You could only get to it by the bridge across the creek; the surrounding trees and the steep bushy cliff behind shut it in like a house in a forest clearing.

他们爱它，因为要到达那里你只能走过小溪上的桥；而周围的树木和背后森森的陡峭悬崖让它看起来就像森林空地上的屋子一样隔绝世事。

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If you run your team as if they were self-leading, but in reality they're chaos, then before long you'll be heading up a certain creek without a paddle.

如果你当他们是自我引导型的团队在运作，但其实他们事实上还是在混乱的状态，那么不久你就会在一条河上像没有桨似的乱窜。

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If you don't have that continuously, you really are up the creek.

如果你没有持续地听到批评的声音，那你就真的陷于困境了。

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You have just heard the American story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

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Then drink in that Southern drawl beside the verdant 9, 500 square-foot villa that is Willow Creek Winery as you spend a day learning about the innerworkings of a vineyard from grape to wine and sip away all life's little stresses.

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"The creek is one of those creatures you love and it loves you back, but every so often it takes a bite out of you, " says Mr. Maida.

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If paddling out into the surf is too hairy for your liking, opt for paddleboard lessons instead, where you will be taken out to a creek and taught to stand up on an oversized surfboard, paddle in hand.

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