职业技术英语口语 第40期:建筑物和设备 必备句

 　　5 Buildings and installations

　　5建筑物和设备

　　A Some useful phrases.

　　有用表达。

　　Listen to the recording¹ and repeat.

　　听录音，跟读。

　　When is the building work due to start?

　　本建筑工程什么时候开工？

　　It'll take three weeks to demolish² the old building.

　　这需要用三个周的时间拆除旧楼。

　　How long will the sub-contractors be on site?

　　承包商多长时间才会到场？

　　It must be ready on time.

　　必须准时完成。

　　The first phase of the project was finished three days ahead of schedule.

　　第一个阶段的工程提前三天完工。

　　We're on target to complete phase two.

　　我们目标是完成第二阶段工程。

　　We've had a slight delay.

　　我们稍有点延期。

　　We're working to a really tight schedule.

　　我们工作时间表安排的很紧。

　　We can still meet the deadline.

　　我们仍然可以按期完成。

　　How long will the system be down for?

　　这个系统多久能够下线?

　　We've allowed forty-eight hours to be on the safe side.

　　我们要求四十八小时安全可靠。

　　The program's going live on Monday.

　　本项目周一正式上线。

　　The crew is on stand-by.

　　工作人员正在待命。

　　We've taken on a civil engineer.

　　我们雇用了一位土木工程师。

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。