Bill has called Susan, Ryan and the rest of the departmentinto his office. He sits behind the desk, his face grim.

    比尔电话通知苏珊、瑞恩和其他部门职员到办公室。办公桌后的他正襟危坐，满脸严肃。

    Bill: Good morning. I'm sorry to have to call you in here like this, but there's been some bad news from Head Office.

    比尔：早上好，各位。很抱歉我不得不以这种方式把大家召集于此，总部有坏消息要我向各位传达。

    Susan and Ryan glance at each other.

    苏珊和瑞恩相互看了一眼。

    Susan: What kind of bad news?

    苏珊：什么坏消息呀？

    Bill: The company's been losing money recently, and each department is going to be audited in the next few weeks, to see where cutbacks can be made. They've brought in outside consultants to act as hatchetmen, and they'll be the ones conducting the audit.

    比尔：公司最近一直在亏损 ......