? Explaining the reasons for holding an opinion ? More than anything else , it is because... ? The man thinks that... ? The reason for this is... ? On reason she gives is that... ? The first reason is that... ? The woman says... ? The man claims that... ? The woman believes...
? The man expresses his opposition by saying... ? Another reason is... ? Telling details
? According to the woman ,...
? One thing the student points out is... ? First , the student argues... ? During the conversation,... ? To begin with ,... ? First(Second) of all ,... ? He claims that... ? Furthermore,...
? The woman states that... ? The male student mentions...
? Making comparative remarks ? The woman thinks...is superior to... ? The man wants to...as opposed to... ? It is more important to...than to... ? The woman’s preference is ...to... ? She believes...is better than... ? It is better to...than to... ? On the contrary,... ? ...is more important than... ? ...is a better choice than... ? The school ought to...instead of...
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? Telling about the lecture subject ? The lecture describes...
? In the course of the lecture , the professor... ? The subject of the talk is...
? During his lecture , the professor mentions... ? The professor gives a lecture on... ? The professor lecture on... ? The lecture is mostly about... ? The topic of the lecture is...
? In the lecture , the professor focuses on... ? The professor’s talk mentions... ? Telling about the lecture details ? If you look at the details,
? The professor gives several examples. ? The first was...
? One thing the professor mentions is... ? First , the professor says... ? The reason for this is...
? Something else to remember is... ? The first reason is that... ? It is often the case that... ? The professor states that... ? Referring and quoting remarks ? The professor says,’’...’’ ? According to the lecturer, ? The professor thinks that... ? The lecturer remarks that... ? She mentions,’’...’’ ? In his opinion,
? The professor discusses... ? The reading mentions that...
? In the reading , the author writes... ? In the professor’s words,’’...’’ ? Making relations
? This is a part of...in the reading because... ? This represents the idea of...in the reading. ? This is relates to the reading passage in that... ? This is a classic instance of...
? The professor’s example is connected to the reading in
that...
? The reading passage describes this instance as...
? An example of this is found in the reading , which mentions... ? The relation between the reading and lecture is... ? This face is strongly related to...
? The connection the professor makes to the reading is... ? Telling about the reading passage ? According to the reading , ? The reading states that... ? In the reading,
? It is considered to be a fact that... ? The reading covers...
? The reading passage describes... ? As described in the reading,
? The topic covered in the reading is...
? This concept is covered in the reading , which states... ? The reading focuses on...
? Connect the lecture examples to one another ? Both instances... ? In both cases,
? These are two methods... ? The two examples both... ? The lecturer’s two examples... ? The professor’s two instances... ? Both of the professor’s examples... ? The two examples mentioned both... ? This shows how the two instances... ? These are both examples of...