Day 25:Englishpod(Planning For The Worst )

Hey,guys,
I am Carla.
今天是Englishpod打卡的第25天，加油吧。

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Englishpod 第二十五期（听力音频）
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 coverage surrounding this bird flu issue. And it’s come to my attention that our company lacks any sort of bird flu contingency 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 analyze 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 vaccines? 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?**

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Okay,next part is 重点单词，句型讲解。
1.move to 接下来

这个短语经常在公司讲解事项的对话中出现。
e.g. Let's move to the next item.
我们来谈谈接下来的项目。

2.come to my attention 引起我的注意

e.g.A: It has come to my attention that some of you are eating sunflower seeds at work。
A：我注意到有的人在上班时间嗑瓜子。

3. head up 负责，领导

e.g. JudgeFrederick Lacey headed up the investigation [](javascript:void(0);)
弗雷德里克·莱西法官负责该项调查。

4.draft plan 草图，提纲

e.g.There is a draft****plan that describes these extensions.
草案计划描述了这些扩展。

5.contingency plan 应急计划，紧急计划

e. g.
I am responsible for the contingency plan
of the specific department.
负责指定部门应急计划。

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感觉有一些功能混乱了，有点复杂，所以可能排版和文字内容有些乱，请大家见谅，如果有不懂得地方，可以跟我说一下，谢谢。
Thanks for your reading.