He will say so, and you may disagree with him too - politely, of course!
你也可能会不同意他的看法——当然,你应该礼貌地告诉他。
If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石,他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。