10天搞定雅思口语-Day 7 Giving and Justifying Opinions

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在雅思口语考试中，但凡你陈述的观点都需要进一说明，这个说明可以是：原因，解决方案或者是推断过程等等。举个例子：

I don’t think people should automatically be entitled to three holidays a year. [END]

如果这样草草收尾可不行。你需要进一步例证你的观点：

I don’t think people should automatically be entitled to three holidays a year, because companies may need their labour. As I see it, two holidays a year is acceptable, with any additional days off acting as an incentive for overtime.

下面是陈述观点和例证观点的技巧总结：

Expressing Opinions

Expression	Meaning	Example
Clearly Obviously	Easy to understand or see	Clearly, the economy is not going to improve this year.
Personally	Showing that it is your opinion	Personally, I don't think the legal drinking age should be reduced. Others may disagree.
Generally	Usually, or in most situations	Generally, the trains are a lot more reliable than the buses in my country.
Surprisingly	Unexpectedly or in a way that is unusual	Surprisingly, the government prohibited smoking in all public places last year. I never thought this would happen.
Inevitably	In a way that cannot be avoided	I didn't study much. Inevitably, I didn't get the score I needed.
Predictably	As expected	Predictably, problems are now occurring in the city because of overpopulation.
Frankly	To be honest and direct	Frankly, I wish I'd waited before taking the IELTS test as I'm not ready!
Sadly Regrettably Unfortunately	Unhappy, sad or sorry about something	Regrettably, my family could never return to their country because of the civil war.

Justifying Opinions

Across one sentence
Generally, the trains are a lot more reliable than the buses in my country...	+ Subject Verb: ...as the government has invested a lot of money into the system. ...because the government has... ...since the government has... ...due to the fact that the government has... + Noun Phrase: ...because of the government's investment of money into the system. ...due to the government's investment of... ...as a result of the government's investment of... ...as a consequence of the government's investment of...
Across two sentences
Generally, the trains are a lot more reliable than the buses in my country.vestment of...	+ Subject Verb: The reason for this is that the government... This is because the government has... This is due to the fact that the government has... + Noun Phrase: This is due to the government's investment of... This is because of the government's investment of... This is as a result of the government's investment of... This is as a consequence of the government's investment of...

我们用下面的例子来进一步巩固：

原句：

Personally, I agree with something my friend told me years ago – only boring people get bored. After all, there’s no point in travelling abroad if everything is the same as in your home country.

扩展：

Personally, I agree with something my friend told me years ago – only boring people get bored. After all, there’s no point in travelling abroad if everything is the same as in your home country. The whole point of an international education is to learn something about the world, to see how about people live.

原句：

It can be quite exciting to discover some of the cultural differences between nations anyway.

扩展：

It can be quite exciting to discover some of the cultural differences between nations anyway. For example, I’ve never heard of people cooking food under the earth before like they do with a hangi.

原句

I don’t really think much of the food though.

扩展：

I don’t really think much of the food though – it’s a little too greasy for me.

原句：

I much prefer food from my own country.

扩展：

I much prefer food from my own country, but I guess that’s mostly because it’s what I’ve grown up with, what I’ve become accustomed to.

原句：

Overall, though, I’ve really enjoyed the experience here.

扩展：

Overall, though, I’ve really enjoyed the experience here. Of course, I’ve learned better English from being here, but I also feel I’ve become more mature and have a more open-minded view of the world.

趁热打铁，我们做个小练习——进一步陈述下列观点。

1 New Zealand is a great place to study.

2 There is so much to do.

3 There are a lot of international students, especially in the major cities like Auckland and Christchurch, which can sometimes make it difficult to practise your English.

4 My advice would be to live in a homestay – that’s the best way to improve.

5 Some international students think that New Zealand is boring.

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