Zina: So will you back me up if things get ugly with Elvin?

吉娜：要是我跟艾文闹翻了，你会支持我吗？

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Change is something everyone seems to embrace conceptually, but when it comes down to actually changing systems that are a part of someone's job security, that's when things get ugly, fast.

人人看似都乐于从概念上接受改变，但是当实际改变系统将影响到某人的工作稳定性时，事情很快就会变得糟糕了。

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The expats, expensive and potentially litigious if things go wrong, have better kit and training, but when things get ugly they often withdraw, leaving untrained locals to dodge the bullets.

那些外籍人员——成本高昂，而且如果出现问题，也可能引发诉讼——拥有更好的装备和训练，但一旦局势恶化，他们通常就会撤出，而留下那些未经训练的当地雇员在枪林弹雨中求生。

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Things very quickly get ugly and you might even already be feeling this tension in Scratch if you're dragging and dropping and moving things around.

是不是很丑呢,如果东丢一点，西落一点,你很快就会不爽了。

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