

说话者表达主旨或谈话的目的的语句往往出现在开头的几句话,是把握全局的重点。
信号词: (在此建议考生,每天要把所有的信号词读个几遍,强迫自己听到这个词马上反应过来这里有考点)
Today, we’ll focus on/constrated/discuss….
Today, our topic is…
Let’s…
特殊情况(也经常出现):开头会将讲一些上次课讲的东西,作为复习,之后才是主旨,我们把这种情况称为:Miss start
注意:出现Miss Start,上次课讲的东西一定要听,在这部分很可能出细节题
Miss Start 信号词:Before we get started, let’s review what we’ve learned last class…
Let’s pick up where we left off last week, OK, as you recall(记得)…推荐阅读:
Before we begin our discussion on…(此处为本次主题),Let’s review what we know about…(此处为上次主题)
间接开头: In your text book, the author says that… (主题出现),I thought we all to/should take sometime to talk about it. (不一定完全一样,但是类型差不多)