商务英语情景口语100主题019

019 Factory Tours

Dialogue 1

A: We'd like to welcome everyone to the Michelson Tools factory site, and thank everyone for being here today. My name is Paul Shafer, I'll be showing you around today. Please feel free to ask questions at any point during our tour, I'll be happy to answer questions for you.

B: Is it really necessary to wear all this protective gear?

A: That's an excellent question. I'll bet your wondering why we ask you to wear hard hats and safety goggles¹ while you're in the plant. The reason is simple, we care about your safety and we want to ensure there are no injuries today. As you will see, to maintain a high level safety, we also require all of our staff to wear similar protective gear.

B: How long will the tour take?

A: It should take about twenty minutes to go through the main plant, and maybe another ten to take a look at the laboratory. All together our tour should last about half an hour.

B: Okay....

A: Well, if you don't have any questions, shall we get started? If you'll follow me, first I'll take you to the site of our semi-conductor system....

Dialogue 2

A: Here in the main plant is where most of the action takes place. We produce and package more than five hundred thousand units per year on these machines... if you do the math on it, that breaks down to about one unit every minute.

B: How many employees do you have working in this area? What percentage of your employees are on the ground floor?

A: We have about 40 employees on the ground floor, which is about 20% of the total staff. Ground floor employees include production line workers, maintenance staff, and quality control managers.

B: What all do your quality control people oversee²?

A: They are responsible for ensuring the continuity of quality for the products that come out of our plant and they also work together with the system engineers to keep the machines running smoothly³. Here, let's move on to the next room.... I'd like to show you what it looks like in one of our test cubicles⁴.

1 goggles   

n.护目镜

参考例句：

• Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上护目镜使眼睛不受阳光伤害。
• My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的护目镜一直有水雾，所以我看不见。

2 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

3 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 cubicles   

n.小卧室，斗室( cubicle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Security guards, operating inside bullet-proof glass cubicles, and speaking through microphones, scrutinized every arrival and departure. 警卫们在装有防弹玻璃的小室里值勤，通过麦克风细致盘问每一个进出的人。 来自辞典例句
• I guess they thought me content to stay in cubicles. 我猜他们认为我愿意呆在小房间里。 来自互联网