Yes Case

挂了After hanging up, I 打telephoned XX. a VP at .., and asked XX if he has contacted BB. After AA assured me that he hasn't , I called back and confirmed the interest. 4 days later, 草签协议the protocol was signed.

This issue came up at every review of the plan. Management did 做了一些工作 undertake some activities; however 重复出现的repeated difficulties made management hesitant to venture into...

I was puzzled at the lack of international involvement.

I believe another <office > is needed, <an office which >would be regionally organized in order to be aware of international issues.

SOM is 破裂了 fragmented.

在我看来it appeared to me that no one could pull the project together

有些人believed that this plan would benefit us, but it would be costly, <especially when > you are late in entering a market.

keep an 模棱两可的，含糊不清的ambiguous attitude /漠不关心的indifferent.

B felt no one was satisfied, so I felt obligated to have everyone come back in subsequent meetings with an answer to that question.

进入enter the A market

多元化经营 diversified into the B market?

介入go into volatile industries?

退出exit less predictable industries and concentrate on!

In 2012, ...is still modestly unprofitable on the Japanese venture, although management is confident most problems have been corrected.....

found it difficult to achieve...

中断努力discontinued its effort last year.

announced its intention to 剥离业务divest...

介于这种兴趣In the interest of putting more emphasis on international operations,

GG, 过去掌管who was in charge of ..,

被任命为was named the senior PM.

接管The takeover result in 250 裁员redundancy

扬言的罢工未付诸行动The threatened strike never materialized.

点出noted the limits [in'hiərənt] inherent in his job as PM给我们施压the board pressured on the issue

指导我们执行？direct us to execute?

大概知道一些keep a gently awareness that we want to be international

提过mentioned it to the board

还没提上日程hasn't been on the board's agenda, but we decided on the spot bring it up informally.

The reaction to this idea...