讀報筆記：奧運安保公司工作不力 或損失利潤豐厚合同

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  The chief executive of G4S admitted that his management of the London Olympics staffing scandal had embarrassed the British government and left the worlds biggest security groups reputation in tatters as he fought to save his job on Tuesday.

  The chief executive：首席執(zhí)行官（CEO）

  reputation in tatters：聲譽掃地

  G4S has been at the centre of a political firestorm that has wiped $1.1 billion (703.59 million pounds) off its market value since it announced that it could not provide the promised 10,400 security guards only two weeks before the Games.

  a political firestorm：政治風暴

  security guards：保安

  Shares in the group closed down 5.7 per cent after Chief Executive Nick Buckles appeared before a parliamentary committee, struggling to answer several questions and saying he wished he had never taken on the Olympics contract.

  Shares in the group：集團股價

  At one point, when asked whether his staff would be able to speak fluent English, he responded that he did not know what fluent English was.

  After being assured that he was speaking English himself, Buckles went on to say that the group still expected to take its 57 million pound management fee from the Games.

  management fee：管理費

  G4S has said that it could lose up to 50 million pounds on the Olympics security contract, worth 284 million pounds.

  The embarrassing staffing admission has ignited a wider row over the British governments decision to outsource key work to the private sector and left ministers from the Prime Minister down trying to explain how the failure was allowed to develop.

  ignited a wider row over：引起廣泛的爭論

  outsource key work：外包關鍵項目

  Many would take the view that the reputation of the company is in tatters, Buckles was told by one member of the Home Affairs Select Committee after being summoned at short notice to explain the debacle.

  take the view：持某種觀點

  I think, at the moment, I would have to agree with you, Buckles said, looking uncomfortable and sitting ramrod straight before lawmakers in the ornate wood-panelled room.

  We have had a fantastic track record of service delivery over many years in many countries, but clearly this is not a good position to be in, he added.

  The debacle has overshadowed the build-up to the Games only 10 days before the worlds biggest sporting event begins, reviving memories of previous embarrassments for the company, such as a string of prisoner escapes and riots.

  a string of：一連串的

  Last year the group left inmates locked up for almost 24 hours at a British jail after losing the keys to cells. In another incident, guards tagged a mans false leg, allowing him to remove it and break a court-imposed curfew.

  locked up：關押

  Certainly my view, and the view of the board, is Im the best person at the moment to take this through, Buckles insisted.

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