The answers offered by an analysis of the past are more general; they relate to scale and they are actions that we can take on board, though we may not like their message.

分析过去，得到的答案更具普遍性，过去的活动是规模化的，是我们可以考虑借鉴的，尽管我们也许不喜欢那些通讯方式。

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Nobody should underestimate the scale of BP’s mistake, nor the damage that it has caused. But if the president does not stand up for due process, he will frighten investors across the board.

BP这次所犯的错误之大和造成的严重影响不能小觑，但是同时，如果奥巴马不按照程序来解决问题的话，他将吓跑来自世界各地的投资者。

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"Until you get scale, it's just too hard of a business to work," said Tom Andrus, who is on the board of Rhapsody.

Rhapsody董事会的Tom Andrus说：“除非你能够形成规模，不然这笔生意实在是太难做了。”

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