英语口语每天说上半小时 007

七 Believe and disbelieve 相信与不相信

1. I can easily believe it. 我很容易就相信。

2. I don't doubt your words. 我相信你的话。

3. I think what you said is true. 我觉得你说得对。

4. I’m convinced of his honesty. 我相信他是诚实的。

5. I'll take your word for it. 我相信你的话。

6. I have complete faith in what he said. 我完全相信他说的。

7. Did you really? 你是真的吗?

8. I know better than that. 我才不信呢。

9. It can't be true. 那不是真的。

10. You can't be serious. 你不是认真的吧。

Dialogue 1

M: Have you heard about Alice and David?

你有听说过爱丽丝和大卫的事吗?

M: No, have they had another fight?

没有，他们又吵架了吗?

M: No, they've got engaged.

不，他们已经订婚了。

W: You must be joking. Those two?

你一定是在开玩笑。那两个?

M: Well, my dear, I didn't believe it either. But I got it straight from the horse's mouth. David called me this morning.

嗯，亲爱的，我也不相信。但是这个消息千真万确。大卫今天早上打电话给我。

W: So when did this all happen?

那么这事什么时候发生的?

M: Last weekend, while they were on their ski trip.

上个周末，他们开始了他们的滑雪之旅.

W: Well, I believe it now, and when are they are getting married?

额，我现在相信了，那么他们什么时候结婚?

M: Next June.

明年六月。

W: I can hardly believe it.

我简直难以相信。

Dialogue 2

W: We scored six goals.

我们进了六个球。

M: I don't believe it.

我不相信。

W: And I scored three of them.

其中的三个球是我打进的。

M: You are not serious.

你是在开玩笑吧。

W: We had extra time of course.

当然，有加时赛。

M: I can believe that.

我不敢相信。

Dialogue 3

M: Have you heard about Paul?

你有听说过保罗吗?

W: No, what?

没有。怎么啦?

M: He's got a promotion.

他升职了。

W: You're kidding.

你在开玩笑吧。

M: No, they made him vice-president in charge of sales.

不，他们让他当副总裁，主管销售。

W: Oh, I don't believe it. He's only been with the company for two years.

噢，我不相信。他进公司只有两年。

M: Well, it's true. The board met last Friday and they chose Paul.

额，这是真的。董事会上个星期五开会，他们选了保罗。

W: Well, good for him.

嗯，对他说不错。

Dialogue 4

M: Excuse me, sir. May I come in?

先生，打扰了。我可以进来吗?

S: Mike, you're late again.

麦克，你又迟到了。

M: I'm sorry, but my sister was ill, so I......

对不起，我的姐姐生病了，所以我…

S: Do you think I believe a story like that?

你以为我会相信这样的谎话吗?

M: But it's true.

但是这是真的。

S: How can I believe it if the same excuse was used twice within a week?

如果这样的借口一个星期内出现了两次，让我怎么相信?

M: That's coincidence.

那是巧合。

S: Ok, hold it. Remember to be punctual next time.

行，打住。下次记得准时。

M: I promise I will.

我保证我会的。

S: You'd better.

你最好会。

Dialogue 5

W: What do you think of doctor ThGompson?

你觉得ThGompson医生怎么样?

M: I feel confident of his ability to cure my daughter's disease.

我有信心他有能力治好我女儿的病。

W: How can you be so sure?

你怎么能如此肯定?

M: I can tell from the way he spoke to us.

我从他跟我们讲话的方式中判断出来。

W: Never believe his words.

永远不要相信他的话。

Dialogue 6

M: My goodness! She is thirty seconds faster than the world record in 5000 metres race.

我的天啊!在五千米赛跑中，她的成绩比世界纪录还要快30秒。

W: Excuse me, what did you say?

抱歉，你在说什么?

M: A Chinese girl has broken the world record in the Olympic Games.

一个中国女孩在奥运会上破了世界纪录。

W: That's incredible. I can't believe it.

真是难以置信。我不相信。

M: You have to. It is sure.

你不得不相信。这是真的。

W: How amazing!

真令人惊异啊!

Dialogue 7

W: Susan wrote me a letter.

苏珊写了一封信给我。

M: What did she say?

她说什么?

W: She got a master's degree, and now she is going for her doctor's degree.

她获得了硕士学位，现在她打算去攻读博士学位。

M: Really? I can't believe it.

真的吗?我不敢相信。

W: It's not a surprise, is it? She has always been a hard working student.

这不是一个惊喜，是吗?她一直都是一个勤奋的学生。

M: But I think a master's degree is good enough for a girl.

但是我觉得硕士学位对一个女孩子来说已经够好了。

8

When I was told that Frank was getting married, I could hardly believe my ears. Because Frank was so satisfied with his free single life that he didn't want to be committed to anyone. So my first response to the news was 'is he really?' But later I was convinced by their romance. Frank met his fiancee on a holiday in Spain. They fell in love almost at the first sight. But the girl was relaxed and independent as he was; therefore, it took quite a while for their relationship to reach that place. If it hadn't been for their story, I wouldn't have believed love at first sight.

当我听说弗兰克要结婚了，我简直不能相信我的耳朵。因为弗兰克对自由的单身生活很满意，他不想把自己交给任何人。所以我听到这个消息的第一反应是“他真的结婚了吗?”但是他们的爱情故事让我信服了。弗兰克在西班牙度假时和他的未婚妻相遇了。他们一见钟情。但是那个女孩和他一样无拘无束、独立;因此，他们的关系进展到那个地步花了很长一段时间。如果不是因为他们的故事，我是不会相信一见钟情的。