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。
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a sporting chance
about the same
ack-ack,Ack-Ack
Alburgh
auriflammes
azure blue z
beam integral stability
blue-whitest
break out in
bromonaphtalene
buccini
cathode kathode catelectrode
chaft
coat of color
combine separator
complete set of direction
concentrated skim milk
consistest
coordinate covalent bond
dawned
defensal
dithioerythritol
doggin
drsglandular psychosis
dyphenhydramine
electric overhead crane
employee's involvement
equipment utilization ratio
ethylin
extreme close-up photograph
Filaria bancrofti
finger beam
fluoroprotactinic acid
fuscoes
Ganasini's tests
gemmiferum
global program optimization theory
harvell
Hemobartonella
high speed buffer
impeller torque
indican(a)emia
indigenous value
indirect aerological analysis
Indore
inflation-rates
it doesn't grow on trees
johann-fichte
kadsura longiped-unculata finet. et gragnep.
kan ch'i wu
karyomorph
kling
labour pool
language name
LCD
Lhasa apsos
limiting condition for operation
linguoaxiocervical
lipocalin
lobster-eyed
micrometeors
miniature instrument
murexoin
musculi pharyngotubalis
nembro
neuwald
nuclear magnetic relaxation flowmeter
nuisancethreshold
off-the-map
offence of poisoning
Onezhskiy Poluostrov
onychoteuthids
Pasteur's effect
pattern of character
plant failure
pole core
prepaid insurance premiums account
pteris grevilleana
Pycreus sanguinolentus
quick acting locking device
radiac test equipment
retrocyclins
rotational transform
sanitary ceramics
santonism
sideways sum
sismondite (chloritoid)
siyad
slave ground radio station
smooth map
spherical image amplifier
spot buyer
spray field
sugarloaf arkose
superfamily coccoideas
superpatriot
tube bundle shroud
volume table of contents
winterizing (of oil)
wiper trip
zero element of a projective coordinate system