實際上…（真相 vs 猜想）
同一隻掀開的手，這次特別對著「大家的猜測或預期」：強調真正發生的、實際是這樣，而不是別人以為的那樣。重點從「補一句」移到「對比猜想與真相」。
stressing what's really true · r · A2
Used to stress what is really true, instead of what people might guess or expect.
實際上 / 真的
核心畫面
You can picture 'actually' as a small hand that lifts away what people assume and points to what is really there underneath. It signals 'here's the real picture' — sometimes to add a fact, sometimes to gently set the record straight against an expectation.
可以想成一隻小手，把大家以為的那層先掀開，指向底下真正的東西。它的訊號是「其實真相是這樣」——有時是補上一個事實，有…更多收起
可以想成一隻小手，把大家以為的那層先掀開，指向底下真正的東西。它的訊號是「其實真相是這樣」——有時是補上一個事實，有時是輕輕把和大家預期不同的地方擺正。From the picture
Also in this word
adding a fact or correction · r · A2
Used when you add a new fact, give your real opinion, or gently fix what someone just said.
其實 / 說真的
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
actuallyadv詞源 1/ˈæk(t)ʃᵿli/
- 1
In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
- His promises did not correspond with what he actually did.
- 2
obsoleteActively.
- Neither actually […] nor passively.
- 3
Currently; at the time.
- At the time whereof we are writing, though the Great George was on the throne and ladies wore gigots and large combs like tortoise-shell shovels in their hair, instead of the simple sleeves and lovely wreaths which are actually in fashion, the manners of the very polite world were not, I take it, essentially different from those of the present day: and their amusements pretty similar.
actuallyintj詞源 2/ˈæk(t)ʃᵿli/
- 1
informalIndicating affirmation, agreement.
- A: That was a pretty good movie.
- B: Actually!
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。