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The source agreement 场景学习单
本场重点:与匿名来源确认公开范围、引用方式、独立验证和潜在报复风险
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
“Protecting a source requires precise terms, not vague reassurance.” 保护来源需要明确约定,而不是含糊保证。
Read and notice
原创双语场景
INT. QUIET DINER — LATE EVENING
内景 · 安静餐馆 · 深夜
A reporter closes the notebook before the source shares the first document.
在来源交出第一份文件前,记者先合上了笔记本。
SOURCE
Keep my name out of the story and everything will be safe.
别在报道里写我的名字,一切就会安全。
REPORTER
Protecting a source requires precise terms, not vague reassurance.
保护来源需要明确条款,而不是模糊的安慰。
REPORTER
May we quote the document, describe your role broadly, verify each claim elsewhere, and contact you before publication?
我们可以引用文件、概括描述你的职务、从其他渠道核实每项主张,并在发布前联系你吗?
SOURCE
Yes, but do not reveal the office or the date I received it. Either detail could identify me.
可以,但不要透露办公室或我收到文件的日期。任何一个细节都可能暴露我。
The group returns to the opening concern—“Keep my name out of the story and everything will be safe.”—and compares it with the later response before closing the scene.
众人重新审视开场问题——“别在报道里写我的名字,一切就会安全。”——并在结束场景前把它与后续回应进行比较。
SOURCE
What is confirmed, what is only estimated, what remains unknown, and which immediate action is safe across all three states?
什么已经确认,什么只是估算,什么仍然未知,又有什么即时行动在这三种状态下都安全?
REPORTER
The update will separate facts, estimates, unknowns, protective steps, and the exact trigger for escalation or withdrawal.
更新会分别列出事实、估算、未知事项、防护步骤,以及升级或撤回的确切触发条件。
Two phrases remain visible on the shared note: “precise terms” and “describe your role broadly,” each linked to the exact line that gives it force in the discussion.
共用记录上保留两个表达:“precise terms”(明确条款)与“describe your role broadly”(概括描述你的职务),并分别连接到赋予其讨论力量的原句。
SOURCE
A named owner will protect the exit route, report at the fixed interval, and hand off explicitly if the risk or available resources change.
由具名负责人保护退出路线、按固定间隔报告,并在风险或可用资源变化时明确交接。
The longer passage keeps urgency visible while giving the team several points to stop, learn, and revise safely.
加长段落保留了紧迫感,也为团队提供多个安全停止、获取信息和修订方案的节点。
A second pass through “The source agreement” slows the exchange where “Keep my name out of the story and everything will be safe.” still leaves motive, consequence, or responsibility unstated.
第二轮细读“The source agreement”时,交流在“别在报道里写我的名字,一切就会安全。”仍未说明动机、后果或责任的位置慢下来。
REPORTER
If the safest assumption is wrong, who is exposed first, how quickly could conditions worsen, and which exit remains usable?
如果看似最安全的假设有误,谁会最先暴露,情况会多快恶化,又有哪条退出路线仍然可用?
SOURCE
We will map the hazard, time window, people affected, fallback resources, communication interval, and the authority to stop the plan.
我们会标出危险、时间窗口、受影响的人、备用资源、沟通间隔,以及有权叫停计划的人。
The speakers test how “precise terms” changes the force of “could identify me,” then restate the distinction without relying on either phrase.
说话者检验“precise terms”(明确条款)如何改变“could identify me”(可能暴露我的身份)的语气力度,然后不依赖这两个短语重新说明区别。
SOURCE
Speed matters, but an urgent move without an owner, threshold, or exit can create a second emergency.
速度很重要,但没有负责人、门槛或退出方式的紧急行动可能制造第二场危机。
REPORTER
The immediate step will therefore be small, reversible, monitored, and paired with a named signal for stopping or escalating.
因此,即时行动会保持小规模、可逆、受监测,并配有明确的停止或升级信号。
They rehearse one careful version, one direct version, and one version for a listener who enters late, checking that “describe your role broadly” 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“describe your role broadly”(概括描述你的职务)是否仍然导向同一个下一步。
Before the scene closes, “precise terms” and “could identify me” are placed beside the unresolved pressure in “The source agreement,” giving the speakers one more round to challenge, concede, reframe, and hand off the decision.
场景结束前,“precise terms”(明确条款)与“could identify me”(可能暴露我的身份)被放回“The source agreement”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。
SOURCE
If this protective step fails in the next ten minutes, who is exposed first, which signal tells us to stop, and which exit remains usable without further permission?
如果这项防护措施在十分钟内失效,谁会最先暴露,哪个信号要求我们停止,又有哪条出口无需额外许可仍可使用?
REPORTER
I accept that moving quickly may reduce one danger, but speed cannot excuse an unnamed owner, an untested route, or silence about the people carrying the risk.
我承认快速行动可能降低一种危险,但速度不能成为负责人不明、路线未经检验或风险承担者被忽略的借口。
SOURCE
Then we will describe the plan as a temporary safety measure with a stop condition, a fallback, and a scheduled update rather than as a final solution.
那么我们会把方案说明为带有停止条件、备用路径和定时更新的临时安全措施,而不是最终解决办法。
SOURCE
I will brief the next person on the hazard, time window, contact chain, unavailable resources, and exact escalation threshold before I leave the role.
离开岗位前,我会向接手者说明危险、时间窗口、联系链、不可用资源和确切升级门槛。
The longer dialogue now leaves “The source agreement” 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 source agreement”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 fuller scene converts fear into a safety plan whose assumptions, owners, checkpoints, and escape routes remain visible.
更完整的场景把恐惧转成安全计划,让假设、负责人、检查点和逃生路线始终清晰可见。
The reporter writes the agreed permissions and excluded details on a separate card.
记者在单独卡片上写下双方同意的权限和排除细节。
Useful language
高价值表达
precise terms
/prɪˈsaɪs tɜːrmz/
明确条款
把保密承诺转化为具体可执行约定。
我的例句
describe your role broadly
/dɪˈskraɪb jʊr roʊl ˈbrɔːdli/
概括描述你的职务
在提供背景与保护身份之间取得平衡。
我的例句
could identify me
/kʊd aɪˈdentɪfaɪ miː/
可能暴露我的身份
指出看似普通的细节也可能带来识别风险。
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