Planning For The Worst

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，那我们进入下一个议题。大家可能都知道，最近几周媒体上有很多关于禽流感的报道。我注意到我们公司没有任何应对禽流感的应急预案。

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.

基本上，我们需要制定一个明确的计划，列明公司在疫情爆发时维持关键业务的具体措施。

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.

所以，我的想法是：先指定一个人负责起草这个计划。拉尔夫，我希望你来牵头这个项目。

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

好的，没问题。你希望我考虑哪些问题？

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.

嗯，我想想，有几个方面需要考虑……首先，我需要你分析一下我们的数据，看看疫情可能带来多大的财务影响。

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.

你还需要考虑如何避免员工感染，想办法减少员工与客户的接触，或许可以借助一些IT方案让员工在家办公。

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?

我想你还需要我预测员工的缺勤情况，对吧？我也会考虑这对客户的影响。对了，疫苗呢？我们是不是该考虑为员工接种疫苗？

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?

完全正确。那这事就交给你了，我们两周后评审草案。好了，有人想点肯德基当午餐吗？