LingoHub · Scene worksheet
场景 02 · 18 分钟华盛顿邮报 · The Post
The risk table 场景学习单
本场重点:把法律、商业与公共利益风险放到同一决策框架
01
理解
先读场景与人物目标,不逐词翻译。
02
遮挡复述
遮住中文,用英文复述关键意思。
03
迁移表达
把高价值表达改写到自己的情境。
语言观察
“A risk list is useful only if it includes the cost of doing nothing.” 把不行动也视为一种选择及其代价。
Read and notice
原创双语场景
INT. PUBLISHER CONFERENCE ROOM — LATE NIGHT
内景 · 出版人会议室 · 深夜
A legal memo and a public-interest note occupy opposite ends of the table.
一份法律备忘录和一份公共利益说明分别放在桌子两端。
COUNSEL
Publication could trigger an immediate court challenge.
刊发可能立刻引发法庭挑战。
EDITOR
Silence also has a cost if verified information remains hidden.
如果经过核验的信息继续被隐藏,沉默同样有代价。
PUBLISHER
A risk list is useful only if it includes the cost of doing nothing.
风险清单只有在包含不行动的代价时才有用。
COUNSEL
Then assign an owner and mitigation step to every risk on both sides.
那就为两边的每项风险指定负责人和缓解措施。
The group returns to the opening concern—“Publication could trigger an immediate court challenge.”—and compares it with the later response before closing the scene.
众人重新审视开场问题——“刊发可能立刻引发法庭挑战。”——并在结束场景前把它与后续回应进行比较。
COUNSEL
What is the price, what obligation follows, when does it end, and what happens if either side declines?
价格是什么,会产生什么义务,义务何时结束,任何一方拒绝时又会发生什么?
EDITOR
We will compare the written options directly by total cost, timing, dependencies, exit terms, and the strongest credible alternative.
我们会按总成本、时点、依赖条件、退出条款和最强可信替代方案比较书面选项。
Two phrases remain visible on the shared note: “trigger a court challenge” and “the cost of doing nothing,” each linked to the exact line that gives it force in the discussion.
共用记录上保留两个表达:“trigger a court challenge”(引发法庭挑战)与“the cost of doing nothing”(不行动的代价),并分别连接到赋予其讨论力量的原句。
PUBLISHER
No answer is due until the full terms, independent advice, correction process, and cooling-off period are available.
在完整条款、独立建议、纠错流程和冷静期都可用之前,不要求作出答复。
The extended exchange turns pressure into a comparison whose costs, owners, deadlines, and exits can all be checked.
延伸后的交流把压力转成可核对的比较,成本、责任人、截止时间和退出方式都清楚可见。
A second pass through “The risk table” slows the exchange where “Publication could trigger an immediate court challenge.” still leaves motive, consequence, or responsibility unstated.
第二轮细读“The risk table”时,交流在“刊发可能立刻引发法庭挑战。”仍未说明动机、后果或责任的位置慢下来。
EDITOR
Which term transfers the most risk, which promise is measurable, and what leverage remains after the agreement is signed?
哪项条款转移了最多风险,哪个承诺可以衡量,而协议签署后还剩下什么谈判筹码?
COUNSEL
The comparison will include total value, timing, dependencies, enforcement, renewal, termination, dispute handling, and the cost of the best alternative.
比较会包括总价值、时点、依赖条件、执行方式、续期、终止、争议处理和最佳替代方案的成本。
The speakers test how “trigger a court challenge” changes the force of “assign an owner,” then restate the distinction without relying on either phrase.
说话者检验“trigger a court challenge”(引发法庭挑战)如何改变“assign an owner”(指定负责人)的语气力度,然后不依赖这两个短语重新说明区别。
PUBLISHER
A faster agreement is not better if its vague obligation becomes the other side’s permanent advantage.
如果含糊义务会变成对方的长期优势,更快达成协议并不代表更好。
EDITOR
We will revise the ambiguous clause, attach an owner and date to each promise, and preserve an exit if the central assumption fails.
我们会修订含糊条款,为每项承诺指定负责人和日期,并在核心假设失效时保留退出方式。
They rehearse one careful version, one direct version, and one version for a listener who enters late, checking that “the cost of doing nothing” still leads to the same next step.
他们分别排练谨慎版、直接版和面向迟到听众的版本,检查“the cost of doing nothing”(不行动的代价)是否仍然导向同一个下一步。
Before the scene closes, “trigger a court challenge” and “assign an owner” are placed beside the unresolved pressure in “The risk table,” giving the speakers one more round to challenge, concede, reframe, and hand off the decision.
场景结束前,“trigger a court challenge”(引发法庭挑战)与“assign an owner”(指定负责人)被放回“The risk table”尚未解决的压力旁,让说话者再完成一轮质疑、让步、重述与交接。
COUNSEL
If the preferred agreement disappears tonight, which underlying interest still matters, which term is merely a position, and what alternative keeps the relationship workable?
如果首选协议今晚消失,哪个深层利益仍然重要,哪项条款只是立场,又有什么替代方案能让关系继续运作?
EDITOR
I can acknowledge the cost behind your request without accepting the entire proposal, and I can explain which limit is real rather than using a vague refusal.
我可以承认你方请求背后的成本而不接受整份方案,也可以说明哪项限制真实存在,而不是用含糊拒绝带过。
PUBLISHER
Then we will compare packages by value, risk, timing, authority, and repair terms, instead of bargaining over one visible number as if it were the whole dispute.
那么我们会按价值、风险、时间、权限和补救条款比较组合方案,而不是把一个显眼数字当成全部争议。
COUNSEL
I will write down the agreed terms, open questions, owners, deadlines, approval limits, and the exact event that sends us back to the table.
我会写下已同意条款、开放问题、负责人、期限、审批限制,以及触发重新谈判的确切事件。
The longer dialogue now leaves “The risk table” with an acknowledged objection, a revised frame, a named owner, and a handoff that can be checked after the conversation ends.
更长的对话让“The risk table”在结束时留下已被承认的异议、经过修订的框架、具名负责人,以及能在谈话结束后继续核验的交接。
The longer exchange shows a negotiation moving from pressure to terms that can be priced, assigned, tested, and ended.
更长的交流展示谈判如何从压力推进到可以定价、分配、检验和终止的条款。
The two documents become one shared decision table.
两份文件合并成了一张共同决策表。
Useful language
高价值表达
trigger a court challenge
/ˈtrɪɡər ə kɔːrt ˈtʃælɪndʒ/
引发法庭挑战
trigger 表示直接促成后续事件。
我的例句
the cost of doing nothing
/ðə kɔːst əv ˈduːɪŋ ˈnʌθɪŋ/
不行动的代价
避免只评估行动风险而忽略维持现状。
我的例句
assign an owner
/əˈsaɪn ən ˈoʊnər/
指定负责人
让风险措施有明确责任主体。
我的例句
输出练习
1. 用 2 句英文概括场景中的沟通问题。
2. 选一个高价值表达,改写成你本周可能真正使用的句子。
3. 如果你是场景中的另一方,你会怎样回应?
我能说清场景目标
我能复述关键台词
我写了自己的例句