1. It seems to me (2) All things considered:当你已经仔细考虑过一种情形时,你可以使用两种表达中任意一种:All things considered, I think we made a wise choice in recruiting James.在我看来,引进新人才时,他们的花费比实际需求多很多。总的来看,我认为招聘詹姆斯是一个明智的选择。
3. In my opinion (4) In my view:这两个表达更加正式,并且通常在谈论重要问题时使用。In my view, they made a huge mistake in not selling the company when they had the chance.In my opinion, the Bank of England should not raise interest rates this year.在我看来,当他时却不卖是个重大的错误。在我看来,英国银行今年不应该增加利息。
5. I think 这是最常用、最普遍的表达意见的方式。正式和非正式情况下都可以使用。I think if you offer a consistently good service to your clients, they will keep coming back to you.我认为如果你给客户提供始终如一的优质服务,他们会一直选择你们的服务。6.I reckon一种更加非正式的表达意见的方式我认为坐火车去伦敦会更快。I reckon it will be much faster to get to London by train.
7. If you ask me当你的意见带有批评性质的时候使用这种表达。有时,人们甚至会在没有被询问意见的时候使用这个短语!-“依我看…”“但是我没有问你…”!If you ask me, she has spoilt her children far too much.依我看,她太过溺爱她的孩子了。8. To my mind (9) As far as I’m concerned当你意识到其他人可能不同意你的观点时,可以使用这两种表达中的任意一种:To my mind, private education is better than state education.依我看,私立教育比公立教育好。As far as I’m concerned, tennis is a much more interesting sport than football.就我而言,网球比足球有意思多了10.Frankly speaking这是一种更亲近和直率的表达意见的方式。Frankly speaking, I don’t know what she sees in him.坦白地说,我不知道她看上他哪一点。
11. To be honest (12) To tell you the truth (13) To be frank知道别人可能不喜欢你要说的话时,可以用这三种表达来给出你的意见。To tell you the truth, your father was right when he said that you undersold the company.老实告诉你,你父亲的判断是对的。To be honest, I preferred it when you were blonde.老实说,我更喜欢你金发的样子。To be frank, I thought her acting was simply terrible.坦白地说,我觉得他的表演很糟糕。14. Personally这个短语通常用来强调你标的的只是个人意见Personally, I think the CEO should apologize for his appalling behaviour at the shareholders’ meeting.就我而言,我认为总裁应该为他在董事会的恶劣行为道歉。这么多种表达意见的方式,都学会了吗?