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Useful Expressions for Oral Communication

1. EXPRESSIONS FOR SUMMARIZING
The story is about _______
The professor talked about ______
And then he discussed ________
She explained ……
He gave us the example of …
She told us …
He said that …
After that he wrapped up with …

2. EXPRESSIONS THAT SIGNAL THE BIG PICTURE OF A LECTURE
First, we’ll look at ______ and then we’ll move on to look at ______
I’m going to cover ______ and then ______
We’ll discuss several reasons for ______
I’m going to give you a few examples/types of ______
Today, I’m going to look at two aspects of ______
Now, what I want to do is discuss the causes of ________
We’ll look at several ways that _______
What I want to do today is to compare _____ and _____
I want to give you some background on ______

3. EXPRESSIONS FOR ENTERING A DISCUSSION
I’d like to say something here.
I’d like to comment on that.
Can I say something here?
Can I add something to that?
I have a question about that.
I’d like to add my two cents.

4. EXPRESSIONS FOR KEEPING A DISCUSSION FOCUSED
I think we’re getting off the topic/subject.
Could we go back to _______?
I think we’re getting off track.
Maybe we should get back to the question.
Let’s get back on track.
Maybe we could talk about that later.
Let’s stay focused.
That’s a good point, but for now let’s stay with …

5. EXPRESSIONS FOR ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION
What does everyone else think?
Has everyone shared their ideas?
Sam, what do you think?
Sam, can you add something here?
Sam, how do you see the situation?
What do you think, Sam?
How about you, Sam? What do you think?
We haven’t heard from Sam yet.
Let’s hear from some others in the group.

6. EXPRESSIONS FOR COMING TO A CONSENSUS
Does everyone agree?
So, is everyone satisfied with this?
Does anyone have anything to add?
Let’s take a vote. Raise your hand if you agree with this idea.
We’re going to have to compromise. Maria, how strongly do you feel about _____?
What can we all live with?

7. EXPRESSIONS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISCUSSION
I think it was interesting that …
I think/feel …
I noticed that …
In my opinion, …
I was wondering if …
To me, …
_______ is a good example of _______
_______ is really important/interesting because …

8. EXPRESSIONS THAT SIGNAL A NEW IDEA OR TOPIC
Let me start with …
Next, let’s talk about …
I want to focus on …
Now …
First, let’s look at …
What I want to discuss now is …

9. EXPRESSIONS THAT SIGNAL THE END OF ONE IDEA OR BEGINNING OF A NEW IDEA
Now that we have talked about _____, let’s talk about …
Let’s move on to …
That’s enough about ______. Let’s go to the next point.

10. PHRASES TO USE FOR INTERRUPTING
Excuse me, …
I’m sorry, …
Before we go on, …

11. QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
Could you repeat that?
Could you say that again please?
Could you explain that?
What does that mean?
What does that word mean?

12. EXPRESSIONS FOR ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION
Could you explain more about …?
Could you tell me more about …?
Give me an example of ….
Could you explain that in more detail?
What’s the difference between _____ and _____?
How does that work?
What do you mean by that?
What’s an example of that?

13. EXPRESSIONS THAT SIGNAL A DEFINITION
that is, …
in other words, …
X, or _______
X, meaning _______
By X, I mean ________
X is the term for _______
X means ________
What I mean by X is _______
What I mean when I say X is _____

14. EXPRESSIONS THAT SIGNAL AN EXAMPLE
For example/instance, …
Take X, for example.
Here is a perfect example of what I mean.
Here are some examples of …
Let’s look at a couple of examples of …
To illustrate, let’s look at …
Such as …
Like …
Let’s say …
Take something like …

15. EXPRESSIONS FOR AGREEING AND DISAGREEING
I agree with _______, …
That’s a good point, …
I agree with ______’s point, …
S/he’s right, …
I think _____ has the right idea, ….

I’m afraid I don’t agree, …
I’m sorry, but I have to disagree, …
I disagree with ______, …
No, I don’t think that’s true, …
I see your point, but …
Perhaps you’re right about ______, but I can’t agree with you on …

16. EXPRESSIONS THAT SIGNAL AN EXPLANATION
Let me explain …
What I mean is …
How does this work? …
Let me spell this out …
So I hope you can see how this explains _______.
Let me clarify …
Let’s look at how this works….
I want to show you how _____ works …
Let me show you what I mean …

17. EXPRESSIONS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR OPINION
Let me tell you why …
Let me give you an example …
and the reason is …
because …
for the following reasons: …

18. EXPRESSIONS THAT SIGNAL AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION
Listen to this: …
This is important/key/crucial.
You should write this down.
Let me repeat that, …
I’ll say that again, …
I want to point out that …
I want to stress that …
It’s important to note that …
Pay attention to this: …
I want you to notice that …
The bottom line is …
Here’s the bottom line: …
This will be on the test.

19. EXPRESSIONS FOR CONNECTING OTHERS’ IDEAS
My idea is similar to Tom’s.
My idea is a lot like Tom’s idea.
I agree/disagree with what Tom said.
I agree/disagree with Tom that …
As Tom already said/point out, …
I’d like to go back to what Tom said. I …
Going back to what Tom said before, I …
Tom said ________, and I like to add …

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※ 作者: TL 時間: 2014-10-06 18:51:04