2014年ESL之日常生活 03 Having a Backup Plan

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Having a Backup Plan 

Jerome: This is a very dangerous undertaking¹. Do you have a backup plan if anything goes wrong? 

Sandy: It’ll work. I’ve come up with contingencies² for every possible setback³. 

Jerome: It’s just that I’d like to know we have some recourse if anything goes wrong. 

Sandy: My plan is foolproof. Failure is not an option. 

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? 

Sandy: That won’t be necessary. If anything goes wrong, it’s every man for himself. 

Jerome: What?! I thought we were in this together? What happened to, “Stick with me and you can’t go wrong”? 

Sandy: That was before I realized what a liability you are. 

Jerome: A liability?! 

Sandy: In a dangerous plan like this, there are bound to be some casualties – a sacrificial lamb or two. 

Jerome: Yes, but I didn’t know you’d double- cross me before we even got started! 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse