2012年剑桥BEC商务英语考试中级阅读范文15

Brenda Barnes

布蓝达·巴恩斯

Chairman and CEO of Sara Leewｗw.ExamＷ.CoM

Barnes became chief executive earlier this year after Sara Lee announced a major restructuring that included the planned sale of product lines totaling $8.2 billion in revenue. At the same time, Barnes is tackling corporate inefficiencies by encouraging shared purchasing between divisions and less bureaucracy. Barnes raised eyebrows when she left PepsiCo in 1998 to spend more time with her family. Ever since Barnes got back on the ’on-ramp’ into the corporate world, she has been the most oft-cited example in the business press of a woman who ditched her corporate career to spend time with her family, only to regain corporate power. Since taking the helm in 2005 after a six-year corporate sabbatical, she has shed businesses that made up 40% of revenue. Still, the stock has flagged.

今年年初，在莎莉·李宣布公司将进行大规模重组，同时计划将收入82亿美元的生产线出售之后，巴恩斯出任首席执行官。于此同时，巴恩斯鼓励不同部门进行联合采购，精简机构，解决了工作效率低的问题。1998年，为了有更多时间跟家人在一起，巴恩斯离开了百事可乐，这令人们惊讶不已。巴恩斯重回职场后，一直都是财经媒体津津乐道的模范女性：为了陪家人而放弃工作，而后又重掌公司大权。休息六年之后，巴恩斯于2005年重新掌舵，削减了占总收入40%的业务。然而，公司股票依然没有起色。

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