纯正地道美语 第25期(外教讲解):Planning For The Wo

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Upper-Intermediate - Planning For The Worst (D0025)

A: Well, right, let’s move to our next order of business,as many of you are aware, in recent weeks there has been a lot of media coverage¹ surrounding this bird flu issue. And it’s come to my attention that our company lacks any sort of bird flu contingency² plan.

B: Basically, we need to come up with a clear plan; we need to outline specific actions that our company can take to maintain critical business functions in case a pandemic strikes.
A: So, what I’d like to do is: first appoint someone to look after drafting our plan; Ralph, I’d like you to head up this project.
C: Sure, no problem. What issues do you want me to consider?
B: Well, let’s see, there are a few points we need to be thinking about. . . first, I’ll need you to analyze³ our numbers and figure out what kind of financial impact an outbreak might have.

A: You’ll also need to think about how we can avoid any of our employees getting infected; think of ways to reduce employee-customer contact, perhaps some IT solutions that will allow our people to work from home.

C: I guess you’ll need me to forecast employee absences as well, right? And I’ll think about the impact this will have on our clients. Hey, what about vaccines⁴? Should we be thinking about getting vaccines for our employees?

A: Exactly right. So, I’ll leave this to you, and we’ll  review the draft plan in two weeks. Okay, so, anyone want to order some KFC for lunch?