2016年大學英語四級寫作“我認為”的花式表達

　　1. I think

　　This is the most common and general way of giving an opinion. You can use it both informally and formally

　　· I think if you offer a consistently good service to your clients, they will keep coming back to you.

　　2. I reckon

　　This is a more informal way of giving your opinion:

　　·I reckon it will be much faster to get to London by train.

　　3. In my opinion

　　4. In my view

　　These expressions are more formal and are often used when talking about important issues

　　·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.

　　5. It seems to me

　　6. All things considered

　　When you’ve thought about a situation carefully you could use either of these two expressions

　　·It seems to me that they are spending more money than they need to to attract new talent into the company.

　　·All things considered, I think we made a wise choice in recruiting James.

　　7. If you ask me

　　This is used when your opinion is critical. Sometimes, people say this even when their opinion hasn’t been asked for! – “If you ask me,…..” “But I didn’t ask you….!”

　　·If you ask me, she has spoilt her children far too much.

　　8. To be honest

　　9. To tell you the truth

　　10. To be frank

　　All three expressions are a way of giving your opinion when you know that people may not like what you have to say

　　·To tell you the truth, your father was right when he said that you undersold the company.

　　·To be honest, I preferred it when you were blonde.

　　·To be frank, I thought her acting was simply terrible.

　　11. Frankly speaking

　　You would use this expression to give your opinion in a more familiar and forthright way.

　　·Frankly speaking, I don’t know what she sees in him.

　　12. Personally

　　This is used to emphasize that you are giving your own opinion

　　·Personally, I think the CEO should apologize for his appalling behaviour at the shareholders’ meeting.

　　13. To my mind

　　14. As far as I’m concerned

　　When you realise that other people may not agree with you you would use either of these expressions:

　　·To my mind, private education is better than state education.

　　·As far as I’m concerned, tennis is a much more interesting sport than football.