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Angelica: So the book I’m writing starts with a plane crash.
安杰莉卡：我打算以飛機失事作為故事的開始。
Corey: What caused it?
科里：是什么原因呢？
Angelica: It doesn’t matter. That’s not part of the story.
安杰莉卡：這不重要。這跟故事沒有關系。
Corey: But characters have backstories, so you should have a backstory for the plane crash.
科里：但是角色都有背景介紹啊，所以你需要介紹一下飛機失事的背景。
Angelica: Okay, the plane crashed because of mechanical failure, or better yet, pilot error.
安杰莉卡：好吧，飛機失事是因為機械故障，或者機長的失誤。
Corey: What happened? Was it because the pilot misread the instruments or had a problem navigating?
科里：究竟發生什么事情了？機長誤讀了儀器數據還是導航出現了故障？
Angelica: I don’t know.
安杰莉卡：我不知道。
Corey: Maybe he or she was incapacitated due to an illness. What kind of illness?
科里：也許是他（她）因為身體不適無法駕駛。那是因為什么感到不適呢？
Angelica: Forget it. Let’s say instead that it happened because of an act of God.
安杰莉卡：不管了。咱們就當這是老天爺的旨意吧。
Corey: Like a lightning strike? That’s not very likely.
科里：就像遭遇了閃電？那不太可能。
Angelica: Okay, how about some problem with the flight crew that caused the cabin to depressurize and the plane to go into a tailspin.
安杰莉卡：好吧，就說是因為機組人員的失誤導致機艙減壓，讓飛機陷入了混亂。
Corey: What was the problem with the flight crew?
科里：機組人員出現了什么失誤？
Angelica: It doesn’t matter!
安杰莉卡：那不重要。
Corey: Maybe a member of the flight crew was a hijacker and it was an act of terrorism.
科里：也許機組人員中有恐怖分子，這是一場恐怖襲擊。
Angelica: Okay, let’s say that’s what happened. Happy?
安杰莉卡：好吧，咱們就這么介紹好了。滿意了嗎？
Corey: But wait! Who was the terrorist? What were his aims and what was his cause?
科里：等一下！誰是恐怖分子呢？他的目標和動機是什么？
Angelica: You know what? I think you should put that in your book!
安杰莉卡：知道嗎？我覺得你應該把這些寫進你的書里面去！
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