英语播客EnglishPod 73

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 A:    Well,  right,  let’s  move  to  our  next  order  of  busi-
        ness, as many of you are aware, in recent weeks
       there has been a lot of media coverage¹ surround-
       ing this bird flu issue.  And it’s come to my atten-
       tion  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 com-
        pany can take to maintain critical business func-
       tions 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, per-
       haps⁵ some IT solutions that will allow our people
       to work from home.

 C:    I guess you’ll need me to forecast employee ab-
       sences as well, right?  And I’ll think about the im-
       pact⁴ this will have on our clients. Hey, what about
       vaccines⁶?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, any-
       one want to order some KFC for lunch?