真的?

　　Really? “真的吗?”询问对方的语气，也常说Oh, really?

　　-He's 38. (他38岁。)

　　-Really? (真的?)

　　Are you sure? *“敢肯定吗?”，想要确认的心情，要比上句稍强。

　　你是认真的吗?

　　Are you serious?

　　-I want to break up with you. (我想和你分手。)

　　-Are you serious? (你是认真的吗?)*有些怀疑对方的语感。

　　开玩笑呢吧?

　　Are you joking?

　　-I quit my job. (我把工作辞了。)

　　-Are you joking? (开玩笑呢吧?)

　　Do you mean it? (是真的吗?)

　　Are you kidding? (是说着玩吧?) *kid 常来表示“耍弄，开玩笑”。

　　我怀疑。

　　I doubt it. *表示对别人的话抱有怀疑的心情。

　　-Do you think you'll get a raise? (你觉得你能涨工资吗?)

　　-I doubt it. (我怀疑。)

　　It's doubtful!

　　I don't think so. (我不这样认为。)

　　I wouldn't bet on it.

　　It's chancy. *俚语。

　　It's iffy. *非常随便的说法。

　　听起来可疑。

　　It sounds fishy to me. *fishy 除了表示“鱼的，像鱼的”之外，它还有“靠不住的，可疑的”意思。

　　-What do you think? (你怎么想?)

　　-It sounds fishy to me. (听起来很可疑。)

　　It sounds suspicious to me.

　　It sounds funny to me.

　　Something's fishy.

　　I smell a rat. *smell a rat 为短语，表示“感到有可疑之处”、“事情很可疑”的意思。

　　我不信他的话。

　　I won't buy that story. *此处的buy表示“相信(believe)，当真”，而不表示“买”，口语中常用。

　　-He said she is his sister. (他说她是他的妹妹。)

　　-I won't buy that story. (我不信他的话。)

　　-But, it's true. (可那是真的呀。)

　　-I don't buy it.

　　你认为她是当真的吗?

　　Do you think she's serious?

　　-She told me she likes you. (她告诉我她喜欢你。)

　　-Do you think she's serious? (你想她是认真的吗?)

　　我不把他的话太当真。

　　I don't take him too seriously.

　　I don't pay much attention to what he says. *pay attention to...“对……严加注意”、“对……留意”。

　　我不相信他。

　　I don't believe him. (我不相信他。)

　　-What makes you say that? (你为什么这么说呢?)

　　-I don't trust him.

　　I don't think he is telling the truth. (我认为他没说真话。)

　　I think he is lying. (我认为他在说谎。)

　　有这么好的事!

　　It's too good to be true. *直译是“说得太好了”，表示事情或情况好得过分。

　　-I won two tickets to Hawaii! (我赢了两张去夏威夷的票。)

　　-It's too good to be true. (有这么好的事!)

　　It's so unbelievably good that there has to be something wrong. (哪有这么便宜的事!)

　　Nothing this good ever happens, it must be a mistake. (不会有这么好的事，一定是搞错了。)

　　It can't be! It's too good to believe! (怎么可能!好得让人难以置信。)