2014年商务英语高级口语练习17

　　Dialogue 1

　　A: We'd like to welcome everyone to the Michelson Tools factory site, and thank everyone for being here today. My name is Paul Shafer, I'll be showing you around today. Please feel free to ask questions at any point during our tour, I'll be happy to answer questions for you.

　　B: Is it really necessary to wear all this protective gear?

　　A: That's an excellent question. I'll bet your wondering why we ask you to wear hard hats and safety goggles while you're in the plant. The reason is simple, we care about your safety and we want to ensure there are no injuries today. As you will see, to maintain a high level safety, we also require all of our staff to wear similar protective gear.

　　B: How long will the tour take?

　　A: It should take about twenty minutes to go through the main plant, and maybe another ten to take a look at the laboratory. All together our tour should last about half an hour.

　　B: Okay....

　　A: Well, if you don't have any questions, shall we get started? If you'll follow me, first I'll take you to the site of our semi-conductor system....

　　Dialogue 2

　　A: Here in the main plant is where most of the action takes place. We produce and package more than five hundred thousand units per year on these machines... if you do the math on it, that breaks down to about one unit every minute.

　　B: How many employees do you have working in this area? What percentage of your employees are on the ground floor?

　　A: We have about 40 employees on the ground floor, which is about 20% of the total staff. Ground floor employees include production line workers, maintenance staff, and quality control managers.

　　B: What all do your quality control people oversee?

　　A: They are responsible for ensuring the continuity of quality for the products that come out of our plant and they also work together with the system engineers to keep the machines running smoothly. Here, let's move on to the next room.... I'd like to show you what it looks like in one of our test cubicles.