In life we’re often asked to give our opinion, or in somecases, we give our opinion even if it hasn’t been asked for!
生活中，经常有人会询问我们的意见，或者在某些情况下，即使没有被询问，我们也会给出自己的意见。
Sometimes we can be very direct with our opinion and itwon’t upset the other person. However, more often than not we need to becareful how we share our thoughts so as not to offend or hurt the otherperson’s feelings. This can be especially true in business where culturaldifferences can have a detrimental effect on businessdealings.
有时我们可以非常直接地表达我们的意见，且不会让别人不开心。但是，为了不伤害或冒犯到他人，我们通常需要小心翼翼的分享我们的想法。这在商界尤其重要，因为文化差异可能会对交易产生不利影响。
The British are especially careful when giving theiropinion (in business, that is). They often don’t want to cause offence andconsequently, will start their sentences using certain expressions to softenthe blow. A number of my clients have said that the British are very polite andconsiderate in their dealings with colleagues and clients. So much so, that theBritish way of doing business is often admired.
英国人在表达自己的意见时特别小心（在商界）。他们通常不想冒犯别人，所以开始会使用一些特定的表达来缓和接下来的内容。我的顾客中有很多人都说过英国人在和同事及顾客处理问题时都非常地礼貌和体贴。所以，英国人做生意的方式通常都是令人钦佩的。
In this post, I’d like to share with your some commonexpressions we have of giving one’s opinion. I have used Liz Potter’s excellentarticle for Macmillan Dictionary’s blog as the main structure and made somechanges to it.
在这篇文章中，我想分享一些在表达意见时会用到的常用词组。我用Liz Potter为麦克米伦字典的博客写的一篇优秀文章作为主要结构，并做了一些改动。