2: Backwards Day: a distraught wife holds a woman she suspects is having an affair with her husband hostage at knifepoint in the couples suburban house.

第2集：向后的日子：悲痛欲绝的妻子抱着一个女人她怀疑是与她的丈夫在夫妻的郊区房子刀尖人质有染。

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Jim: he doesn't lift a finger! I bend over backwards cleaning up all day and he sleeps in until noon. Oh, and check this out... then he gets on the horn with his friends and invites them over.

吉姆：他连个手指都懒得动，我整天累死累活的打扫房间，他却一直睡到中午，唉，你听听看一起床后还打电话给朋友，邀请他们过来玩。

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In fact we seemed to be sliding backwards on the path to peace. Each month, Emergency laws are extended. A secret war has become a part of our daily life. Lives are being destroyed every day.

每个月，紧急状态法都要被扩充，秘密战争已经成为我们生活的一个部分，每一天都有生命被毁灭。

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The study, although small, could have implications for a variety of workers whose hours switch backwards and forwards from day to night, such as police officers and doctors.

BBC: stewardess

And yet from the day he announced the start of his review, Mr Robertson has bent over backwards to allay fears that a Labour government would run down Britain's defences.

ECONOMIST: George Robertson punches above his weight