SURPRISES & DISBELIEFS

Surprise or disbeliefs is :

- a feeling that we feel when we 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 that we can’t or impossible.


Surprise is expressed in the face by the following features:

* Eyebrows that are raised so they become curved and high.
* Stretched skin below the eyebrows.
* Horizontal wrinkles across the forehead.
* Open eyelids: the upper lid is raised and the lower lid is drawn down, often
exposing the white sclera above and below the iris.
* Dropped jaw so that the lips and teeth are parted, with no tension around the
mouth.


To express surprises :

- Wow! What a surprise!
- That’s a surprise!
- (Well), that’s very surprising!
- Really?
- What?
- Are you serious? You must be joking!
- You’re kidding!
- Fancy that!
- I must say it surprises me.
- I find that hard to believe.


To Responding The Surprises :

~ Yeah!
~ It is.
~ Yup!
~ Sure.
~ It’s true.
~ I’m Serious.
~ No. I’m not.
~ Does it?
~ It is, isn’t it?


The Examples:

Puput : Whose motorcycle is that?
Maiia : It’s Redha’s
Puput : Are you kidding me?
Maiia : No, I’m not.
I saw her riding that motorcycle this morning.
Puput : What a surprise!

Inttan : How can you say that?
Ella : Well, that’s the fact.


~ To Express Disbelief ~

:: I don’t believe it.
:: It can’t be true.
:: I can’t think of it.
:: I don’t trust you.
:: I don’t believe you.
:: I can’t believe this!
:: I didn’t know that.


The Examples:

Ibill : Do you still remember the girl we met yesterday?
Rudy : Yes.
Ibill : I can’t believe my eyes when I saw her selling fried bananas this
morning.
Rudy : Fried bananas?
Ibill : Yes. She looked grievous.
Rudy : I don’t believe you. You must be dreaming.

Gerry : I can’t believe it!
Oben : That’s true.