Expressing Surprise and Disbelief

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Wow

Sam: Hey Ronnie! Am auzit că ai reușit la Harvard.

Ronnie: Da, am reușit.

Sam: Wow, omule! Asta este nemaipomenit!

Ronnie: Este, nu-i așa? Dar am studiat din greu pentru examenle mele SAT.

Sam: Deci când pleci?

Ronnie: Cred că luna viitoare. Deja am închiriat un apartament.

Sam: Wow! Asta bine! De unu singur?

Ronnie: Yup! Am economisit pentru asta de mult timp.

Mă păcălești / Îți bați joc de mine / Glumești?

Kate: Hey Ronnie! Am auzit că pleci luna viitoare.

Ronnie: De fapt, plec săăptămâna viitoare.

Kate: Glumești? Așa de curând?

Ronnie: Da. Am o mulțime de rezolvat când mă duc acolo. An și închiriat un apartament.

Kate: Asta este foarte bine. Cât de mult a trebuit să depui în avans?

Ronnie: Nu a trebuit să plătesc în avans. Am tras niște sfori și nu a fost nevoie de depozit.

Kate: Cred că glumești! Este nemaipomenit. Îmi pare bine pentru tine.

De necrezut

Kate: Unde ai fost Sam? Te-am sunat toată ziua.

Sam: Îmi pare rău. Nu am fost plecat. Mi-am uitat telefonul acasă.

Kate: Ești de necrezut / imposibil. Aveam planuri pentru azi.

Sam: Știu. Îmi pare rău. Am uitat să-ți spun că voi fi ocupat azi.

Kate: Ce a fost atât de important?

Sam: A trebuit să merg la un meci de baschet.

Kate: De necrezut. Meciul tău a fost mai important decăt planurile noastre?

Sam: Tu ești imposibilă / de necrezut, Kate! Am și eu nevoie de timp pentru mine.

Nu o cred

Sam: Hey Mark. Ai auzit?

Mark: Ce s-a întâmplat, Sam?

Sam: Ronnie a intrat la Harvard.

Mark: Nu pot s-o cred. Cu adevărat?

Sam: Se mută săptămâna viitoare.

Mark: Va sta la cămin?

Sam: Nu. Va sta într-un apartament închiriat.

Mark: N-o pot crede, omule. Este fantastic.

Fraze de reținut Wow, man! That’s awesome!

Wow! That’s great!

Are you kidding me?

You gotta be kidding me!

You’re unbelievable, Kate!

This is amazing. I’m so happy for you.

That’s awesome!

Unbelievable.

Varianta originală

Wow

Sam: Hey Ronnie! I heard you got into Harvard.

Ronnie: Yes, I did.

Sam: Wow, man! That’s awesome!

Ronnie: It is, isn’t it? But I studied real hard for my SATs.

Sam: So when are you leaving?

Ronnie: I guess next month. I already rented an apartment there.

Sam: Wow! That’s great! All by yourself?

Ronnie: Yup! I’ve been saving for this for a long time.

Are You Kidding Me

Kate: Hey Ronnie! I heard you’ll be leaving next month.

Ronnie: Actually, I’m going next week.

Kate: Are you kidding me? So soon?

Ronnie: Yeah. I have a lot to deal with when I get there. I rented an apartment too.

Kate: That’s great. How much did you have to deposit in advance?

Ronnie: I didn’t have to pay up front. I pulled some strings so there was no deposit.

Kate: You gotta be kidding me! This is amazing. I’m so happy for you.

Unbelievable

Kate: Where have you been, Sam? I’ve been calling you all day long.

Sam: I’m sorry. I was out. I forgot my phone at home.

Kate: You are unbelievable. We had plans for today.

Sam: I know. I’m sorry. I forgot to tell you that I would be busy today.

Kate: What was so important?

Sam: I had to go for a baseball match.

Kate: Unbelievable. Your match was more important than our plans?

Sam: You’re unbelievable, Kate! I need some time for myself too.

I Don’t Believe It

Sam: Hey Mark. Did you hear it?

Mark: What happened, Sam?

Sam: Ronnie got into Harvard.

Mark: I don’t believe it. Really?

Sam: Yeah. He’s moving next week.

Mark: Is he staying at the dorm?

Sam: No. He’ll be staying in a rented apartment.

Mark: I don’t believe it, man. That’s fantastic.

Vocabular Surprise : Surprise is an unexpected or astonishing thing, event or fact.

Disbelief : Disbelief means the inability or refusal to accept that something is real or true.

Rented : Pay someone for the use of something, typically property, car or land.

Apartment : A suite of rooms forming one residence, typically in a building containing a number of these.

Saving : Saving means an economy of or reduction in money, time or other resource.

Deposit : A sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to gain interest.

Advance : To give something in advance is used for something that is done, sent or supplied beforehand.

Pull Strings : The phrase pull strings means to use your influence over important people in order to getsomething or to help someone.

Kidding Me : The phrase kidding me is used to deceive something as a joke or to make fun of something.

Unbelievable : Something that is not able to be believed.

Match : A contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport.

Plan : A plan is a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Dorm : It is a dormitory, that is a large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.