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中英文本
Jerome: This is a very dangerous undertaking. Do you have a backup plan if anything goes wrong?
杰罗姆:这是一项非常危险的事业。如果出了问题，你有备份计划吗?
Sandy: It’ll work. I’ve come up with contingencies for every possible setback.
桑迪:没问题的。我已经为每一个可能出现的挫折想出了应急措施。
Jerome: It’s just that I’d like to know we have some recourse if anything goes wrong.
杰罗姆:我只是想知道，如果出了岔子，我们是否有别的应对之策。
Sandy: My plan is foolproof. Failure is not an option.
桑迪:我的计划是万无一失的。失败不是可选项。
Jerome: But don’t you think we should consider some alternatives? If, God forbid, anything goes wrong, it would be good to have an escape hatch, don’t you think?
杰罗姆:但是你不觉得我们应该考虑一些替代方案吗？上帝保佑，如果出了什么差错，最好有个逃生通道，你觉得吗?
Sandy: That won’t be necessary. If anything goes wrong, it’s every man for himself.
桑迪:那没有必要。如果出了什么差错，那就“大难临头各自飞”吧。
Jerome: What?! I thought we were in this together? What happened to, “Stick with me and you can’t go wrong”?
杰罗姆:什么? !我以为我们是“一条船上的?那你许下的"跟着我做事，不会出错的"的承诺呢?
Sandy: That was before I realized what a liability you are.
桑迪:那时我还没有意识到你这么个累赘。
Jerome: A liability?!
杰罗姆:累赘? !
Sandy: In a dangerous plan like this, there are bound to be some casualties – a sacrificial lamb or two.
桑迪:在这种危险的计划中，一定会有一些伤亡的——一两只牺牲的羔羊。
Jerome: Yes, but I didn’t know you’d double-cross me before we even got started!
杰罗姆:话是这么说，但是我没料到事情还没开始，你就要出卖我!
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重点讲解
1.backup plan 备份计划
If you can, make a backup plan in preparation for any negative outcome.
如果可以的话，对任何消极后果，制定一个候选计划。
2.double-cross 欺骗；出卖
You want me to double-cross the man I work for?
你要我阳奉阴违欺骗雇我的人吗？
3.go wrong 出错
Nearly everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.
差不多可能出乱子的地方都出了乱子。
4.come up with 提出
The president was moved to come up with these suggestions after the hearings.
听证会促使总统想出了这些建议。
