The company is believed to have begun its business before the Gulf War. In fact, the company began its business after the war.
人们相信，该公司在海湾战争之前就开始经营了。而事实上，公司是在战 后开始经营的。
People said that there was no chance for us whatsoever. In fact, there is still a chance for us.
人们说我们没有任何机会。事实上，我们还有机会。
Everybody in our company wants to believe that we are still the number-one player in the market. In fact, we are nowhere near that position.
我们公司的每个人都愿意相信我们仍是市场上的领先者。而事实上，我们远 远落后了。
Everyone had expected that the new advertising strategy would have a positive response. As a matter of fact, it turned out to be as ineffective as the former one.
大家都期望新的广告策略会有积极的反响。可实际上，结果证明它和以前 的策略一样没有效果。