第19期: Planning For The Worst 做好应急计划

「晨读音频」

Hello English learners! And welcome to another great lesson with me here. I’m Reevs. Good morning!

大家好，欢迎来到懒人英语晨读栏目，我是Reevs，早上好呀。

And today I’m bringing you a great upper intermediate lesson.

今天我给大家带来一堂很棒的中高级课程。

We’re gonna talk about the topic that’s been in the news, and this topic is "The bird flu".

我们将要谈论在新闻中出现的话题，这个话题就是“禽流感”。

We’ve got language to talk about a disease.

我们用语言来谈论一种疾病。

And language that you might use in a planning meeting at work.

还有你在工作规划会议上可能会用到的语言。

Okay, so, we’re ready to listen to our dialogue.

好了，我们准备好听我们的对话了。

「对话文本」

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.

好了，现在我们进入下一个议题。正如你们知道的，最近几周很多关于禽流感的新闻报道。这个问题引起了我的注意，我们公司目前缺少应对禽流感的紧急措施。

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.

首先，我们需要提出明确的计划方案；我们要规划下具体的措施，以防流感来袭时公司能够维持正常业务运作。

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.

因此，我想做的是，第一，指定一些人负责起草计划；Ralph,我想让你主持这个项目。

C: Sure, no problem. What issues do you want me to consider?

可以，没问题。哪些方面问题你需要我考虑的呢？

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.

这有几个要点我们需要考虑到...... 首先，我需要你分析下我们的数据，弄清楚可能爆发的流感会使财务受到怎样的影响。

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.

你也需要思考如何让我们的每一位员工避免感染；想想如何减少员工-客户间的接触，也许一些信息技术解决方案可以让我们的员工在家办公。

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?

我猜您也需要我预测员工的缺勤率对吧？我会想想这对顾客的影响。那么，疫苗呢？是不是也应该考虑给员工打疫苗呢？

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?

当然。那么，我就把这事交给你。我们会在两周内对你的草案进行评估。好的，谁午餐想要定肯德基呢？

「重要发音技巧」

Okay, let’s look at some useful pronunciation tips in the dialogue.

好的，我们先来看看对话中实用的发音技巧。

1. 辅元连读 Flap T：What I

对话中：What I’d like to do is...

连读分析：前一个单词词尾为辅音，后一个单词开头为元音的时候，可以做辅元连读，读为/wʌtaɪ/。

Flap T 分析：/t/在两个元音音标之间且非重读的时候，/t/可以读为一个很轻的/d/, 所以读为/wʌtaɪ/。

复述：What I’d like to do is...

2. 失爆：want to

对话中：Anyone want to order some KFC for lunch?

失爆：失去爆破，爆破指的是爆破音，英语中有6个爆破音，分别是/p/,/b/,/t/,/d/,/k/,/g/。

两个单词相邻时，前一个单词词尾是爆破音，后一个单词开头也是爆破音时，前一个爆破音可以省去不发音。

失爆分析：want to，want结尾是一个爆破音/t/，to开头也是一个爆破音/t/, 所以want结尾的/t/可以不发音，那就可以读为/wɑːntuː/。

复述：Anyone want to order some KFC for lunch?

「核心单词掌握」

We heard a lot of really useful language in this dialogue and right now we’re gonna look at five different words from the dialogue.

我们在这段对话中听到了很多有用的语言，现在我们来看看对话中5个不同的单词。

The first one is critical.

第一个单词是 critical。

1. critical /ˈkrɪtɪkl/ adj.至关紧要的

So, when something is critical, it’s basically really important, really urgent.

所以，当一件事情至关重要的时候，真的很重要，很紧急。

例如：

This is a critical step in the process. You can’t make a mistake here.

这是整个过程中至关重要的一步，你不能犯错。

Okay, the next word we have is pandemic.

好的，我们下一个单词是pandemic。

2. pandemic / pænˈdemɪk/ n.大流行病

So, it’s a disease that spreads very fast and goes everywhere.

所以它是一种传播速度极快并且到处都有的疾病。

例如：

a global pandemic 一种全球流行病

Our third word for today is outbreak.

我们今天第三个单词是outbreak。

3. outbreak /ˈaʊtbreɪk/ n. (暴力、疾病等坏事的) 爆发

例如：

the outbreak of war 战争的爆发

an outbreak of influenza 流感的爆发

So moving on，our fourth word is forecast.

继续看，我们第四个单词是forecast。

4. forecast /ˈfɔːrkæst/ n.预测

So, to forecast basically means to predict.

所以，预测基本上就是指预知。

比如，我们经常看的天气预报，就是“weather forecast”。

The last word for today is vaccine.

我们学习的最后一个单词是vaccine。

5. vaccine /vækˈsiːn/ n.疫苗

(可用作可数，也可用作不可数)

实用短语：

get vaccines 打疫苗

疫苗是我们小时候都会注射的东西。它们是用来预防日后生病的注射剂。

例如：

When we are small, we get polio vaccines, measles vaccines.

当我们小时候，我们接种小儿麻痹症疫苗，麻疹疫苗。

「实用口语表达」

There’s a lot of words that you can use in a planning meeting, so, let’s look at five useful phrases in the dialogue.在工作规划会议中，有很多你可以用到的词汇，那么，让我们来看看对话中5个有用的短语。

Now, this first phrase you can use when you want to change the subject at a meeting. Let’s listen to what they said in the dialogue.现在，我们要说的第一个短语，是当你在会议中想要改变话题时可以使用的。

1. Let’s move to our next order of business. 我们开始下一项议题吧。Okay, so, let’s move to our next order of business, it’s a great way of saying “let’s move on”.“Let’s move to our next order of business（让我们进入下一项议题吧！）”是一种很好的表达“Let’s move on”（让我们继续吧！）的方式。

So，let’s move on to our second phrase and it’s “contingency plan”. 那么，让我们来看第二个短语，它是contingency plan。

2. contingency plan 应急计划So, a contingency plan is a plan that you make to prepare for an emergency.所以，应急计划是一个你为应对紧急情况所做的计划。 So, like a backup plan.

所以就像是一个备用计划。例如：

make contingency plans 制定应急计划

And I have another interesting phrase for you, it’s “We need to come up with a clear plan”.

我这里还有另外一个有趣的短语，是“We need to come up with a clear plan”。

3. We need to come up with a clear plan.

我们需要提出明确的计划方案。其中：come up with 提出例如：

He came up with a new idea for increasing sales.他提出了一个增加销售的新想法。

Okay, our fourth phrase we heard in the dialogue is “head up”.

好了。我们在对话中听到的第四个短语是head up。

4. head up 领导，负责It means I’d like you to lead or take care of this project.意思是我希望你来领导或者管理这个项目。Dialogue里面employer说的这一句话，也是很地道的，要认真记下来呀！例如：

I’d like you to head up this project.

我想让你来负责这个项目。

Okay, and the last phrase you can use when you want to give someone the responsibility of a job.好了，这是最后一个短语，当你想让某人负责一件工作的时候，你可以用这个短语。

5. So, I’ll leave this to you. 那么，我就把这事交给你。So, I’ll leave this to you. This is “you take charge”.“I’ll leave this to you”就是表示“你要负责”。

Now, it’s time for us to review what we've learned today.

现在我们来回顾一下今天所学习的，要跟上我一起来认真回顾，思考起来。

「今日所学回顾」

1. 发音重点：

辅元连读 Flap T：What I 失爆：want to

2. 单词重点：

critical adj. 至关紧要的pandemic n.大流行病outbreak n. (暴力、疾病等坏事的) 爆发forecast n.预测vaccine n.疫苗(可用作可数，也可用作不可数)

3. 表达重点：

Let’s move to our next order of business.我们开始下一项议题吧。contingency plan 应急计划We need to come up with a clear plan. 我们需要提出明确的计划方案。head up 领导，负责So, I’ll leave this to you. 那么，我就把这事交给你。

Alright，that's all for today. Thanks for coming. Hope you enjoy today's lesson.