白领英语口语速查 第49期:部门职能:物流部门(1)

 　　物流部门

　　Logistics

　　仓储能力 storage capacity

　　A: I am not sure whether we have more storage spaces or not.

　　B: We are running out of the storage spaces.

　　What can we do with these goods?

　　A: You'd better think about the ways to improve our storage capacity.

　　B: In my opinion,

　　I don't think we need to store so many spare parts.

　　储运公司 logistics company

　　A: Do we want to hire a European logistics company for the spare parts to France?

　　B: Yes,we will have to.

　　运输方式 mode of transportation

　　A: Since we have settled the other issues,

　　next let's discuss the mode of transportation of the goods you ordered.

　　B: All right.Well,we don't think it is proper to transport the goods by railway.

　　贵方想怎样运货？

　　How will you ship the order？

　　A: How will you ship the order?

　　B: Air freight¹ is the quickest and safest way,I think.

　　A: But the freight cost will be higher

　　and that will affect the retail² price.

　　装运港/卸货港

　　loading/unloading port

　　A: We'd better have a brief talk about the loading port.

　　B: We are always willing to choose the big ports

　　as the loading ports.

　　A: What's your unloading port, please?

　　B: As most of our clients are near Tianjin,

　　we'd like to appoint Tanggu as the unloading port.

　　联运 combined transportation

　　A: What's combined transportation?

　　B: If the goods are to be transshipped

　　from one means of transportation to another

　　during the course of the entire voyage,it's called“combined transportation”.

　　A: Why is it necessary?

　　B: It's simpler and cheaper

　　to arrange multi-modal combined transportation.

　　发货 deliver/send out the goods

　　A: When do you plan to deliver the goods?

　　B: This weekend.

　　A: Please pay close attention to the safety of the shipment³.

　　B: Don't worry about that.We have experience.

　　再运一些货

　　to get some more in=to get more delivered

　　A: May I know how long will it take to get some more in from the factory?

　　B: About 3 weeks.

　　A: When will you be able to deliver?

　　B: By the end of this month,at the latest.

1 freight   

n.货物，货运；vt.运送（货物）看，装货于

参考例句：

• Tons of freight were flown into this airport every day.每天有许多吨货物被空运到这个机场。
• There is ten yuan in the bill for freight.发票中包括运费十元。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 shipment   

n.装货，装载的货物

参考例句：

• The goods are done up in bundles for shipment.货物已打包以备装船。
• Please advise the date of shipment as soon as possible.请尽快通知装货日期。