商務英語口語對話: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.
你聽說斯科特那個案子的事了嗎?有些敏感的資料被泄露給了新聞界.現在各大報紙都在報道這件事情.
哦,我敢說這下公司肯定要氣壞了.他們知道是誰泄密的嗎?
我肯定他們有自己的猜疑,畢竟瞭解案情細節的只有少數幾個資深律師.
那些該付責任的人有什麼後果嗎?
他肯定會被解僱的,也許還要付一些法律責任.
爲什麼泄密的人會有法律糾紛?
因爲無論是誰泄密都會侵犯當事人的機密權.
我沒有想到會這樣.那也太嚴重了吧.現在有人調查時誰泄的密嗎?
我確信管理部門正在積極調查此事.
Leak: to give secret information to the public, for example by telling a newspaper 泄露,透露(祕密信息);走漏
The contents of the report were leaked to the press. 報告的內容被泄露給了新聞界.
a leaked document 已泄密的文件
privy: allowed to know about something secret 准許知情;可參與祕事
She was not privy to any information contained in the letters. 她未獲準接觸那些信的內容.
Repercussion: an indirect and usually bad result of an action or event that may happen some time afterwards (間接的)影響,反響,惡果
The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 這家公司的垮臺將會給整個行業造成間接的負面影響.
spill the beans: to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private 泄露祕密;說漏嘴
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? 你認爲他真地能做好他的工作嗎?
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
