Unit 93.Are you sure?

93.你确定吗？

A: Did you know Carl is almost fifty?

甲：你知道卡尔将近50岁了吗？

B: Are you sure? He doesn't look that old.

乙：你确定吗？他看起来并没有那么老。

A: He told me so himself.

甲：他亲口这么告诉我的。

类似用语

Are you positive?
你肯定吗？

Really?
真的吗？

百宝箱

上列对话中，“He doesn’t look that old．”句中的that作副词用，相当于so的意思，表示“那么地，如此地”。另外，注意以下例句所表达含义：

He looks young/old for his ae.
= He looks younger/older than he really is.
（他看起来比实际年龄年轻／老。）