There are various ways of putting forward your suggestions. 提建议有多种方式：

• ◆ How about going out for a walk on Saturday? 星期六出去散散步怎么样？
• ◆ Shall we ask Sarah to come along? (BrE or formal, NAmE) 我们请萨拉一起去好吗？
• ◆ Should we ask Sarah to come along? (especially NAmE) 我们请萨拉一起去好吗？
• ◆ We could go a bit earlier and have a drink first, if you like. 如果你愿意，我们可以早点儿去，先喝一杯。
• ◆ What do you think of the idea of sending this to the Research Department? 把这送交研究部，你认为这个主意怎么样？
• ◆ Why don't you try calling his landline? 你为什么不试试打他的座机？
• ◆ Why not just wait until they come back? 为什么不干脆等到他们回来？
• ◆ Why not simply explain your problem to them and see what they say? (BrE or formal, NAmE) 为什么不把你的问题直接向他们解释？看看他们怎么说？

Verbs for reporting an opinion 陈述观点的动词

• ◆Some critics argue that Picasso remained a great master all his life. 一些评论家认为毕加索毕生都是一位大师。
• ◆Others maintain that there is a significant deterioration in quality in his post-war work. 其他人坚称他战后的作品质量明显下降。
• ◆Picasso himself claimed that good art is created, but great art is stolen. 毕加索自己声称，好的艺术是创造出来的，伟大的艺术却是偷来的。
• ◆ As Smith has noted, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art. 正如史密斯所述，毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。
• ◆ As the author points out, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art. 正如作者指出的那样，毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。
• ◆The writer challenges the notion that Picasso's sculpture was secondary to his painting. 作者对这种观点表示质疑，即毕加索的雕塑不及他的绘画。
• ◆ It has been suggested that Picasso's painting was influenced by jazz music. 据说毕加索的绘画受到爵士乐的影响。