NOTE1: skeleton 骷髅；closet 壁橱；
NOTE2: It is a family matter which makes us lose face. 2） That is a fat chance.
NOTE1: 我们学习过"Chances are slim."这句话；
NOTE2: It is almost impossible to get the chance. 「世博ＶＯＡ」洗耳恭听，两个句子小菜一碟！ Here is the story. In my class, there is a student Terry who doesn't study at all. When the examination comes, he would begin to burn the midnight oil, so usually he fails in the exam. One time we were holding an English Contest and everyone had the right to try. Terry was also involved in it, but everyone knew that he had got a fat chance and was almost impossible to win the prize. Out of our expectation, he made it and won the first prize. How could it be? People suspected the truth of the result. Finally the result turned out to be that he cheated in the exam. From then on, he has never mentioned that contest again, for he knows that it is his skeleton in the closet. 1） It is his skeleton in the closet. 那是他的家丑。
2） That is a fat chance. 机会很小。 「请你猜猜看」挑战自我，情景抢答也刺激！ Here are three situations: S1. Tom has never studied in this semester. Do you think he can pass the final English exam? S2. Why don't you tell me the bad news that you heard about his family. It's nothing serious. S3. She has got a kind of strange disease, but their parents wouldn't like to tell others about that. Why?