When they do, it's not much fun and in most cases, those involved would just rather sweep the whole thing under the rug and move on.

出现失败时并不怎么有趣，而且在大多数情况下，涉及此项目的人都会卷铺盖走人。

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And the worst thing is that I was told by Unit Commander that I have to do my duty-sweep the stairs from second floor all the way to forth flour twice a day.

最糟糕的是，主管告诉我，我必须值日——每天将二楼到四楼的楼梯清扫两次。

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"It feels like they want to sweep the whole thing under the carpet, " he said.

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And 7 to 8 billion metric tons a year into the atmosphere is a very big thing in the historical sweep.

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Sometimes a big blue hand would come down out of the sky and sweep away one or more levels of the square tower, or even the whole thing.

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