职业技术英语口语 第53期:维护 要做的工作

 　　Jobs to do

　　要做的工作

　　A: Hi, Xavier. I'd like to go over the list of jobs for next week's maintenance¹ shut.

　　A:你好,泽维尔。我要检查一下下周维护停机的工作明细表。

　　B:Sure. We've got a lot to do in a short time. We're planning to shut the line at midday on Wednesday and start up again at 6 pm the following day. We might need to extend the shut by about six hours.

　　B:当然可以。短时间内我有很多事情要做。我们计划在星期三正午关闭这条线并在随后的几天下午6点再次开启。我们可能需要延长停机时间大约六个小时。

　　A: Our production people won't be happy about that. We've got a full order book at the moment. Is there any way you could speed things up?

　　A:我们生产工人对此会不满的。目前我们的订单满满的。有没有办法能快点修？

　　B:Not really. We need to dismantle² the conveyor belt and replace the rollers.

　　B:真没有什么办法。我们需要拆除传送带并更换辊子。

1 maintenance   

n.维修，保养，扶养费，维持，保持

参考例句：

• His small farm provides maintenance,but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活，但仅此而已。
• He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。

2 dismantle   

vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消

参考例句：

• He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
• The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。