2017高考英語口語:case在口語中的用法

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1. in that case
    表示:要是那樣的話。如:
    A:I won‘t go. 我不去了。
    B:In that case, I won‘t go, either. 既然如此,我也不去了。
    You have finished, haven‘t you? In that case, you may go. 你已完工了,是不是?既然如此,你可以走了。
    They may not offer me much money. In that case, I won‘t take the job. 他們也許不會給我許多錢,要是那樣的話,我就不干了。
    2. That‘s [It’s] not the case.
    用以否定所聽到的事情,意為:這并非事實; 情況不是這樣的。如:
    A:He said he‘d waited there for a long time. 他說他在那兒等了很久。
    B:No, that‘s not the case. 不,情況不是這樣。
    A:It‘s said that all of his money was stolen that night. 據(jù)說,那天晚上他所有的錢都被偷了。
    B:But it‘s not the case. 但情況不是這樣。
    A:Is it the case that you have lost your passport? 你丟了護照,真有此事嗎?
    B:No, that‘s not the case. 不,這不是事實。