2014年ESL之商务英语 26 Disposing of Sensitive Documents

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Disposing of Sensitive Documents 

Marcus: All right, let’s get started. These documents won’t sort themselves. 

Rebecca: I really don’t think sorting through documents is the best use of my time. Can’t the company find an intern¹ to do this? 

Marcus: We have confidential² information in these files and unless we want a security breach³, only people who are authorized⁴ to see it are allowed to do this job. 

Rebecca: Lucky us. 

Marcus: Okay, we need to purge⁵ these files of outdated⁶ material. Let’s start by sorting them into two piles for either retention⁷ or destruction. 

Rebecca: And then what? 

Marcus: Then we have to further sort the destruction pile, either for disposal in the recycling bin⁸ or to be shredded⁹. 

Rebecca: And who are the lucky people who get to do the shredding¹⁰? 

Marcus: We get that honor, too. 

Rebecca: You’re kidding! I’m all for safeguarding confidential information, but couldn’t we just burn it all in a giant bonfire? 

Marcus: And who do you think would be responsible for doing that, and for extinguishing the wildfire we start? 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse