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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-ola
affectionated
analog-to-digital converter (adc)
any day
apathized
archdoor
art music
asexual species
basometachromophil
Belgentier
blister fly
bluebook
bring him down
bromethol
bubbling of gas through liquid
buenas
bull-chain
cargo bikes
cell signaling
charkhi dadri
chromiumcopper
cryotherapy of hemorrhoids
dark respiration
datametricss
Department of Overseas Trade
departures from orthogonality
disenchantresses
drug distribution system
economic advertisement
electromagnetic oil pressure indicator
every now and every once in a while
exudation deposit
familial polyposis coli
fine shellac
flexible network
four-stroke
ground course converter
half round saw
high-speed loop
His Royal Highness
hog Latin
hog-rubbers
Hostapon process
Högsäter
innominate glands
Isofluranum
JHWH
josefov
judg(e)ment reserved
largo
leandre
left upper quadrant
leproma
lesbionic
leukomatous
linear spectral space
linene
medical aesthetic outlook
mental testings
metallibure
millimeter wave band power meter
monoepoxide
monotone regression
neutron source holder
nuclei fibrosus linguae
off-the-road
oleity
ordinary income
overpressurisation
Paleozoic crudes
palmarosa
parasitifier
pegmatitic stage
plate feed
polymeric longitudinal vein
polynomial interpolation inequality
polytetramethylene oxide
preset instruction
principal linkage
prisin
pussygirls
quinceworts
retinacs
Ryūgasaki
screen play
Seoulites
service term
set of equation
side-arm
silver-hilted
simulation equation
sinus rhomboidalis
siphon wick feed oiler
size matters
spirillar dysentery
spirit level
superior nasal bone
swash plate
transition reactor
untempested
Vouraïkos Potamos