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主题一：

英语中的“几率”怎么表达？

1.概述

连线新概念第二册第60课The Future:

fortune-telling

Madam Bellinsky

crystal ball

2.chance的“可数性”研究

a. chance Cn. 机会

Please give me a chance.

We never had a chance.

Plenty of chances for everyone.

与动名词to do结合：

the chance to do sth. 去做某事的机会

We had the chance to meet Taylor Swift last year.

此时的chance在用法、含义都相当于opportunity

We had the opportunity to meet Taylor Swift last year.

She got the chance to study overseas for a year.

They were given the opportunity to visit the Kremlin.

b. chance Un. 运气；随机事件

chance: luck, random occurrence

—> by chance

I met her by chance at the airport.

(= without planning to)

—> sth. of chance

Chess is not a game of chance .

This is not a matter of chance.

—> It is/was pure chance that…

It was pure chance that we wereboth there.

—>leave sth. to chance 听天由命

Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure thedesired outcome?

We'll plan everything very carefully and leave nothing to chance .

c. take chances 冒风险

chances=risks: unpleasant or dangerous possibilities.

When installing electrical equipment don't take any chances . Amistake could kill.

any—>my, his, your, her, their, our

—Don’t go alone! It’s too dangerous!

—Thanks, but I’ll take my chances.

d. chance Cn. 可能性；几率

The probability of something happening.

There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow.

She has a fifty-fifty chance of winning the game.

She has a good chance of winning.

He has a slight chance of winning.

slight：微小、细小、（程度上）不严重

I had a slight headache.

She was slightly built.

There is a slim chance that he will come back tonight.

—Is there any chance that she would forgive me?

—Nope, there is no chance that she will ever forgive you.

—>Not a chance! =Absolutely not; no way.

—Do you think she'll go out with me?

—Not a chance.

(=There is no way that she will go out with him.)

3. 课文中的chances ofdoing sth.＝可能性／几率

The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that hischances of being able to leave hospital in time for New Year celebrations weregood.

然而，第二天，医生安慰他，说他很有可能能够赶上新年庆祝活动。

成功的可能性 : chances of success

生还的几率 : chances of survival

4.有趣的chance

a. fat chance Un. 极小的可能性 (反讽)

Fat chance that I’llever go back!

＝There is not a chance that I’llever go back.

—Maybe your parents could give you some money for your rent?

—Fat chance! They’ve already cut me off.

注意: fat chance是一个不可数的词组

b. Chances are…adv.

If you leave before 7, chances are you'll miss the traffic.

=It is likely that you’ll miss the traffic.

主题二：

如何巧妙地写出“吃惊意外”的含义？

1.通过单一副词、副词性词组或者形容词

a. suddenly adv. 突然

连线Lesson 6 《打劫记》

The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with itsheadlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.

连线Lesson 10《巨轮的消失》

Suddenly, there was a slight tremblingsound from below.

连线Lesson 11《心理游戏》

Suddenly, I saw the Officer’s face lightup. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on itwith delight.

Lesson 13 《活见鬼》

Suddenly the door of the store-room wasopened and a man entered. Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man fromthe Electricity Board who had come to read the meter.

连线Lesson 16 《一只羔羊引发的悬案》

After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found outthat his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.

suddenly在句中的摆放位置:

1）suddenly放在句首

Suddenly, there was a slight tremblingsound from below.

Suddenly, I saw the Officer’s face lightup.

Suddenly the door of the store-room wasopened.

2）在复合型谓语动词中，suddenly放在第一个动词的后面

The silence was suddenly broken…

...his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.

He had been fired.

—> He had suddenly been fired.

We have been asked to leave.

—> We have suddenly been asked to leave.

形容词形式sudden:

连线Lesson 24《柜中骷髅》

Thesudden movement of the door made it sway slightly and it gave me theimpression that it was about to leap out at me.

扩展：

1) all of a sudden

All of a sudden, the doorof the store-room was opened.

2) out of the blue 出乎意料，突然间

Short forout of theclear blue sky, likening a sudden and unexpectedevent to something unexpectedly falling out of the sky.

例句：

After I hadn’t heard from her in six months, she called me out of the blue tomeet for lunch.

2.通过动词，或者动词词组

“隐形”的“突然”

a.strike

The ship struck an iceberg.

It strikes me that they are in great danger.

It struck him that he would never see her again.

b. catch sight of

Some hours of walking blindly in the forest, they caught sight of a house in the distance.

扩展：catch a glimpse of 突然瞥到一眼

He caught a glimpse of a rabbit in his garden.

While driving home, he caught a glimpse of his wife standingoutside a flower shop.

c. plummet

It means to fall or drop suddenly in amount, or value.

例句：Stock prices plummeted 40percent during the company’s scandal.

Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.

The city’s population plummets when people leave for the SpringFestival holidays.

3.通过句式结构

“大象无形”的“突然”：when

连线第六课《打劫记》

The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with itsheadlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.

连线第20课《飞行的梦想》

He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when hisengine failed and he was forced to land on sea.

连线23课《饿了吗》

One day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden whenI noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prizeplants.

I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly saidthat I must stay to dinner.

when的特殊用法总结：

1）表示“过去某个时间背景”的主句。使用进行时态，或者表状态的延续性动词。

He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when the engine failed.

I was sleeping whensomeone knocked on my door.

She was reading her favorite novel at home when it began to rain.

He was driving to work when hiscar broke down.

2）从句表示在该时间背景下，突然发生的某个事件

…when the engine failed.

…when someone knocked on my door.

…when it began to rain.

…when his car broke down.

3）这种用法下，从句只能置于主句之后。

比较：When his car broke down, he was driving to work.

连线本课（第29课）：

He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.

预告第32课《意外收获》