原汁原味商务英语播客第120课:参观工厂

　　In today' s Business English Pod episode, we' re going to look at language for showing a visitor around your office or factory. 今天的英语播客，我们将探讨的是有关参观办公室和工厂的语句。

　　There are many reasons that someone might visit a factory and take a tour. They might be a prospective¹ client who wants to see where the products are made, or perhaps someone from head office is on an inspection² tour, or it could be an official inspection to make sure you are following government or internal standards. If it' s your job to give the tour, you' ll want to make sure everything goes smoothly³. So in today' s episode we' ll looking at language for guiding people on a tour and pointing out areas of interest. 参观和游览工厂有很多原因。那些来看产品是在哪儿生产的人很可能就是潜在的客户，或许是是来自高层的领导来视察产品是否符合政府和内部的标准。你的工作就是安排好这样的参观，你希望在参观时一切都能顺利地进行。所以在今天的这一集中我们要学习的是在参观过程中引导参观者参观时要用的语句。

1 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

2 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

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。