时间:2019-01-23 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Describing Chance and Probability


Raul: What are the chances that Rob will be here on time? 


Tiffany: I’d say it’s fifty- fifty. You never know. He might surprise us and be early. 


Raul: Fat chance of that happening. I’ve known him for three years and if I had to stake my life on whether he’ll arrive early or not, I’d be in big trouble. 


Tiffany: Don’t exaggerate. Rob isn’t completely irresponsible. I’d say there’s a pretty good probability that he’ll be here when he said he would, especially after he promised. 


Raul: His intentions are good, but he loses track of time and doesn’t know what day it is half the time. 


Tiffany: He told me that he’s trying to change. 


Raul: Well, as I said, his intentions are good. He just needs to work on his follow-through. 


Tiffany: Come on, he could be on his way right now. 


Raul: Don’t hold your breath. I’ll believe his promises when hell freezes over. 


Tiffany: Aren’t you being just a wee bit cynical 1


Raul: And aren’t you just indulging in wishful thinking? 


Tiffany: Hey, I think that’s him coming down the road! I think you’d better eat your words. 


Raul: And I think you’d better get glasses. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的,不信世道向善的
  • The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大,他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
  • He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。
学英语单词
Ampelopstin
annot.
antipellagra
Armairic's syndriome
asporogenous yeasts
bekoes
benzcinnoline
boneless
bounce e-mail
brabourne
catatonsis
compressing barrier
compression rod
cryptobioses
cylindrarthrosis
data base data model
date corrector click
document term matrix
down to go
emersons
environment pointer pair
environmental noise valuation
equitable share of world export trade
frat-tastic
fricka fracka
high speed neutron
historical circumstances
Holmudden
hornblenditic
hot air fan
how the land lies
Ibn Najm, Hawr
indirect protection
infielder
INSTGASE
internal capital
itaconic
marrowbone
material cycling in forest
mathematical inversion
molecular speed measurement
mung
Nivankyul
nonbasal
nonrevenue passenger
orange balsam
orthoericssonite
oscillating jet method
overhand cut and fill stoping
paddlane
Paltauf's nanism
pictographic numeral
pinkeen
plasmologen
plug in assembly
plumb the depths of
plutonium recycle reactor
popular conical projection
poxon
reciprocal linear
reciprock
relational data base capability
resazurin test
reserve for uncollected taxes
rheum rhabarbarums
rogett
rubbles
salicylamides
schwannoma of kidney
shells
single silk covered
spring accumulator
stepstools
Stokesian fluid
supersuppressor
suspender web
syringadenosus
thin source
top ... part
touching for
trachyneis aspera unilatera
transverse crosstalk
twin fallss
unassented bond
unobsequiousness
vector space isomorphism
veer and haul
vertical band-saw
warbly
water-soluble fluid
well supplied
wellborn
Western Turkestan
what is ... on
wheel papilla
whoo-whoop
willmer
Would you please pass the salt
wy-
xerophytic feature
zygophyllums