1.Vocabulary
- first rate 一流的，上等的
- morale 士气
- incompetent 无能力的，不胜任的
- radical 激进的，彻底的
2.Sentence
- Business is bad, and employee morale is low. 生意很差，而且员工士气低落。
- Communication between management and staff is poor. 管理层和员工之间的沟通不畅。
- There is a continuing problem of employee theft in the company. 公司里有员工盗窃的问题。
- The company's costs are going up and up. 公司的开支一直在上涨。
- Competition is fierce in our industry. 我们行业的竞争很激烈。
- Because of terrible mismanagement, the company is in trouble. 因为管理不善，公司现在陷入困境。
- The company's biggest problem is a lack of innovation. 公司最大的问题是缺乏创新。
- We don't have the money to buy the latest technology. 我们没有购买最新技术的资金。
- The company I work for has a lot of problems. We have technology that's not the latest. I have a computer that's 10 years old. We have a management team that's disorganized. We have products that aren't innovative. We have competition that's doing better. We have costs that are rising quickly.
- I strongly suggest that we deal with this problem immediately.
3.Dialogue
Dialogue 1
Simon: Pam! Just the person I wanted to talk to.
Pam: Hey, Simon. What's up?
Simon: Well, I'm curious about something. How long did you work at Sunset Computers?
Pam: Uh, three years. Why?
Simon: You read the announcement about us buying them, right?
Pam: Uh, yeah.
Simon: Well, I wanted to get your thoughts on a few things.
Pam: Sure, go ahead.
Simon: So, I've been working with the engineers over at Sunset, and I think that they're first rate. They really know what they're doing. But I'm having a lot of trouble with middle management(中层管理人员).
Pam: I'm really not surprised to hear that.
Simon: Why?
Pam: Well, when I was there, employee morale was really low. Some of the managers were incompetent. And the communication between management and staff was terrible.
Simon: Really?
Pam: Yeah. And things got even worse after the CEO left.
Simon: I can imagine.
Pam: Simon, can I be honest with you?
Simon: Of course.
Pam: The lower-lever staff at Sunset are great, and so are the products. But I really think the only solution is to replace the management team.
Simon: That's pretty radical.
Pam: Yeah, but it's the only way to solve the problem.
Simon: I appreciate your honesty. I'm gonna have to think about this.
