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Expressions which give general information on the article and the author:
The article (paper) is entitled/goes under the heading (headline)/is headlined…
It was published in…
It was written by…
Expressions which enable you to characterize the article:
The paper (article) under discussion/consideration is intended (aims) to describe (explain, examine, survey) … It is devoted to/tackles/touches upon the problem of…/The paper discusses the situation…/The article deals with …/As the title implies the article describes.../The paper is concerned with…/The article dwells on the topic/problem of/ portrays /depicts / reflects on the situation in /The article gives many details/ looks into the situation of…/- reports at length…/- carries a lot of comment on…/- takes a critical view of…/-The author of the article is in favour of…/- is opposed to…/The main idea of the article (the controlling idea) is/It gives a detailed analysis of…/It draws our attention to…/It is stressed that…/The article is of great help to /The article is of interest to …/The purpose of the article is to show\to prove\develop\summarize\find out/Special attention is paid (given) to …/Some factors are taken into consideration (account)/A brief account of … is given in the article/The author refers to …/Reference is made to …./The author gives a review of ….
Expressions which help you to highlight the contents of the article:
The author/ the article starts with dwelling on /goes on to say that/ concludes by saying that/outlines /points out/ reviews/analyses/aims at/raises the problem of /highlights / draws our attention to/argues that/expresses the opinion that/insists/stresses/emphasizes/makes the reader feel and understand that/compares something to something/draws a parallel between /contrasts /lays a special emphasis on/provides the reader with new experiences (ideas) /has an impact on the reader/presents a new insight into the problem of/covers a variety of problems (topics)/ gives a wide range of problems (a thorough analysis)/ criticizes/makes it clear that/expresses profound concern/comes out against/ gives a warning that/informs the reader about/
It is known that/It should be noted /The fact that … is stressed/A mention should be made about /It is spoken in detail about/It is reported that /The text gives valuable information on/Much attention is given to/It is shown that/There is some interesting information in the paper /It is expected (observed) that /It is reported (known, demonstrated) that /It appears (seems, proves) that/It is likely (certain, sure) /It should be remembered (noted, mentioned) ….
Expressions which will help you to finish your rendering and express your own attitude to what you have read about:
The paper summarizes/
at the end of the article the author sums up/the following conclusions are drawn /the author gives several solutions of the problem/ concludes by saying that/ draws a conclusion that/in conclusion the author suggests that…
In summary/ in conclusion/ to sum up/to cut a long story short/ in a nutshell/ to crown it all/ on the whole/ all in all/ all things considered/ taking everything into account/ in my view/ from my own perspective/in my opinion/to my mind/personally I am in two minds/ I doubt/ I believe/ I suppose/ it’s really hard to say, but I think/as for me/ could I just say that/ I can’t really agree with that/I find the article (informative, thought-provoking)/ I can’t but agree with the author that/ I don’t share the author’s opinion that/I think the author is absolutely right/ I totally agree/that is true to a certain extent/ I’m not really sure/ I don’t believe that at all/ I think that it is a ridiculous idea/ it could be argued that/ it is difficult to accept this point of view as (because, since)/ although the author argues that …, we should consider/ despite claims that …, it is a fact that/ while it might be argued that …, the truth is / though it is true that…, we should also bear in mind that/ I cannot accept this because…/ although there is …, I still feel that./ that brings me to the end of my report/that was all I wanted to tell you about.
Expressions for providing links between and inside the paragraph:
| Фразы, перечисляющие точки зрения и аспекты обсуждаемой проблемы в хронологическом порядке или в порядке важности | Initially…,In the first place…, First of all…, To start/begin with…, Secondly…, Thirdly…, After this…, Afterwards.., Next…, Before this…, Finally…, Last but not least…,Lastly…, Eventually…, In the end…., At last… |
| Фразы, добавляющие новые аспекты | Furthermore…,Moreover…,What is more…,In addition to this…,Besides.., Also.., Apart from this…,Not to mention the fact that…,both…and…, Furthermore…,Further…, Not only...but.., As well…, Neither…nor…, Nor.., Neither…, Either.., |
| Фразы, выражающие причину | Because…, The reason why … is that…, As a result of this, Consequently…, Because of…, due to..., owing to…, due to the fact that…, For this reason…, On the grounds that…, |
| Фразы, подчеркивающие контраст, уступку, связывающие различающиеся идеи | Contrary to…, However…, on the other hand…, In spite of/Despite…, Even though/Although…, Nevertheless…, Otherwise…., Yet…, Whereas…, Much as.., Nevertheless…, Still.., On the other hand…, No matter how/what…, In contrast…, Regardless of…, Admittedly…, Considering…, |
| Фразы, приводящие пример, доказательство, аргументацию | For example/for instance, Such as, Like, Especially, In particular, To give just one example, Particularly |
| Фразы, выражающие следствие | And therefore…, and as a result…, and consequently…, so…, as a consequence…, this is caused by…, So…, Thus…, In view of the fact that … |
| Фразы, выражающие последовательность событий во времени | After that…, Once/When/After…, As soon as…, Before…,By the time…, Hardly…when.., No sooner…than…, Now that.., The minute/the moment that…, Whenever…, While…, The first/next/last time…, Just as…, |
| Фразы, затрагивающие другие аспекты проблемы | As far as…, As for…, Regarding/concerning/considering…, With reference/regard/respect to…, As far as … is concerned, In respect/regard/reference to this/to the fact that |
| Фразы, поясняющие точку зрения автора текста, уточняющие высказывание | In other words.., To put it another way…, What I mean is…, This means that…, I mean…, Specifically…, That is to say |
| Фразы, показывающие расположение предметов в пространстве относительно друг друга | Where…, Wherever…, As high/low/far/near as, |
| Фразы, объясняющие цель действия | In order to/so as to…, So that …can/may/ might/could…, With a view to…, With the aim of…, In case.., For fear of.., Lest.., |
| Фразы, объясняющие образ действия | As if/As though.., As…, In the way (that)…, The way in which.., In the same way as.., |
| Фразы, подчеркивающие сходство и сопоставление | Similarly…, Likewise.., In the same way.., Equally As… as…, Half as…as…, Nothing like…, the…the…, Twice as…as…, Less…than…, Nowhere near as much…as…, |
| Фразы, указывающие на существование альтернативы | Or…, On the other hand…, Either…or.., Alternatively…, |
| Фразы, добавляющие эмфазу высказанной мысли | Besides…, Not only this..also.., As well…, What is more.., In fact…, As a matter of fact.., To tell you the truth.., Actually.., Indeed.., Let alone…, |
| Фразы, указывающие на наличие условия | If…, in case…, Assuming that.., On condition that…, Provided/Providing that…, Unless…, In the event that/of…, As/so long as…, Granted/granting that…, Whether…, Whether…or…, Only if…, Even if…, Otherwise…, Or(else)…, In case of |
| Фразы, указывающие на причинно-следственную связь с определенным условием | Consequently…, Then…, Under those circumstances…, If so…, If not…, So…, Therefore…, In that case…, Otherwise…, Thus |
