时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:新视野大学英语:视听说教程 3


英语课

MODEL2   I have some very bad news.

Helen: Bill, I’ve been searching for a loan, but I was rejected everywhere. Now I’m afraid I have some very bad news.

Bill:   What is it?

Helen: Well, the company has been experiencing serious financial difficulties for quite a long time now.

Bill:   I know we’ve been operating in the red for the past few months.

Helen: Exactly. After a long discussion with my partners, I’ve come to the conclusion that the best course of action is to file for bankruptcy 1

Bill:   What? Bankruptcy? I didn’t know you were in this kind of serious financial trouble.

Helen: Sales have been low all year long. Now two of our leading competitors are discussing a merger 2. Then we’ll have to face even stiffer 3 competition. I feel the situation is going to go from bad to worse. We simply can’t afford to keep our doors open for long.

Bill:   When do you plan to make the announcement to tell all the employees?

Helen:  Early next week.

Bill:    What kinds of severance 4 package will we able to offer them?

Helen:  Unfortunately, the best we can do is offer one month’s salary.

Bill:    Oh! How terrible! OK, I’ll contact Vivitek and see if they are interested in acquiring our company.



n.破产;无偿付能力
  • You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
  • His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
n.企业合并,并吞
  • Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
  • Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。
adj.严厉的( stiff的比较级 );僵硬的;强烈的;拘谨的
  • There are now stiffer penalties for drunken drivers. 现在对酗酒开车的处罚更严厉了。 来自辞典例句
  • The language correspondingly became stiffer. 讲话的语言也相应地变得更加强硬。 来自辞典例句
n.离职金;切断
  • Those laid off received their regular checks,plus vacation and severance pay.那些被裁的人都收到他们应得的薪金,再加上假期和解职的酬金。Kirchofer was terminated,effective immediately--without severance or warning.科奇弗被解雇了,立刻生效--而且没有辞退费或者警告。
学英语单词
a deal
abl.
acuerdoes
aloe barbadensis
alterable read-only memory
Anbār, Liwā' al
anti-corrosive preparation
aperiodic variations
arthro-ophthalmopathy
atomic scientist
average vector power
Baggy beds
between-the-mean variation
black-billed capercaillie
boot cut
bridel
burneys
calculated interest
carrier-borne
cart for removing melting cup assembly
CCD (cold-cathode discharge)
chain linked to next
clap on sail s
colditz
conduction band
cone spacer
constant flow control valve
content-driven
corner influence
differential isotopic method
direct-current tachometer
dummys
dynamic structure complex
engine-propeller unit
exanthema syphiliticum
fordreamed
furnace flame
gas modulator
gaseous electronics
gauging head
graduate studies
haplobacteria
high frequency oscillation of chest wall
high wide and handsome
holy-water basin
immunocharacterization
internal hirudiniasis
khorana
kinder-
lallate
Lucena, Sa.de
mail liner
meratran
merleau-ponties
neghebur
newscrawls
norwich
note on
Oflag
outcoming signal
pair metamorphism
parent-daughter relations
partial automation
PKASE
plotting facility
polygonal crystal
potassium nitride
prepaid rents
primitive pushdown machine
protocol data flow
pulls ahead
radar log
real accounts
realized appreciation
recall thrust
recording level indicator
recovery limit
redial
RGN
Roko's basilisk
roll laminating
rothchild
senate
separating control character
shotgun pleading
single program/multiple data
sit-tragety
slurry recycle
symbolicly
TASVd
tissue tension
track-circuiting bond
trading on borrowed stock
tsk tsks
unstalled
variable sta bility flight control
VDX
vrankovic
wakon
Window Watchdog
worm-thread tool gage
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