Chris

Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.——Emerson知識是一座城堡，每個人都應為它增磚添瓦。 ——愛默生

9. 談論變化

More and more people in China are learning English.

The environmental problem is getting more serious.

There has been a rapid increase of farmers moving to the cities.

China's population has remained about the same over the last few years.

10.評價作用

Yes, computers play a big role in our lives.

Yes, I think it's an important issue for us in China these days.

Friendship is something we all take seriously,

In China we consider the family to be key to our society.

11. 總結規律

In most cases, divorce is something that both parties realize is necessary.

Generally (speaking), Chinese people love sports.

By and large, Chinese people are very respectful of the elderly.

On the whole, Chinese students receive a good education in the basics.

12. 表達觀點

Well, I know many people like it but I think it's wrong.

Yes, these days it is quite popular to go on these chat lines, but I think it's not very good.

A lot of people think the environment is getting better but frankly I think it's getting worse.

13. 駁斥觀點

I'm afraid it's wrong.

I don't think so.

I'm afraid what you think about…is not quite right.

Sorry, that's not at all right.

No, you've got it all wrong.

I think the information you have must be incorrect.

If I may say so, it is not the case.

If I may say so, you are mistaken there.

I'm sorry, there are some misunderstandings here.

It doesn't seem correct to say…

I can't accept that.

I couldn't agree with you less.

I don't think you're right there.

I'm not at all sure, actually,

That's not the way I see it.

I can't go along with your view.

On the contrary,

I can't say that I share your view of…

I'm afraid I can't accept your argument.

I'm not at all convinced by your explanation.

14. 舉例說明

Let me give you an example.

Take…for instance,…

An example of this would be…

And as evidence of that,…

Let me cite a few instances…

To exemplify this theory,…

To give you an example of this, take…for instance.

To illustrate my point,…

To make it clearer to you,

 …, such as…