:

當你陳述出對比時，他們會去尋找能幫助你強調你的不同的詞語：

"although", "even though". So these are contrast words that can really help you in writing.

「雖然」、「即使」。這些對比詞可以在寫作中幫你很多

So you could say: "Although some people may disagree with me," -- you get rid of the "but"

你可以說：「雖然有些人可能不同意我的看法，」–如果你用了這兩個字中的一個，

if you use one of these two words. -- "Although some people may disagree with me, as far as

你要把 "but"（但是）去掉 –「雖然有些人可能不同意我的看法，就我而言

I'm concerned watching Lord of the Rings, all three episodes back-to-back is a bad idea.",

看魔戒時，全部的三部曲連著看不是個好主意。」

"Even though some people may think that making a lot of money is great, I think that there

「即使有些人會認為賺很多的錢很棒，但我覺得有其他

are other important things to life."

對生活也很重要的事。」

So these are just various opinions. They ask you all sorts of different things on the IELTS

這裡有很多不同的想法，雅思測驗和托福測驗會問你

and the TOEFL. But if you can use "although", "even though"... and it's two parts. So the

各式各樣不同的東西，但如果你可以用「雖然」、「即使」...這裡有兩個部分，

first part is what other people think, comma if you're writing this, and then you have

第一部分是其他人的想法，逗點，如果你在寫作的話，接著你可以接個

an opinion expression: "as far as I'm concerned...", "in my opinion...", "I believe..." and then

意見表達用的用字：「就我而言...」、「據我來看...」、「我相信...」再接

you say what you think. So this will really help your IELTS or TOEFL mark.

你自己的想法。這真的可以在雅思測驗及托福測驗的評分上幫你很多

So sometimes when you're asked your opinion, people want to know if you agree or disagree

有時，當你被問到你自己的意見，大家想知道你是贊成或不贊成

with a statement, and they want to know: how much do you agree or disagree? So one question

這個陳述時，他們也想知道：你多贊成，或多不贊成？因此，一個你

you will often see on IELTS or TOEFL, they'll say a statement, so for example: "Do you think

常常在雅思或托福測驗上見到的問題是，他們會說出一個陳述，例如：「你覺得

people with more money are more successful in life?", "To what extent..." -- or sorry,

人越有錢，就代表人生越成功嗎？」、「在什麼程度上...」–或，抱歉，

they'll say: "People in life with more money are more successful." So they'll say a statement,

他們會說：「人們越有錢人生越成功。」他們會說一個陳述

and then they'll ask: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?"

然後他們會問：「你同意或不同意這段對話到什麼程度？」

It's a very common essay question in both the TOEFL and IELTS.

這是在托福測驗和雅思測驗都非常常見的短文問題

So what we're going to look at now is: how can we add a degree to our answer for our

那麼，我們現在要接著看的是：我們該怎麼將程度加到我們的回答上，

opinion? Okay? So where you see the blue: "somewhat", "partially", "I suppose I _______",

來表達我們的意見呢？好的。在你看到標示藍色的地方："somewhat"、 "partially"、 "I suppose I _______"

I'll go over those in a minute, but these are all ways to say: "Uh, I kind of agree."

我等等會馬上說到這些，但這些都是在說明：「嗯，我很同意。」

So you're not strong in what you're saying; you're kind of on the fence. Whereas if you

你對於你所說的，沒有太強烈的語氣；你是站在中立的地方，然而，如果你

see this red line: "I am confident that...", "absolutely", "totally", "strongly", "completely",

看到紅線的地方： "I am confident that..."、 "absolutely"、 "totally"、 "strongly"、 "completely"

this section is when you're very sure of your opinion; you feel very strongly about something.

這個部分是，當你非常確定你的想法；你對某事物有非常強烈的觀感時用的

Okay? So let me give you some examples. So the example I just gave: "People with more

可以嗎？讓我給你個例子，這是我剛剛才給的：「人越有錢代表

money are more successful. Do you agree or disagree, and to what extent do you agree

越成功。你同意或不同意這個說法，並說明同意或不同意的

or disagree?" So what I could say is: "I somewhat agree." Meaning not 100%, but I agree a little

程度。」我可以說：「我有點同意。」代表著，不是 100% ，但我有一點點同意；

bit; I somewhat agree. "I partially agree." Could also say: "I suppose I agree with that

我有點同意，「我部份同意。」也可以說：「我想我同意這個

statement." "I suppose I agree that people with more money are more successful." But

主旨。」「我想我同意：人越有錢代表越成功這句話。」但

again, this shows you're not 100% sure.

再重申一次，這代表你不是 100% 同意

Whereas if I say: "I am confident that people with more money are more successful." It means

然而，如果我說：「我相信人越有錢代表越成功。」這代表

you're sure. "I absolutely agree that people with more money are more successful." In this

你很確定，「我完全同意，人越有錢代表越成功這句話。」

case, with "absolutely", you probably wouldn't write this, but this is a good thing to say

在這種情況下，加上"absolutely"，你可能不會這麼寫，但這對

to maybe an IELTS speaker. Same with "totally" -- it's not formal English, you wouldn't use

雅思的測驗來說，是個很好的說話方式，和 "totally" 一樣，這不是正式英語，你不會將這個

this in an essay, but in speech you might say: "I totally agree with that statement."

用在短文裡，但在演說中，你可能會說：「我完全同意這個說法。」

"Strongly" can be used in an essay. "I strongly agree that teachers are very important to

"Strongly" 這個字可以用在短文中，「我非常的同意：老師們對於

the education system." "Completely", again, like "totally" and "absolutely" is... you

教育機制來說非常的重要，這個說法。」"Completely"，一樣的，意近於 "totally" 和 "absolutely"是...

wouldn't use it in academic writing so much. You would use it in speech if in the IELTS

你不會在學術寫作中用到，你會在演說中用到它，如果在雅思測驗中

exam somebody asked you your opinion, you might use "completely", "totally", or "absolutely".

有人想你詢問你的意見，你或許會用"completely" 、"totally"或 "absolutely"

So the reason I'm telling you that these are good... you can get higher marks on both the

我會告訴你這用詞很好是因為...如果你將它們加在你的意見上，陳述程度的話

TOEFL and the IELTS if you add a degree to your opinion. So instead of just saying: "I

就可以幫助在托福和雅思測驗上得高分，所以，與其只說：「我

think..." it's good to use one of the expressions I taught you. "As far as I'm concerned,",

覺得...」可以用我教你的句型中的任一種的話，會更好， 「就我而言，」、

"If you ask me," these are all great expressions, as well as it's good to give a degree to the

「如果你問我，」這些都是很好的表達技巧，也是用來說明程度的

expression. -"How much do you agree?" -"Strongly", "Somewhat", "Completely". Okay? So if you

很好方式。–「你多同意呢？」–「強烈地」、「有些」、「完全地」，可以嗎？所以，如果你問我，

ask me, anyone who uses these tips, they are going to improve their mark for the IELTS

不論任何人，只要用了這些訣竅，他們的雅思和

and the TOEFL. I am confident of that.

托福測驗的成績都會進步嗎？我有信心

If you want practice to make sure that you understand these expressions and can use them

如果你想練習，來確定你都理解了這些表達方式，並可以正確地

correctly in a sentence, come visit our website at www.engvid.com. Okay? Until next time,

將他們運用在句子當中，請來造訪我們的網站 www.engvid.com ，好嗎？直到下次之前

good luck and take care.

祝你好運，還有，保重