外贸英语口语学习教程第28期:贸易使团(3)

Visit the factory 参观生产车间
A: Our factory locates at a village in the east of the city. The area of it is 3,600 square meters.
B: We'd like to visit the factory. Can you show me the way?
A: That's OK! We'll take you to have a tour. Please follow me.
B: How many shifts are there in your factory?
A: There are two shifts now in total.
B: What about your company's QC management?
A: We established the strict QC standards, and we have followed it for about five years with good results.
B: Where are the works from? From the village nearby?
A: Most of them live in the city, we provide free commuter buses for workers. Besides, we built the dormitory building for the workers on night shift.
B: It sounds nice. We can't wait to visiting the factory.

重点讲解：
Area 面积，地区
相关词语还有： district，region 它们的区别如下：
1. area是这组词中用得最广的，表示的“地区”可大可小，但通常不指行政分区。例如：I find the people in this area very friendly. 我发现这个地方的人很友好。
2. region通常指较大的地区，它既可以表示一个国家的行政分区，也可以指非行政分区。例如：The south east is the richest of England. 通常指较大的地区，它既可以表示一个国家的行政分区，也可英国的东南部是最富有的。/ Italy is divided into 20 regions. 意大利被分为20个行政区。其他用例：the Arctic region 北极地区 / in country regions在农村地区 / a faraway region 遥远的地区 / an oil region 遥远的地区石油产区 / a forest region 林区
3. district 指相对于 region 稍小的地区，通常指一个国家或城市的行政分区，有时也指非行政分区。例如：The letters SW1 stand for a postal district of London. SW1这几个字母代表伦敦的邮政分区。/ The busiest shopping district in Beijing is around Wangfujing Street. 北京最热闹的商业区是王府井大街一带。
Commuter 通勤者
Shift 轮班
“can't wait to”的意思是“迫不及待地做某事”，此处的to是介词，后面加名词或动名词。例如：On Christmas Eve, children can’t wait to receiving presents. 圣诞节前夕，孩子们迫不及待地等着礼物。