Opinion Essay
учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку

I. Вступление.

Формулировка проблемы:

-        Nowadays it is impossible to imagine…

-        (Nowadays) there is an opinion that…

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II. Высказываем свое мнение по проблеме:

-        In my opinion,…

-        I am convinced that…

-        It is true/clear that..

-        I believe

Приводим 2-3 аргумента в поддержку своего мнения и раскрываем их:

-The main argument in favour of my opinion is…

- Firstly,

- To begin with,

- To start with,

- Secondly,

- Thirdly,

- Finally,

- In addition,

- Furthermore,

- What is more,

- Also,

- Apart from this,

- Moreover,

- Besides,

- More than that

- …, consequently,…

-…., as a result,…

III. Приводим противоположное мнение и объясняем, почему люди так думают (1-2 аргумента):

- Nonetheless, some people claim that…

- Some people argue that…

- Other people take the opposite view and claim that…

IV. Приводим контраргумент, т.е. объясняем, почему мы не согласны с мнением других людей:

-        Personally I cannot agree with these people.

-        However, I cannot agree with this opinion.

-        However, I don’t quite agree with this opinion.

-        While…

-        Even if

-        Even though

-        In spite,

-        Despite

-        On the other hand,

V. Заключение – выводы.

- In conclusion,…

- To sum up,…

- All in all,…

- On the whole,…

- Taking everything into consideration,…

- All things considered, …