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吉林大学远程教育学院

    >>>>   Unit One
    >>>>   Unit Two
    >>>>   Unit Three
    >>>>   Unit Four
    >>>>   Unit Five
    >>>>   Unit Six
    >>>>   Unit Seven
    >>>>   Unit Eight
    >>>>   Unit Nine
    >>>>   Unit Ten
    >>>>   Unit Eleven
    >>>>   Unit Twelve
    >>>>   Unit Thirteen
    >>>>   Unit Fourteen
    >>>>   Unit Fifteen
    >>>>   Unit Sixteen
    >>>>   Unit Seventeen
    >>>>   Unit Eighteen
    >>>>   Unit Nineteen
    >>>>   Unit Twenty
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-one
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-two
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-three
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-four
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-five
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-six
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-seven
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-eight
    >>>>   Unit Twenty-nine
    >>>>   Unit Thirty

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2. She claims that she can calculate, according to her system, the odds against anything happening.

她声称，用她的方法，可以计算出任何事情发生的概率。

the odds are against someone or sth: 某人可能失败或某事不可能发生

The odds against another attack were very high.
再一次进攻的可能性不大。

It is long odds against his coming.
大概他不会来。

3. She calculated once that if I held my job for 112 more years, I would know everyone in the United States by sight.

她曾计算出如果我再继续干我的这一工作，我将认识美国所有的人。

know someone by sight: recognize sb.without knowing him personally or without knowing his name 与某人面熟

I know her by sight only.
我只是和她面熟。