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场景 03 · 18 分钟颠倒乾坤 · Trading Places
The restitution plan 场景学习单
本场重点:组织补救会谈时承认具体行为与影响,恢复薪酬和机会,提供独立申诉渠道,并用期限和负责人追踪整改
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
“Restitution is measured by restored choices, not by a polished apology.” 补救要看是否恢复了选择,而不是道歉是否漂亮。
Read and notice
原创双语场景
INT. MEDIATION ROOM — DAY
内景 · 调解室 · 日
The company meets the two employees whose jobs and reputations were altered by the experiment.
公司与两名因实验而工作和声誉受损的员工会面。
EXECUTIVE
We are sorry for the misunderstanding and hope everyone can move forward.
我们对这次误会感到抱歉,希望大家能向前看。
MEDIATOR
Restitution is measured by restored choices, not by a polished apology.
补救要看是否恢复了选择,而不是道歉是否漂亮。
MEDIATOR
Name the decisions that were manipulated, restore lost pay and opportunities, correct the records, fund independent advice, and publish deadlines for reform.
说明哪些决定被操纵,恢复损失的薪酬与机会,更正档案,资助独立建议,并公布整改期限。
EMPLOYEE
I want the corrected record first, then time to review the other options with my own adviser.
我希望先更正档案,再花时间与自己的顾问审查其他选项。
The group returns to the opening concern—“We are sorry for the misunderstanding and hope everyone can move forward.”—and compares it with the later response before closing the scene.
众人重新审视开场问题——“我们对这次误会感到抱歉,希望大家能向前看。”——并在结束场景前把它与后续回应进行比较。
EXECUTIVE
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?
MEDIATOR
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: “restored choices” and “correct the records,” each linked to the exact line that gives it force in the discussion.
共用记录上保留两个表达:“restored choices”(恢复的选择)与“correct the records”(更正档案),并分别连接到赋予其讨论力量的原句。
EMPLOYEE
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 restitution plan” slows the exchange where “We are sorry for the misunderstanding and hope everyone can move forward.” still leaves motive, consequence, or responsibility unstated.
第二轮细读“The restitution plan”时,交流在“我们对这次误会感到抱歉,希望大家能向前看。”仍未说明动机、后果或责任的位置慢下来。
MEDIATOR
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?
EXECUTIVE
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 “restored choices” changes the force of “my own adviser,” then restate the distinction without relying on either phrase.
说话者检验“restored choices”(恢复的选择)如何改变“my own adviser”(我自己的顾问)的语气力度,然后不依赖这两个短语重新说明区别。
EMPLOYEE
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。
MEDIATOR
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 “correct the records” 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“correct the records”(更正档案)是否仍然导向同一个下一步。
Before the scene closes, “restored choices” and “my own adviser” are placed beside the unresolved pressure in “The restitution plan,” giving the speakers one more round to challenge, concede, reframe, and hand off the decision.
场景结束前,“restored choices”(恢复的选择)与“my own adviser”(我自己的顾问)被放回“The restitution plan”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。
EXECUTIVE
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?
MEDIATOR
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。
EMPLOYEE
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。
EXECUTIVE
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 restitution plan” 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 restitution plan”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 agreement leaves space for individual choices and assigns an owner to every promised repair.
协议为个人选择保留空间,并为每项承诺的修复指定负责人。
Useful language
高价值表达
restored choices
/rɪˈstɔːrd ˈtʃɔɪsɪz/
恢复的选择
让受影响者重新获得实际可行的决定权。
我的例句
correct the records
/kəˈrekt ðə ˈrekərdz/
更正档案
修正因不当决定产生的错误记录。
我的例句
my own adviser
/maɪ oʊn ədˈvaɪzər/
我自己的顾问
避免由造成问题的一方垄断建议来源。
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