The Best Professional Connectors to Explain Your Opinions in English · Speak Confident English
学习英语中用于清晰表达观点的专业连接词，适用于职场沟通和观点阐述，帮助你更自信地组织语言。
How many times have you shared an opinion in English, but halfway through your words weren't really coming together as smoothly as you wanted?
你有多少次用英语表达自己的观点，但说到一半时，语言表达的流畅度却不如你预期的那么好？
Maybe you found yourself saying too much or searching for the right words, trying to wrap up your thoughts.
也许你会发现自己说得太多了，或者在寻找合适的词语来表达自己的想法。
This might happen, for example, when a coworker asks for your opinion in a meeting and again,
这种情况可能发生在以下场景中：例如，当一位同事在会议上征求你的意见时……
you have a difficult time explaining why you have a certain perspective
你很难解释自己为何持有某种特定的观点（或看法）。
or perhaps a friend shares her thoughts about a movie you just saw.
或者，也许某个朋友会与你分享她对你们刚刚看过的那部电影的看法。
And again, you're not really sure how to put your ideas into place.
还是那句话，你其实并不确定该如何将自己的想法付诸实践（或：如何将这些想法有效地实现）。
If that sounds familiar to you, here's what I want you to know.
如果这些内容让你感到熟悉，那么我想告诉你以下几点：
It's not at all because your English isn't good enough.
这绝对不是因为你的英语水平不够好。
It's simply because you don't have the right connectors in place.
原因很简单：你没有使用正确的连接器。
Words like because.
像 “because” 这样的词语。
So that and due to these connectors improve your flow and help your ideas to feel structured rather than scattered.
正是由于这些连接器的存在，你的工作流程得到了优化，你的想法也变得更加有条理（而非杂乱无章）。
They also help you explain your reasoning, which makes your opinion stronger and more engaging.
它们还能帮助你清晰地表达自己的观点和理由，从而使你的意见更具说服力、更引人注目。
Ultimately, this helps you sound confident and professional.
归根结底，这能让你听起来更加自信且专业。
Instead of hesitant or unsure of your own opinions.
不要犹豫不决，也不要对自己的观点缺乏信心。
I want you to think about it for a moment.
我希望你花一点时间仔细考虑一下这个问题。
When you hear someone confidently explain why they believe something, doesn't it make their opinion more persuasive?
当你听到某人自信地解释自己为何相信某种观点时，他们的观点难道不会因此更具说服力吗？
That's exactly what we're going to work on today.
这正是我们今天要着手解决的问题。
By the end of this lesson, you'll have the best professional connectors to explain your reasoning
在本课程结束时，你将掌握最专业的表达方式，能够清晰地阐述自己的观点和推理过程。
smoothly.
顺利地。
You'll also have a simple structure to make your opinions sound polished and professional in English.
你还将拥有一个简单的表达结构，帮助你的观点在英语中听起来更加精炼、专业。
Ultimately, you'll have more confidence in sharing your thoughts without hesitation or over-explaining.
最终，你会更加自信地表达自己的想法，而不会犹豫或过度解释。
Now, I want you to stick with me because at the end I do have a challenge for you so
现在，我希望你们能继续听我说下去，因为最后我确实有一个挑战要向你们提出。
you can put all of these strategies together and start using the right connectors to get started.
你可以将这些策略综合起来，并开始使用合适的工具或方法来实施它们。
Let's talk about how to structure your opinion so that it's clear, logical, and easy to follow.
让我们来讨论一下如何组织自己的观点，使其表达清晰、逻辑严密且易于理解。
English speakers naturally use a three part structure when we're expressing an opinion.
说英语的人在表达观点时，自然而然地会采用三段式的结构。
The first step is to clearly state your opinion.
第一步是明确表达你的观点。
This is where you introduce your perspective in a direct confident way.
在这里，你需要以直接且自信的方式表达自己的观点。
Most of the time you're going to hear this with a sentence starter like I believe, I think I would say,
大多数情况下，你会在以下这样的句子开头听到这句话：比如“I believe”（我相信）或“I think I would say”（我想我会这么说）。
and I feel following that immediate statement of your perspective.
在听到你立即表达自己的观点之后，我感到……（此处应补充具体感受或后续行动）。
Step two is to explain why, and this is where the connectors come in.
第二步是解释原因，而这正是连接器发挥作用的地方。
Strong opinions should be supported by clear reasoning and connectors help you explain the why behind your statement.
强烈的观点应当有充分的理由作为支撑；而“连接词”（即用于表达观点之间逻辑关系的词语）则能帮助你阐明自己观点背后的原因。
So again, this would include words such as because since, and due to however, we're going to learn many more in this lesson today.
所以，再次强调：这些词语包括“因为”、“由于”、“既然”等。不过，在今天的课程中，我们还会学习更多类似的表达方式。
Before we get there, let's talk about the third step in a.
在我们讨论这个之前，先来谈谈步骤 a 中的第三步吧。
Clear logical opinion, wrap it up with a conclusion or a question.
提出明确的、合乎逻辑的观点，并以结论或问题的形式加以总结。
Doing this makes your opinion feel complete or finished.
这样做会让你的观点显得更加完整、更加“成熟”（或者说，更易于被他人接受）。
You can do this by reinforcing your point or inviting further discussion.
你可以通过重申自己的观点或邀请进一步讨论来实现这一目标。
For example, after stating your opinion and why you have it, you might say,
例如，在表达了自己的观点以及支持该观点的理由之后，你可以这样说：
that's why I think this is a good solution, or what do you think?
这就是为什么我认为这是一个不错的解决方案；你们怎么看呢？
Before we get into our professional connectors, I want to give you two examples of this step-by-step process in action.
在介绍专业的连接器之前，我想通过两个实际案例来向大家展示这个逐步执行的过程。
We're gonna look at a social example and a professional, so let's imagine in a social setting I might say,
我们将分别来看一个社交场景和一个职业场景的例子。假设在社交场合中，我可能会这样说……