2015年ESL之商务英语 23 Unsafe Factory Conditions

ESL Podcast 1156 – Unsafe Factory Conditions 

Kathy Lee: You won’t find any problems in your inspection¹ of our factory. 

Rashed: I’m glad to hear that. Where do these stairs lead? 

Kathy Lee: It’s just a level for storage. You don’t need to see that. 

Rashed: I need to inspect every part of this factory. Please step aside. 

Kathy Lee: If you insist. 

Rashed: You have people working on this floor and it’s not structurally² sound, and certainly not intended for heavy manufacturing. This attic³ was never meant for industrial use. 

Kathy Lee: It’s only temporary… 

Rashed: There are no fire escapes, fire extinguishers, or emergency exits. 

Kathy Lee: Well, I… 

Rashed: None of the workers are wearing protective clothing and I see signs of child labor⁴. 

Kathy Lee: No, no, no, I wouldn’t hire anyone underage. 

Rashed: I am ordering an immediate⁵ shutdown of this factory due to flagrant violations⁶ of building code and labor laws. 

Kathy Lee: But you can’t do that! We have orders to fill. 

Rashed: Not when this building is in danger of imminent⁷ collapse⁸. 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 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。

2 structurally   

在结构上

参考例句：

• The house roof was (structurally) unsound. 这屋顶（结构）不牢固。
• Pinhole on shot-hole damage is never structurally significant. 针孔和蛀洞所造成的危害对结构的影响不大。

3 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

6 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

7 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

8 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。