ESL Podcast 464 – Talking About Inventory
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Foreman: Okay, people. Listen up.
This is your first day on the job in this warehouse 1 and you need to know what we do here. This warehouse keeps all of the stock for the 10 stores in this region. We get merchandise from the supplier and it’s our job to organize it and store it until it goes to the retail 2 outlets 3. One of the reasons our stores can offer such low prices is that they operate on the principles of economies of scale. This means that we buy in bulk and there’s a lot to catalogue and store. We even have some stock on consignment 4, so it’s all the more important that we’re able to keep track of any merchandise that comes through here. Any questions?
Carla: Yeah, are we the end of the supply chain or do we send merchandise to other warehouses 5?
Foreman: We are it. Merchandise comes to us from suppliers and we distribute it to the stores. Any other questions?
Carla: Does merchandise ever go missing?
Foreman: It better not go missing under my watch. That’s why we do an inventory 6 twice a year. If anything is unaccounted for, I won’t be a happy camper. Okay, people, line up to get your assignments...
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
- The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
- In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
- These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
- The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This last consignment of hosiery is quite up to standard.这批新到的针织品完全符合规格。
- We have to ask you to dispatch the consignment immediately.我们得要求你立即发送该批货物。
- The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
- Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。