Okay? One thing that's important to note: there's a comma.
这里有一个很重要的地方要注意:要加逗号。
"As far as I'm concerned," and then you write your opinion.
As far as I'm concerned后面要加逗号,然后再写上自己的观点。
Our next expression: "In my opinion..."
我们的下一个短语是"In my opinion..."。
This is better than "I think", it's still a bit overused though.
这个短语比"I think"要好些,但还是有点使用得过多了。
So I would recommend using some of these other expressions, but "In my opinion,..." is still okay to use, just don't use it too often.
我比较推荐使用一些其他的短语,不过要用"In my opinion,..."也可以,只是不要使用得太过频繁。
"In my opinion," "In my opinion,..."I guess if we use the same example as before, "boys and girls should go to separate schools." Okay?
如果我们还是使用之前的例子,那就可以说"In my opinion, boys and girls should go to separate schools."
Our next expression, again, it means the same thing as "I think...", it's just a nicer way to say it.
我们的下一个短语同样和"I think..."是一个意思,只不过这么说更好一些。
I've given you two options, you can say: "It seems to me that..."
我给了你们两个选择,你们可以说"It seems to me that..."
or "It appears to me that..." these are excellent to use in writing.
或者"It appears to me that...",这些非常适合用在写作中。
So if you're doing the TOEFL essay where you give your opinion on something, agree or disagree essay,
所以如果你们在写托福作文,要就某件事发表自己的看法,比如赞同还是不赞同类作文,
or the IELTS essay, this is a good one to use.
或者雅思作文,那你们大可以使用这些短语。
One question that's often asked in the TOEFL and I think also the IELTS:
托福考试中最常问到的一个问题,我觉得雅思考试中也是一样,那就是:
"Do parents make the best teachers? Do you agree or disagree?"
"Do parents make the best teachers? Do you agree or disagree?"(家长会是最好的老师吗?你赞同还是不赞同?)
So I could say: "It seems to me that parents do make the best teachers.", "It seems to me that parents do not make the best teachers."
我可以回答说:"It seems to me that parents do make the best teachers."(在我看来,家长是最好的老师。)或者"It seems to me that parents do not make the best teachers."(在我看来,家长不是最好的老师。)
Notice one other thing about this expression,
这个短语还有一个地方要注意,
whereas we have a comma here and here, "It seems to me that..." there's no comma. Okay?
虽然我们在这里和这里都加了逗号,但是在"It seems to me that..."这个短语中,不要加逗号。
So any time we have "that", you don't have to worry about a comma.
只要短语中出现了"that",那就不用担心加逗号的问题。