Surprise and Disbelief :)

Definition -*

DEFINITION SURPRISE AND DISBELIEF A feeling that we feel when heard an amazing news which surprised and amazed us an expression that we show/ say when we know /hear/see something that rather difficult to believe .Used to express something taht we cant or impossible.

 EXPRESSING SURPRISE and DISBELIEF

NEUTRAL	INFORMAL	FORMAL
That’s very surprising. Really? Here? Is she? That is a surprise. What a surprise. Good heavens. That’s amazing/extraordinary. My goodness.	What? No! I don’t believe it! Are you serious? Well, I never! Oh, no! Fantastic! You don’t say. Who’d have thought it? Fancy that. You’re kidding.	I find that very surprising. I must say it surprises me. I find it extraordinary. Indeed? How very surprising. I must say it surprises me.

TASK 1
BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
Do you belief to the following statements??
1)       A cat gets married with a dog.
2)       A banana tree produces orange fruits.
3)       A woman gave a birth to a baby crocodile.
TASK 2
Study the following dialogue and underline which phrases express disbelief.
Alex     :  I went to Soraksan last weekend.
Brian     :  Really, who did you go with?
Alex     :  Only my girlfriend and I went.
Brian     :  You’re kidding… your girlfriend went with you?  Did anyone else go?
Alex     :  No, just the two of us.  We had a great time.  We climbed Sorak Mountain, had dinner at the Kensington Hotel and climbed up to Teetering Rock.  It was incredible.
Brian     :  Let me get this straight.  You and your girlfriend went alone to Sorak?
What about her folks and your folks, did they know about this trip.
Alex     :  Oh yeah…it was no problem.
Brian     :  Seriously,… I find this hard to believe… I know your parents, they wouldn’t allow this.
Alex     :  Honestly, it was no problem
Brian     :  Wow, I wish my folks were that liberal and open-minded.
LET’S COMPARE

EXPRESSIONS	FUNCTIONS
ü      Are you serious? ü      No! I don’t believe it. ü      You must be joking. ü      You’re kidding.	Expressing disbelief
ü      Really? ü      That’s very surprising. ü      What a surprise! ü      My goodness.	Expressing surprise

TASK 3
Complete the following conversation with the correct expressions of disbelief and surprise. Then, practice the conversations with your partner.

Conversation 1.
Joe         :  What did you do yesterday?
May        :  Not much, I read a book.
Joe         :_______
May        :  How about you?
Joe         :  I watched TV for a couple of hours and went to bed early.  I’ve been really tired lately.
May        :  _______   What from?
Joe         :  Nothing in particular,  I think I’m just bored.
Conversation 2.
Al             : I’m never gonna get married!!!!
Bia          :_________  Why?
Al               I hate all women/men
Bia          :_______________________________________  I thought you had three girl/boyfriends?!
Al             :  I did but they all found out about each other and now none of them will talk to me.
I really loved one of them too… what was her/his name? Hmm?….
Bia          :_______________________________________  You don’t know what love is.
You’ll get married when you fall in love.  Right now you’re frustrated and its your own damn fault.
Conversation 3.
Charlie   :  I went skiing about 15 times this past winter.
Zack       :  __________  Where did you go?
Charlie   :  All over the place but most of the time I went to Banff in Canada and skied at a place called Lake Louise
Zack       :  ___________________________________________  That must have been really expensive.
Charlie   :  It was but I won the lottery last year so I had plenty of extra money to blow.
Zack       :  ______________________________________________________________
Charlie   :  ______________________________________________________________Continue  It.