每天三分鐘學英語 第308期:外國人說That's interesting真的是“很有趣”的意思嗎?

1、虛僞的讚許

That's cool.
很酷哦。

That's interesting.
很有意思哦。

How interesting.
真有意思哦。

【情景一】
A: My boyfriend is a rich lawyer. He just won a billion-dollar lawsuit.
我男朋友是個有錢的律師。他剛贏了一個十億美元的官司。
B: Oh, that's cool. What was the lawsuit about?
哦，好酷哦。是什麼樣的官司？

【情景二】
A: One time I beat a Ferrari with my Toyota.
有一次我開我的豐田跑過了一輛法拉利。
B: That's interesting. You must be a good driver.
真有意思啊，你一定是個好司機。

2. 懷疑事情的準確程度

I'm not sure about that.
我不太確定。

I don't know about that.
我不太確定。

【情景三】
A: Did you know the U.S. is a trillion dollars in debt to China?
你知道美國欠中國一千億美元嗎？
B: I'm not sure about that. I don't think it's that much.
我不確定。我覺得沒那麼多。

I think you might be mistaken.
我覺得你可能說錯了。

【情景四】
A: I'm telling you. Tina's gonna quit.
我告訴你，Tina辭職了。
B: I think you might be mistaken. She seems really happy here.
我覺得你可能弄錯了。她在這乾的挺開心的。