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第 96 课:数字的用法-6

I did not think she would get it. I thought she had a hundred to one shot at the job. 我认为她不会得到那份工作。如果能的的话),几率只有百万分之一。

Other people at her office thought her chances were a million to one . 她办公室的其他人都说她的这个机会真实千载难逢,万一挑一。

One reason was that she had been caught catching forty winks at the office. 一个原因是,她曾被抓在办公室里小憩。

She slept at her desk for short periods during the day. 她白天在自己的办公桌上睡了一小段时间。

But her supervisor appointed her to the new job at the eleventh hour -- at the very last minute. I guess her lucky number came up. 但是监督者却在最后时刻委任她一个新的职位。我猜是她的好运来了!