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1. The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leave hospital in time for New Year Celebrations were good. ( L29 ) 句型解剖：sb’s chances of doing sth are good 某人做某事的可能性很大 该例句的后半部分，即“that引导的宾语从句部分，意思就是：他能离开医院回去过新年的可能性很大。其中“chances一词解释为“可能性；很有可能发生的事情，一般作复数。而句末的“good是修饰“chances一词，在这里作表语，引申为“（可能性）很大；如果是“可能性不大可以把“good 改成“remote或者是“slim。整个短语还能变形为：The chances that ……are good. 或者The chances are good that…… （其中that引导的是“chances一词的同位语从句）。 另外再补充些有关“chance作为“可能性的短语： There is a chance of / that ……. 某事很有可能 There is a remote chance of / that……. 某事不大有可能 Chances are that……某事发生很有可能 The chances are ten to one that 事情十有八九会…… sb have a chance of doing sth 某人很有可能做某事 sb have no chance of doing sth 某人不大有可能做某事 sb’s chances of…… are greatly improved / increased某人做某事的可能性大大地增加了 | 
