Introductory sentence
The article under the headline (headlined) 'US imposes sanctions on Russia for cyber attacks' is contributed to BBC by a principal correspondent John Smith.
It is published online on Apr 19, 2021.
The subject of the publication under review is ...
SEQUENCE OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE
1. The author draws a contrast between…
2.
He tries to oppose his arguments to …
3.
The points
expressed by the author differ considerably from one another (differ greatly,
essentially, markedly, substantially)
4.
The arguments under discussion differ on some points
5.
The position expressed by … is different (entirely,
radically different, totally different, somewhat different from)
6.
The author differentiates between …
7.
He speaks on the possible difficulties our society can
face as a result of …
8.
The author shows the disadvantages (drawbacks,
pitfalls, shortcomings of …)
9.
He doesn’t agree on the following points …
10. He casts doubt on …
11. The first argument
presented by … is …
12. The second (the
third) point is …
13. Firstly…, secondly
…, thirdly …
14. First …, then … and
finally …
15. In the first place
the question of … is discussed. The other point concerns …
16. He presents (gives,
introduces) the arguments …
17. He draws our
attention to …
18. He focuses
attention on …
19. He tries to
emphasize that …
20. He underlines that
…
21. He lays stress upon …
SUMMARIZING THE INFORMATION DISCUSSED
The main problem of the publication is ...
1. The problem under discussion (discussed) is of considerable (great, particular, special, sufficient, high) interest.
2. The problem discussed in the article is of intense interest to the
general audience.
3. This
problem acquires a new interest.
4. The
argument arouses considerable interest nowadays.
5. It awakes interest in ...
6.
It excites interest
(has vital interest).
7.
The problem revives
interest.
8.
Interest towards this problem lies in...
9. The problem requires thorough considerations urgent
solvation)
10.We believe that...
11. In my (our opinion),..
12. I am of the opinion that...
13. I am of the same opinion.
14. It's my persuasion that...
15. This is my personal point of
view.
16. From my point of view... (my
particular point of view...)
17. I regard this as important.
18. It seems to me that...
19. I suppose (think) that...
21. I tend to favour the view that...
22. From my viewpoint...
23. The probable way out is...
24. It's quite probable that... (it
seems probable that...)
25. Turning to the problem under
discussion we can say that...
26. It can be concluded that...
27. Due to this fact we can
presuppose the following...
28. Generalizing the problem, we can assume...
29. Summing it all up we can
state the following...
