Suprise and Disbelief

Surprise is a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event.

Surprise is expressed in the face by the following features :


Eyebrows that are raised so they become curved ang high.
Stretched skin below the eyebrows.
Horizontal wrinkles across the forehead.
Open eyelids: the uupper 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!

How To Responds Surprises :
· Yeah!
· It is.
· Yup!
· Sure.
· It’s true.
· I’m Serious.
· No. I’m not.
· Does it?
· It is, isn’t it?

The Example for the Dialogue :
Yohanes : Whose bicycle is that ?
Baistsyifa : It’s Norman’s
Yohanes : Are you kidding me ?
Baistsyifa : No, I’m not. I saw her riding that bicycle this afternoon.


B. Disbelief

Disbelief is a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion or assertion is not true.

To Express Disbelief
I don’t believe it.
It can’t be true.
I can’t think of it.
I don’t believe you.
I can’t believe this!
I didn’t know that.