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商务礼节美语第 194 期 :Outsourcing 外包业务 (下) 导读：本文商务礼节美语第 194 期 :Outsourcing 外包业务 (下)，仅供参考， 如果觉得很不错，欢迎点评和分享。 公司执行总裁 Dave 召集董事会成员 Helen 和 Pete开会，讨论业务外包和公 司重组。 H: I guess one of the biggest questions here is how the general public might perceive these moves. Will we face a backlash for cutting some local jobs and moving some operations abroad? P: Yes, its entirely possible that we will get some negative press over this decision. We will need to do some damage control and try to explain as best as possible the reasoning behind our decision. D: Ill have a chat with our public relations people and brief them on how to respond to media inquires. Helen 担心公司业务外包， 裁减员工，会引起社会反响， face a backlash。Pete 也表示，媒体很可能会有负面报道， negative press, 因此要尽量控制不良影响， do some damage control。执行总裁 Dave 表示，会和公关部门讨论，告诉他们如 何回答媒体的问询。 P: The logic is pretty simple; either we make some needed cuts or the company risks going under and even more jobs will be lost. D: We also want to be responsible players here. Lets offer job counseling and lets be reasonably generous with severance packages. H: The companies that we plan on contracting to work for us have all been vetted by an independent auditor, right? D: Yes, and they all passed with flying colors. Pete表示，公司重组理由很简单， 不裁员公司就可能破产， the company risks going under。Dave 建议为遣散员工提供就业咨询， job counseling，遣散费也多 给点，be generous with severance packages. Severance packages是遣散员工时给的 补贴。 Helen 问，外包公司是否都已经通过了独立审计单位的审查， vet ，是审查 的意思。 Dave 表示，审查结果非常好， to pass with flying colors ，意思是成功通 过考查。 D: The law says sub-contracted firms must follow some basic guidelines such as no child labor, equal pay for men and women, etc. If theyre not up to snuff, they have a certain number of days to rectify the situatio