商务英语口语对话:泄密事件
M: Did you hear what happened in the Scott case? Some of the sensitive material were leaked to the press. Now every newspapers is all over it.
F: Oh...I bet the firm is fuming. Do they know who spilled the beans?
M: I'm sure they have their suspicions; there were only a few of the senior level lawers who were privy to the case details.
F: What kind of repercussions will there be for the people who are held responsible?
M: I'm sure there'll be canned! And there also might be some legal consequences.
F: Why would the person who told have problems with the law?
M: Because whoever let the cat out of the bag was breaking client confidentiality.
F: I didn't think about that. That's pretty serious. Are there investigators working on finding out who it was?
M: I'm sure management is on top of it.
你听说斯科特那个案子的事了吗?有些敏感的资料被泄露给了新闻界.现在各大报纸都在报道这件事情.
哦,我敢说这下公司肯定要气坏了.他们知道是谁泄密的吗?
我肯定他们有自己的猜疑,毕竟了解案情细节的只有少数几个资深律师.
那些该付责任的人有什么后果吗?
他肯定会被解雇的,也许还要付一些法律责任.
为什么泄密的人会有法律纠纷?
因为无论是谁泄密都会侵犯当事人的机密权.
我没有想到会这样.那也太严重了吧.现在有人调查时谁泄的密吗?
我确信管理部门正在积极调查此事.
Leak: to give secret information to the public, for example by telling a newspaper 泄露,透露(秘密信息);走漏
The contents of the report were leaked to the press. 报告的内容被泄露给了新闻界.
a leaked document 已泄密的文件
privy: allowed to know about something secret 准许知情;可参与秘事
She was not privy to any information contained in the letters. 她未获准接触那些信的内容.
Repercussion: an indirect and usually bad result of an action or event that may happen some time afterwards (间接的)影响,反响,恶果
The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响.
spill the beans: to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private 泄露秘密;说漏嘴
on top of sth: in control of a situation 控制着;掌握着
Do you think he's really on top of his job? 你认为他真地能做好他的工作吗?
来源:恒星英语-口语频道
