1. Формулировка темы
The main idea of the article is …/
The article is about … / is devoted to …/ tells about…/ describes …
The article deals with … / touches upon …/ raises the issue of…
The purpose of the article is to give the reader some information on …/ is to compare … / is to determine …
The aim of the article is to provide the reader with some material / data on …
2. Определение общего тона
The general tone of the article is humorous / neutral / dramatic / narrative etc.
3. Выделение существенных положений
The author writes / states / thinks / stresses / points out that …
According to the article …/ Attention is drawn to …/ Data are given about …
The author draws the reader’s attention to the … / describes in detail …
At the same time s/he mentions / points out that…
4. Выделение составных частей
The article can be divided into … parts.
In the opening paragraph the author tells about / speculates about / describes … The first part deals with …/ touches upon … / includes the fact on …
Further the author reports / says that …
In the closing paragraph …/ In conclusion the author tells …/ the article reads …
Комментирование
I think / believe that the main idea / the key point of the article is that …
I suppose that the essence of the article is that …
The author comes to the conclusion that …
Summarizing the information given in the article I can say that…
As a way of conclusion I can say that…
Выражение своего отношения к содержанию прочитанного
I fully agree / disagree with the author.
I think the author is totally right / wrong.. / is right / wrong to some extent.
In my opinion…/ From my point of view …
Talking about my personal attitude to this issue, I can say that…
I liked / disliked the article because …
I found the article interesting / important / of great interest / unimportant / too hard to understand / dull / of no interest / of no value, etc.
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