- 这是报纸还是杂志？
Is this a newspaper or a magazine?
- 你是不是刚认识他？
Did you just get to know him?
- 这是邮局，那是银行。
This is a post office and that is a bank.
- 城市是给力的地方，但是也是紧张的。
Cities are exciting places, but also stressful.
- 我们是不是直飞美国？
Are we making a nonstop flight to the U.S.?
- 争论是它是没有用的。
It is no use arguing about it.
- 这首诗是不是莎士比亚写的，恐怕是无从考究的了。
Whether Shakespeare wrote this poem or not will probably remain a mystery.
- 那是， 她是个贫穷的舞者。
That is, she is a poor dancer.
- 你对她是不是一见钟情？
Did you fall in love with her at first sight?
- 是的，据我所知是这样。
Yes, as far as I know.
