EU4-34：Proposing s solution to work issue

Vocabulary

[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] Um. 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.
[PAM] I'm really not surprised to heat 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-level 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.

Key words

• first rate
• morale
• incompetent
• communication
• radical

Grammar

1. Company problems

在我们生活或者工作中都会遇到问题，下面我们学习一下常见的公司问题。

Business is bad, and employee morale is low.
Communication between management and staff is poor.
There is a continuing problem of employee theft in the company.
The company’s costs are going up and up.
Competition is fierce in our industry.
Because of terrible mismanagement, the company is in trouble.
The company’s biggest problem is a lack of innovation.
We don’t have the money to buy the latest technology.

2. Offering solutions

使用类似表达方式提出问题解决办法。

One solution could be that we hire a new manager.
Another possibility would be to have a team meeting.

为了竭力提出解决办法，使用如下解决办法。

I really think that the only solution is to replace the entire management team.
The only way to solve this problem is to buy the company.
I strongly suggest that we deal with this problem immediately.