地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客702: 表述可能性（雙語(yǔ)）

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

勞爾：羅波準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)的幾率是多少?

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

提芬尼：50%的幾率吧，你不會(huì)知道，也許他會(huì)早到，給我們個(gè)驚喜。

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.

勞爾：他早到的可能性很小，我已經(jīng)認(rèn)識(shí)他三年了，如果我把性命堵在他是否會(huì)早到上，我會(huì)陷入大麻煩中。

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.

提芬尼：別太夸張，羅波也不是完全沒(méi)有責(zé)任感。我想說(shuō)很有可能他說(shuō)他會(huì)到，特別是他許諾之后，他就會(huì)到達(dá)。

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

勞爾：他的出發(fā)點(diǎn)是好的，但是缺乏時(shí)間觀念，大部分時(shí)間不知道今天周幾。

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

提芬尼：他告訴我他正在改變。

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

勞爾：好吧，正如我所說(shuō)，他的出發(fā)點(diǎn)是好的，他只需要按照做就行。

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

提芬尼：不要這樣啊，他已經(jīng)在路上了。

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

勞爾：別期望太高，地獄結(jié)冰我才會(huì)相信他的承諾。

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

提芬尼：你是不是太不相信他能準(zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)了?

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

勞爾：你是不是沉浸于你的想象了?

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

提芬尼：我想那個(gè)人就是他了，我覺(jué)得你得收回你說(shuō)的話(huà)。

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

勞爾：我認(rèn)為你最好佩戴副眼鏡。