商務(wù)英語(yǔ)播客第84課:談參觀工地

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There are many different kinds of sites. We often speak of construction sites, a site where something is being built – such as buildings, roads, bridges, airports, and so on. But a site can also be a completed structure, like a factory or even sometimes an office. In a site visit, visitors come on site to have a look around. Someone in your company will usually play host and give them a tour. This is often part of the sales process: Sometimes it's the visitors who are selling something to the host, and sometimes it's other way around.

世界上有各種各樣不同的工地。我們經(jīng)常說(shuō)“工地建設(shè)”，一個(gè)正在建設(shè)的工地，包括房屋，路面，橋梁，機(jī)場(chǎng)等等。但是場(chǎng)所也可能是一個(gè)完整的建筑物，像工廠或者有時(shí)候像一個(gè)辦公室。在一個(gè)工地參觀，參觀者通常是四處看看。在你的公司里有人就會(huì)作為向?qū)В瑤ьI(lǐng)他們參觀。這通常就是一個(gè)銷售過(guò)程，有時(shí)候參觀者會(huì)向東道主賣東西，有的時(shí)候則相反。

The language we're going to study in this episode will be useful for anyone who needs to hostvisitors. No matter whether we are giving journalists a demonstration of a factory, or introducing potential customers to our work site, or giving government officials a tour of aconstruction project, we need to show people around and point out areas of interest.

在本章中我們學(xué)習(xí)的語(yǔ)言對(duì)于以主人身份接待來(lái)客者是很有用處的。不管你是否給了記者關(guān)于工廠的描述，或者是介紹潛在的客戶來(lái)我們的辦公地點(diǎn)，或者是給政府官員介紹工程建設(shè)，我們都需要帶領(lǐng)他們參觀并把注意力引向他們感興趣的地方。

In the listening, Stanley Wang works for China Western Railroad Construction Company. Stanley is the site agent – that is, the person in charge of a construction site – for a railwaytunnel that is being built. Matt and Paula – who work for a small engineering company called TunnelTech – are visiting potential customers in China. As the dialog begins, Stanley is getting ready to take them into the tunnel for a look around.

在聽力中我們得知，Stanley Wang為中國(guó)西部鐵路建設(shè)公司工作。他是在建筑經(jīng)紀(jì)人，也就是說(shuō)他負(fù)責(zé)建設(shè)，正在建設(shè)鐵路隧道。Matt and Paula為一個(gè)叫做TunnelTech的小工程公司工作，他們?cè)谥袊?guó)正在走訪潛在的客戶。在對(duì)話開始時(shí)，Stanley就準(zhǔn)備帶他們參觀隧道了。

Listening Questions:

1. What does Stanley point out in the tunnel? What language does he use to draw everyone's attention to it?

2. What are the advantages of the machine that Stanley describes?

3. Stanley mentions two safety hazards. What are they?

4. What is the question that Paula asks Stanley about the hazards?