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Last winter a small hospital near my city faced an infection.去年冬天，我所在城市附近的一家小医院遇到了一场「感染」。 Where did the infection come from?这场「感染」是从哪里来的？ Nobody knew.没有人知道。 The first two patients gave consent and only felt a little ill.最早的两个病人「同意」了治疗，只是觉得有点不舒服。 Then the nurses found a third case, and the whole floor grew quiet.后来护士们发现了第三例，整层楼都安静了下来。

An executive saw a new dimension to the problem and called a meeting.一位「主管」看出问题上有了新的「层面」，于是召集了一个短会。 She asked the team to elaborate a simple plan within one hour.她请大家在一小时内「精心拟定」一个简单的方案。 The plan had two aims: eliminate the source and stop any new case.方案有两个目标：「消除」源头，阻止新的病例。 A single mistake could carry the illness to everyone close by.一个错误就可能把病带给周围所有人。

The staff cleaned each room in a careful dimensional way.工作人员用细致而「多维度的」方式打扫每个房间。 The work took three long days.这项工作花了三天。 The doctor said it looked slow but felt right.医生说，这活儿看着慢，但感觉是对的。 She told them to execute each step carefully, not just talk about it.她让大家用心「执行」每一步，而不只是嘴上说说。

Then came the elimination of the old habits that caused the trouble.接着就是对造成麻烦的旧习惯的「消除」。 The next morning the number of new cases fell.第二天早上，新病例的数量下降了。 The lesson: careful planning and strict execution can beat a problem that spreads.教训是：周密的计划和严格的「执行」能战胜会扩散的问题。