VOA慢速英语:Olympus’ Troubles Echo Peter Drucker’s Management Concerns

短语讲解：

1. It said company officials hid over one billion dollars in losses going back to the nineteen nineties.

go back回转, 回顾, 追溯
例句：The friendly contacts between our two peoples can go back to the Tang Dynasty.
我们两国人民间的友好往来可以追溯到唐朝。

2. Reports say the problems at Olympus seem to come from thinking more about declaring profits in the short-term instead of building real value.

come from由…造成, 源自
例句：Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。
think about考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。
instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。

3. He fled Germany as Adolf Hitler came to power in nineteen thirty-three.

come to power (开始)掌权,上台
例句：Three years later, he came to power.
三年后他上台掌权了。

4. In the late nineteen twenties, he worked as a reporter in Frankfurt, Germany.

work as任…职, 当…
例句：It must be a hard life, working as a nurse in a backward country.
在落后的国家当一名护士, 生活必定是艰苦的。

5. In it, he said that workers at all levels should take part in decision-making, not just top managers.

take part in参加…, 参与…活动
例句：John takes part in many school activities.
约翰参加很多学校里的活动。

6. He died at his home in Claremont at the age of ninety-five.

at the age of在…岁时
例句：He became a doctor at the age of 27.
他27岁时成了一名医生。