42.Supposition 猜测
Dialogue One
A:Dear,can you drive me to the clinic?
亲爱的，你可以载我去诊所吗？
B:I'm afraid I can't .
恐怕我不能。
A:Why?
为什么？
B:Well, my car won't start.I don't know what's the matter with it.
额，我的车启动不了。我不知道它怎么了？
A:Could it be the battery?
有可能是电池出问题吗？
B:No, I don't think it could be.I checked the battery two days ago.It must be other problems.
不，我觉得不可能。两天前我检查过电池。一定是其它问题。
A:Well, I suppose it could be the gas.
额，我猜可能是汽油用光了。
B:No,there is plenty of gas.I filled it up yesterday.
不，汽油还很满。我昨天才加满的。
A:Perhaps it's the starter then?
那么可能是启动装置吗？
B:Yes,that's possible.
是的，有可能。
Dialogue Two
A:What's this, I wonder?
我想知道这是什么？
B:I'm not sure.Let me have a look.....It could be a coffee grinder.
我不肯定。让我看看…它可能是咖啡研磨器。
A:A coffee grinder?
咖啡研磨器？
B:Yes,it must be used for grinding coffee beans.
是的，它一定是用来磨咖啡豆。
A:Oh,that would be very useful.
噢，它应该很有用。
Dialogue Three
A:Have you seen that house?
你看过那栋房子吗？
B:Yes,it looks interesting.
是的，它看起来很有趣。
A:You're right.I love it very much.
你说得对。我非常喜欢它。
B:It must be old.
它一定很古老。
A:At least more than 100 years old.
它的历史至少超过100年。
B:Let's enter it!
咱们进去吧！
A:I can't open the door.
我开不了门。
B:It must be locked.
一定是锁了。
A:Let me ask the old woman in that reception office.
我去问问那个接待室里的老妇人。
B:She can't answer you.
她不能回答你。
A:She must be deaf.
她的耳朵一定是聋了。
B:It must be a haunted house. Are you frightened?
这个房子一定是闹鬼。你害怕吗？
A:Frightened?You must be joking.
害怕？你一定是在开玩笑。
Dialogue Four
A:John's very late.Do you think he's coming?
约翰迟到很久了。你觉得他会来吗？
B:Well, it doesn't seem like it.He must have forgotten.
额，似乎不是那样。他一定是忘了。
A:I suppose you're right.He can't have remembered.
我觉得你说得对。他可能忘了。