If there is one thing BP's watery improv act made clear, it is that, as a culture, we have become far too willing to gamble with things that are precious and irreplaceable, and to do so without a back-up plan, without an exit strategy.
如果有一件事物能让 英国石油公司的改进行动更明确有力， 那就是，作为一种文化， 我们变得绝不容忍用这些 珍贵的不可替代的 事物作为赌注 -- 在没有后备计划，收尾策略的 情况下就去做。