"If I'm selfish, as long as I drink the water, I can go out of this room alive," he thought, "If I do as the note said, I might die of thirst. Should I take the risk or not?"

“如果我自私，只要我喝了这水，我就能活着走出这个房间。”他想，“如果我照纸条上说的做，我可能会渴死。我该不该冒这个险？”

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Note that severity of risk is directly related to the variance in the estimation of a project's parameters.

注意到风险的严重程度直接关系到项目参数的估计中的方差。

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They note that without more communication and active confidence-building measures by all sides, increased naval activity in the area raises the risk of wider hostilities.

他们指出，如果没有更多的沟通，以及各方努力建立互信的措施，该地区不断增加的海军活动，将提升引发更广泛敌对行动的风险。

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But the president of the Chicago Fed has sounded a different note, emphasising the risk of higher inflation.

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Structured products sound appealing at first , but they are inextricably tied to the credit risk of the bank issuing the note.

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And the continuing recession increased the number of people willing to risk a note-job.

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