4、字号大中小 订阅The heat热度 on McDonald’s just got turned up a notch.缺口对麦当劳的热议愈演愈烈。On Monday the company reported a 2.2% decline in global same store sales for the month of November,with补充解释说明 the U.S. market taking the bigges
5、t hit (-4.6%)美国业务跌幅最猛烈.The Wall Street Journal reported that the drop in the U.S. was the biggest in more than 14 years.超过14年来I detailed详细说明 McDonald’s woes last month, noting that the pressure was mounting 增加上升on CEO DonThompson to turn around扭转 the fast food giant.巨人，巨兽，巨
6、大的，这里形容快餐行业的巨大 But with no relief 救济，安慰，解除，减轻in sight看不见任何放缓的迹象, investors may soon turn their attention to the McDonald’s board.麦当劳的董事会Leading the group is Andy McKenna, the company’s non-executive非执行董事 chairman since 2004 and a director since 1991. McKenna is a Chicago he
7、avy hitter打者，击手, who has been called “the power behind the throne王座”王座背后的力量 by the hometown press. Chicago Magazine has put him on its list of the 100 Mos Powerful Chicagoans, describing him as “a bigwig大人物 other bigwigs seek out for advice.” He has chaired掌管 the White Sox
8、and Cubs, and is now on the board of the Chicago Bears. He has also sat on countless other civic公民 and corporate boards,他还在众多民家机构和公司担任董事 including the University of Notre Dame andthe Big Shoulders Fund of the Archdiocese of Chicago.According to company filings文件, McKenna pl
9、anned to leave the board in 2003 when he reached McDonald’s mandatory强制性的，命令的，委托的 retirement age for directors of 73. But in the interim临时的，暂时的 the company went through a CEO handoff（handoff用手推开某人）,公司正在更换CEO的时候and the board asked McKenna to stay on to aid in the transition.
10、在过渡的时候帮忙The following year下一年 McDonald’s loosened the retirement rule（限制） 放松了退休限制in its proxy代理, saying that the board“may nominate提名 existing members of the board over the age of 73 as candidates in exceptional circumstances在特殊的情况下.” McDonald’s was then struck by misfortun
11、e in its leadership ranks.高层厄运连连CEO Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack while in
