KUNCI 13: DENGARKAN UNGKAPAN KEHERANAN (EMPHATIC
EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE)
Kenalilah dengan baik ungkapan keheranan ini. Karena ungkapan ini umumnya ada dalam soal
dialog singkat. Saat keheranan diungkapakan, ini berarti bahwa si pembicara tidak menginginkan hal
tersebut terjadi. Perhatikan contoh berikut ini.
Dalam audio rekaman, Anda mendengar:
(Woman): Did you see Paul driving around in his Mustang?
(Apakah kamu melihat Paul menggemudikan mobil?)
(Man): Then, he did get a new car.
(Jadi, dia memiliki mobil baru!)
(Narrator): What had the man thought?
(Apa yang pria itu pikirkan?)
Pada buku tes atau layar komputer, terdapat pilihan jawaban:
(A) Paul would definitely get a Mustang.
(Paul benar-benar akan memiliki mobil mustang)
(B) Paul did not know how to drive.
(Paul tidak tahu cara mengemudi)
(C) Paul did not like Mustangs.
(Paul tidak tahu mobil mustang)
(D) Paul would not get a new car.
(Paul tidak akan memiliki mobil mustang)
Pada contoh ini, bentuk ungkapan he did get (dia mendapatkan/memiliki) digunakan untuk
menunjukkan rasa heran pria itu bahwa Paul memiliki mobil baru. Ini berarti bahwa pria ini berharap
"Paul tidak akan memiliki mobil baru". Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah (D), Paul would not get a new
car.
STRATEGI # 13
Tabel rumus pembentukan ungkapan keheranan (emphatic surprise)
EXAMPLE EXERCISE 13: In this exercise, underline the expression of emphatic surprise in
each short dialogue. Then read the question and choose the best answer to that
question. Remember that the best answer is one that shows surprise.
1. (Man): I just got 600 on the TOEFL test!
(Woman): Then you did pass.
(Narrator): What had the woman assumed?
(A) The man had not passed.
(B) The man would pass easily.
(C) The man had already passed.
(D) The man got the score he was expected
2. (Woman): Would you like to go skiing this weekend?
(Man): So you can ski!
(Narrator): What had the man assumed?
(A) The woman was a good skier.
(B) The woman was going skiing this weekend.
(C) The woman did not know how to ski.
(D) The woman did not intend to go skiing.
3. (Man): I just got this letter from my sister.
(Woman): So the mail has come already.
(Narrator): What had the woman assumed?
(A) The man’s sister never wrote to him.
(B) The mail had not yet arrived.
(C) The mail always came early.
(D) The mail had already arrived.
EXERCISE
TOEFL EXERCISE 13 In this exercise, listen carefully to each short dialogue and question on
the recording, and then choose the best answer to the question. You should be particularly
careful of expressions of emphatic surprise.
1. (A) Greg always comes to parties.
(B) Greg would come to the party later.
(C) Greg was unable to attend the party.
(D) Greg would stay at the party for only a moment.
2. (A) The woman always rode her motorcycle to school.
(B) The woman was not coming to school today.
(C) The woman was an expert motorcycle rider. ,
(D) The woman did not know how to
3. (A) The man was not a very good cook.
(B) The man never invited friends over for dinner.
(C) The man would never invite him over for dinner.
(D) The man was an excellent cook.
4. (A) The woman had run more than three miles.
(B) The woman always got lots of exercise.
(C) The woman ran for three hours in the morning.
(D) The woman had not gotten much exercise.
5. (A) He had been somewhere else.
(B) He had been in the library.
(C) He had been working on his research project.
(D) He would start working on his project in five hours.
6. (A) He had changed apartments.
(B) He did not like his new apartment.
(C) He was still in his old apartment.
(D) He had moved from a house to an apartment.
7. (A) The woman did not like desserts.
(B) The woman ate sweets regularly.
(C) The woman would not share her chocolate cake.
(D) The woman had eaten his piece of cake.
8. (A) The man was going to study hard.
(B) The man already had a driver’s license.
(C) The man would not take the test.
(D) The man had already taken the test.
9. (A) She had registered in physics.
(B) She would go to physics class later.
(C) She had already taken a physics class.
(D) She had not enrolled in physics.
10. (A) The pipeswere not clear.
(B) The plumber would be late.
(C) The plumber had already cleared the pipes.
(D) The pipes did not need to be cleared.
