Language Focus: Opinions and Reactions (观点与反应)

Asking for opinions (询问观点)

What do you think?

你有什么想法？

What’s your opinion?

你的意见是什么？

Giving Opinions (表达观点)

I think/feel/believe…

我认为/觉得/相信……

In my opinion, we should…

我认为，我们应该……

In my view…/My view is…

我认为……/我的观点是……

Commenting on opinions (评论观点)

That’s a good idea/an excellent idea.

这提议很好/太棒了。

That’s very interesting.

真是太有意思了。

I’m sure we’d all agree with that.

我敢保证所有人都会同意。

That’s a very good point/an important point.

这个观点很好/很重要。

Clarity of ideas (澄清观点)

I don’t see what you’re getting at.

我不明白你想要说什么。

I’m not sure what you mean.

我不明白你的意思。

I’m not sure what you’re saying.

我不理解你说话的意思。

It’s not clear what you mean.

我不太清楚你的意思。

Relevance of ideas (相关话题)

We’re missing the point.

我们偏离主题了。

We’re getting off the point.

我们跑题了。

Let’s get back to the main point.

让我们回到主题上来吧。

He/She has a good point.

他/她的提议很好。

Problems of time (时间问题)

We’re rather short of time.

我们没有多少时间了。

I’m afraid we’re running out of time.

恐怕超过预定时间了。

We’ll have to leave that to another time.

我们择日再讨论这个问题吧。

Giving someone the opportunity to speak (给人说话的机会)

We haven’t heard from Peter.

Peter还未发表过意见呢。

Can we hear what Sylvia has to say?

让我们听听Sylvia的意见，如何？

Just let Thomas finish.

让Thomas把话说完吧。

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实战篇

Meeting Practice

Group Work

Organize and run a meeting to brainstorm ideas for one of the following purposes:

1. To design a new logo for your company.

2. To decide on a value statement or mission statement for your company.

3. To agree on the most cost-effective method of learning languages.

4. To decide on the best incentive (reward, prize, bonus, etc.) to motivate employee performance.