广播电视英语短句 第 322 课：数字的短语-8

I did not think she would get it. I thought she had a hundred to one shot at the job. 我认为她肯恩得不到。我认为她得到这份工作的机会微乎其微(a hundred to one shot)。

Other people at her office thought her chances were a million to one. 她办公室其他人认为她的机会也非常小(a million to one)。

One reason was that she had been caught catching forty winks at the office. 一个原因是她被抓住在办公室小睡(forty winks)。

She slept at her desk for short periods during the day. 白天她在办公室趴在桌子上睡了一小会儿。

But her supervisor appointed her to the new job at the eleventh hour -- at the very last minute. 但是她的主管在最后时刻(eleventh hour)委任了她这项新的工作。

I guess her lucky number came up. 我猜她是中彩了(lucky number came up)。