外贸英语话题王 第28期:参观生产车间

 　　Visit the factory 参观生产车间

　　Our factory locates at a village in the east of the city. The area of it is 3.600 square meters. 我们的工厂建在市东的一个村庄里。占地3600平米。

　　We'd like to visit the factory. Can you show us the way? 我们很想去参观你们的工厂，你能给我们带路么？

　　That's OK! We'll take you to have a tour. Please follow me. 可以。我们带你们去参观。请随我来。

　　How many shifts² are there in your factory? 你们工厂几班轮流？

　　There are two shifts now in total. 两班制。

　　What about your company's QC management? 公司的品质管理如何？

　　We established the strict QC standards and we have followed it for about five years with good results. 我们建立了严格的品质管理要求，在这五年内,我们一直遵守这个要求，取得了良好的效果。

　　Where are the workers from? From the villages nearby? 你们的工人都从哪来？附近的村庄吗？

　　Most of them live in the city. We provide free commuter³ buses for the workers. 大部分工人住在市里，我们有免费的通勤车接送他们。

　　Besides,we built the dormitory building for the workers on night shift¹. 此外，我们还建了职工宿舍供晚班工人住宿。

　　It sounds nice. We can't wait to visiting the factory. 听起来很好。我们已经迫不及待想去看一看了。

1 shift   

n.交换，变化，移动，接班者；vt.更替，移转，变声；vi.改变，定责，更衣

参考例句：

• Lend me a hand to shift this box,will you?来帮一下忙，把这箱子搬开，好吗？
• A sudden shift in the wind warned of the coming storm.风向的突然改变预示暴风雨来临。

2 shifts   

n.转换( shift的名词复数 )；切换键；（汽车等的）变速；更换v.改变( shift的第三人称单数 )；去掉；摆脱掉；换挡

参考例句：

• The action of the novel shifts from Paris to London. 小说情节从巴黎移到了伦敦。
• I work split shifts in a busy restaurant. 我在一家繁忙的餐馆上间隔班。

3 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。