Unit 11:Certain/Optimistic/Doubtful/Pessimistic.
Chắcchắn / LạcQuan/ ĐángNgờ/Bi Quan
1- certain[`sə:tn] (of / about sth; that ...) having no doubt in your mindabout something: chắcchắn
He`s not certain what her name is.
I`m certain (that) doesn`t like me.
She doesn`t like me - I`m certain of it.
2- sure[∫uəof / about sth; that ...)certain: chắcchắn
Are you sure (that) he said he was coming?
It was him,who caused the accident, I`m sure of it.
Have you got amap? I`m not quite sure about the way.
3-to make certain / sure :a-(of sth / that ...) to check in order to be certain: làmchochắcchắn; đảmbảochắcchắn.
He looked all around to make certain that nobody waslistening.
I think this is your train but you`d better ask theguard to make sure (of it).
b- (of sth / of doing sth / that ...) to do something in order to be certain of victory:
làm cho rỏ; nắm cho chắc.
England scored twice in the last ten minutes to makecertain of victory.
We left early to make sure of gettingthere on time.
Make sure (that) you’re not late.
4- positive[`pɔzətiv] (of / about sth; that ...)completely sure: khẳngđịnh
`Are you sure you locked the door?` - `Yes, I`m positive.`
She was positive (that) she had met him beforesomewhere.
Are you positive of / about what happened?
5- confident[`kɔnfidəntof sth/ of doing sth) certain that something will happenas you want it to happen: tự tin.
She was confident (that) she would win.
We`re confident ofvictory.
He`s confident of finishing the job on time.
6-hopeful[`houpful] (of sth / of doing sth /that ...) fairly confident: đầyhứahẹn.
I`m hopeful (that) everything will turn out well in the end.
She’s not very hopeful of success.
Although the concert issold out, he`s hopeful of getting a ticket at the door.
7- hopefully[`houpfuli]let us hope (that ...)hyvọngrằng
Hopefully, I’ll be feeling better tomorrow.
See you nextweek, hopefully.
8-optimistic[,ɔpti`mistik] (about sth / that ...)always expecting the best; hopefulabout the future:lạcquan.
We`re optimistic that our money problems will soon beover.
She’s optimistic about her chances of getting the job.
9- an optimist[`ɔptimist]a person who is always optimistic: ngườilạcquan.
You must be a real optimist if you think that the bank is going to agree to lend you all that money.
10- to hope for the best: to be hopeful that things will gowell (especially when there isreason to believe that they willnot) hyvọngcóđượckếtquảmongmuốn.
Her attitude towards exams is to do a bit of revision thenight before,
and just hope for the best!
11- to look on the bright side:to find something to be hopefulabout in spite of problems.thấycócáigìđóđángphấnkhởi(mặcdùcókhókhăn); lạcquan.
`I`ve just lost my job and my wife is asking for a divorce.`- `Look on the bright side –
at least you`ve still got yourfriends. `
Part 2
1- doubtful[`dautfulabout sth) uncertain and unconfident: nghingờ; đángngại.
I `m doubtful (about) whether she’ll come.
I’ve agreed tolend him my car, but I still feel a bit doubtful about it.
2-to doubt[daut]
a. (s.o./sth) to be uncertain about someone or something: cảmthấykhôngchắcchắn
(vềai hay điềugì); nghingờai / điềugì.
I `m sorry if 1 doubted you –you proved mewrong.
She apologized for having doubted my word.
(= for having thought that I was not telling the truth.)
b. (that.. ) to consider something to be unlikely : hoàinghirằng;nghingờsựthật(củacáigì)
She may be there tonight, but I very much doubt it.
I doubtthat she`ll be there.
I doubt whether they`ll come.
3-doubt (about sth) (a feeling of) uncertainty :sựnghingờ; sựngờvực.
There seems to be some doubt about whether he is actuallyguilty or not.
There`s no doubt that she’s lying.Everyone thinks it`s a wonderfu1 idea,
but I have my doubts
Now that I `m finally leaving the country forever, I`m beginning to have doubts about it.
4- no doubt certainly or very probably (used to emphasize that you believesomething
to be true)khôngcònnghingờnữa, tin chắc.
No doubt you’ll have heard about their engagement.
We’llsee you tonight, no doubt.
5- skeptical[`skeptiklof/ aboutsth) very doubtful about something; unwilling to believe that a claim,statement, promise etc. is true: khôngsẵnlòng tin cáigì(lờituyênbố