【句子】I mean, come on, dad. What are the odds of that happening?   【Modern Family S3E22】

【发音】/aɪ/ /miːn/ /kʌm/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /dæd/ /wɒt/ /wɑːt/ /ɑː(r)/ /ði:/ /ɒdz/ /ɑːdz/ /əv/ /ðæt/ /ˈhæp.ən.ɪŋ/

【发音技巧】come on连读；What are连读+闪音；the odds当中the重读；odds of连读；that happening不完全爆破；

【翻译】说真的，爸爸，这种事情发生的概率也太小了吧？

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下What are the odds?这样的说法。

其实odds可以用来表示：“几率、概率”，the probability that a particular thing will or will not happen；

之前我们在节目中也提到过这个内容，当时是在第1736期节目中，那期节目的名字叫做“你觉得他们的赢面有多大？”，大家可以点击一下超链接复习一下。

eg: If you drive a car all your life, the odds are that you'll have an accident at some point.

如果你一辈子都开车，很有可能在某个时候会出事故。

所以句子What are the odds?可以指“某件事情的概率有多大？”

相当于How likely is it?

或者，有的时候，可以表达一种不可思议、不可置信的情绪。

相当于That is/was incredible. 或者This is/was extremely unlikely.

eg: What are the odds on him being (= Do you think he will be) re-elected?

他连任的可能性有多大？

eg: I hear we're supposed to get over two feet of snow. What are the odds of them canceling school tomorrow, do you reckon?

我听说会下超过两英尺厚的雪。你觉得，学校明天停课的概率有多大？

eg: Wow, I just won money on a scratch card for the third time in a row! What are the odds?

哇，我刮刮卡连着三次都中奖了！这概率也太小了吧？

eg: And then it turned out that our dads sat next to each other in a class in college. What are the odds?

后来才发现，我们俩的爸爸上大学的时候是同桌，这也太巧了了吧？！

eg: What are the odds he won’t turn up?

他不来的可能性有多大？

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

Guess what? My dentist is your cousin. What are the odds?