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商务英语 / 用英语开会 / 6 ? 　提出解决方案 Proposing Solutions ? ? ? Hopper公司以经营电子零件制造为主，为扩展欧洲市场，已至人工便宜的东欧国家寻求代工厂商。但最近盛传东欧工厂使用次级原料，造成消费者对Hopper不满。老板 Raymond与市调部经理Nina及生产部经理Jonathan为此紧急进行磋商。 英文正文 Raymond: What the heck is going on here? How could we be so completely in the dark about these rumors until now? Jonathan: Thereve been a lot of stories that factories in Eastern Europe are using second-rate materials to save costs. Raymond: Weve all heard those stories, but how were they linked with us? Can you clarify the issues? Nina: Some people say that some local middlemen knew all about these things. They didnt report it because the factories gave them extra money. Our local middleman was one of them. When people learned about the stories, most thought that we must have known about the problems too. Raymond: My Lord!! Jonathan, whats our best course of action here? Youre sure that were not using cheap materials anymore, arent you? Jonathan: Ive been to all of the factories there; no second-rate materials that I could see. It could be theyre still secretly working with other factories, though. Ill do some more checking. Raymond: Even if we didnt know, people would still think its our fault for not checking enough. And then well be in big trouble. Nina: Let me put that another way. If sales get any worse we could go belly up very quickly. What we have to do is quite clear. We need to start some damage control on our public image... right away. ? 中文翻译 ? Raymond: 搞什么呀？我们怎么会被蒙在鼓里，一直到现在才知道这些流言呢？ Jonathan: 一直都有谣传，说许多东欧工厂使用次级的原料来节省成本。 Raymond: 是，这些我们都知道，但这怎么会扯到我们的头上来呢？你能说明一下吗？ Nina: 有许多传闻是说，过去有些当地的中介商很清楚这些事，但是因为他们拿了工厂的回扣，所以知情不报。和我们合作的中介商也是其中之一。大家听了这些传言，大多认为我们早就知情了。 Raymond: 天呀!!Jonathan，我们该采取什么行动呢？你确定我们没有再用那些次级的原料了吧？ Jonathan: 我去过所有的工厂，都没发现到劣级原料；不过他们有可能偷偷地交给其它工厂去做了。这我还要再查一下。 Raymond: 即使我们不知情，大家还是会认为我们犯了督查不力的错误，我们准会跟着倒大霉的。 Nina: 我这么说吧，如果销路再下跌，我们马上就要倒闭了。当务之急已不言而喻了，我们得马上采取行动，防止公司形象受损。? ? 短语解说 ? be in the dark 毫不知情 dark当名词是‘黑暗’的意思。此词组的字面意思是‘在黑暗中’，比喻为‘对某事毫不熟悉；被蒙在鼓里’。若要表示对某人隐瞒一些事，则可