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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Acervularia
aestuate
afraid of his shadow
allatas
andam wadi
arteria ophthalmica
balanced feed
become flat
besort
best efforts underwriting
bettering method
bias resister
Bihawana
Breckenridge
californites
cephalohaematoma neonatorum
Chlortgiamid
claim settling clerk
coast defense engineering
comparative statement of monthly cost per productive hour
crystal-tetrode mixer
Curculigo orchioides
departure to
dettols
Diplococcus flavus liquefaciens
display report period interval
do practice
double-pulse modulation
draftily
duralumin pipe
East Coast Statistical Area
emery strip
emollient
erga omnes
exches
fait
farnaz
firing line
fixed fuel tank
flat-straight blade pole
gartloches
genet
glycosidic bond
Gomati R.
grantinaid
high latitudes
hue circle
hunky punk
ilija
in each case
information strength
iridescent virus
Kakanui Mts.
Lapplander
legibleness
leotardss
mean sample tree
megademo
microinhomogeneities
murex ternispina
myelogone
naturally self-pollinated plant
nothing could be farther from the truth
obnebulate
OBR (outboard recorder)
oklahoma-based
pancreatoid
peronospora hyoscyamis
perspective figure
phenyl-diiodide
pieler
piezoresistive manometer
prearchival
prevention and remedy
primage duty
ratio of climbing
recall thrust
red chicken
rejection of accompanying sound
RRAC
sea swallow
semi-topping cutter
sign and issue
simplex mode
sorbitic
special goods box/stake truck
speech predictive encoding communications
stoichiometry ratio
swords (sord)
timber-and-tile roof
to point out
transverse cord
tray heater
true-believing
tuk-trey
unparking
unwraps
vaccinee
vapor absorption
wiwa
zoomorphism