Mark Griffiths（英）

Mark Griffiths（英），现任资深雅思，新航道北京学校雅思口语与主讲长期从事雅思考试的教学与研究并有多部雅思专著，深受广大雅思考生的喜爱。

　Part 1 101 Conversation Gambits for IELTS

　　Actually

　　All in All

　　Alternatively

　　Although

　　As a rule

　　As soon as

　　Bearing in mind

　　Because of that

　　Believe it or not

　　Besides that

　　But then again

　　By and large

　　By the way

　　Can I add here that

　　Considering

　　Does this mean…?

　　Don’t forget that

　　Don’t misunderstand me

　　Even so

　　Eventually

　　Evidently

　　Finally

　　Frankly, I doubt if

　　Funnily enough

　　Guess what!

　　Have you heard…?

　　I can’t decide

　　I certainly would

　　I don’t particularly like

　　I don’t see how

　　I might consider it

　　I personally feel

　　I suspect that

　　I’d rather

　　I’d say

　　I’m convinced that

　　I’m fairly certain that

　　I’m not keen on

　　I’ve heard that

　　If I even

　　If I had my way

　　In a situation like this

　　In my case

　　In my experience

　　In the long run

　　It goes without saying that

　　It is necessary to take into account

　　It looks like

　　It may sound strange, but

　　It’s safe to assume that

　　Just a small point

　　Let’s be realistic

　　One way would be to

　　Perhaps [he/she/it/they/we/I/you] could

　　Perhaps I should mention that

　　Perhaps it’s because

　　Probably not

　　Remember to

　　Taking into consideration

　　That reminds me

　　That would be great, except

　　That’s the reason why

　　The (dis)advantages are clear

　　The best way I can answer that is

　　The catch is

　　The main reason is

　　The most important thing is

　　The only thing is

　　The point is

　　The problem (trouble) is

　　The real question is

　　The surprising thing is

　　There are exceptions, of course

　　They say

　　This raises the problem of

　　To be honest

　　To cut a long story short

　　To give you an idea

　　To some extent

　　To tell you the truth

　　Unless

　　We take it for granted that

　　What I mean is (What I meant was)

　　What I’m more concerned with

　　What I’m saying is

　　What I’m worried about is

　　Whenever

　　Who knows(…?)

　　With regard to

　　Without a doubt

　　You’ve probably heard that

　　Part 2 Answers Using Conversation Gambits

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