难度：两星
【句子】Gabrielle believed there was an excellent chance Helen Rowland would inform Carlos of his wife’s extramarital activities. Gabrielle knew she had to come clean. 【Desperate Housewives S1E9】
【发音】[gæbri'el] [bɪ'li:vd] [ðeə(r)] [wɒz]/[wɑ:z] [æn] ['eksələnt] [tʃɑ:ns]/[ tʃæns] [helən] [rəʊlənd] [wʊd] [ɪnˈfɔ:(r)m] [ˈkɑ:rlɒs] [əv] [hɪz] [waɪfs] [ˌekstrəˈmærɪtl] [æk'tɪvətiz] [gæbri'el] [nju:]/[nu:] [ʃi:] [hæd] [tʊ] [kʌm] [kliːn]
【发音技巧】believed there不完全失去爆破；chance英美发音区别；knew英美发音区别；had to完全失去爆破；
【翻译】Gabrielle担心Helen Rowland很有可能会告诉Carlos自己婚外情的事情。Gabrielle 清楚她不得不自己坦白。
【适用场合】
come clean 坦白；全盘托出；
to admit the truth, usually about something bad that you have done
to tell the whole story
eg: I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing.
我当时想，该是时候告诉大家，我一直在做什么了。

之前我们出过一期节目，讲过：I have a confession to make.
我有事情要坦白。
类似的表达。

there is an excellent chance (that)…

chance理解成为possibility 可能性
there is a good chance (that)… 某个事情很有可能发生
eg: There's a good chance (that) I'll have this essay finished by tomorrow.
我很有可能明天会把这篇论文写完。

there is a slim/slight chance (that)…
某个事情不太可能发生
eg: There's a slim/slight chance (that) I might have to go to Manchester next week.
我下周去曼彻斯特的可能性比较小。

eg: She has only a slim chance of passing the exam.
她不太可能通过这次考试。

there is no chance (that)…
某个事情没有可能发生
eg: There is no chance that he will change his mind.
他不可能改变主意的。

there is a fifty-fifty chance/an even chance (that)…
可能性五五分；一半的可能性；

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经历这次手术，他只有一半的可能活下来。