单词：

graffiti英[ɡrə'fi:ti:,ɡrə'fiːti] 美[ɡrə'fiti]   涂鸦，乱涂乱画

graffiti-resistant [ri'zistənt]    adj.抗涂鸦的

vandal英['vændəl]     n.故意破坏公共财产者

property英['prɔpəti] 美['prɑpəti]    n.特性；性质

be dedicated to英['dedɪ,keɪtɪd] 美['dɛdɪ,ketɪd]  专门用于

carry out 执行，贯彻

automatically英[,ɔ:tə'mætɪkəlɪ] 美[,ɔtə'mætɪklɪ]    adv.自动地

show…around… 带领某人参观….

vandalise英['vændl,aɪz] 美['vændl,aɪz]    vt. 摧残；破坏

deface英[di'feis] 美[dɪ'fes]    vt. 破坏外观；丑化

maintenance staff   英['meintinəns，'meɪntənəns] 美['mentənəns]   维护人员，维修人员

automate英['ɔ:tə,meɪt] 美['ɔtə,met]   vi.&vt. 使自动化

output n.产量

assembly line英[ə'sembli] 美[ə'sɛmbli]   生产线，流水线

work at full capacity英[kə'pæsiti] 美[kə'pæsɪti] 满负荷工作，以全部力量工作

buyer’s market 买方市场

exceed英[ik'si:d] 美[ɪk'sid]    vt.超出

loading bay 装卸平台

inventory英[/'ɪnvəntri/] 美['ɪnvən,tɔri, -,tori]    n.货物清单

stock英[stɔk] 美[stɑk]    n.库存，存货

defect英[di'fekt] 美['di,fɛkt, dɪ'fɛkt]    n.缺点，缺陷

eliminate英[i'limineit] 美[ɪ'lɪmə,net]   vt.消除，根除

adopt英[ə'dɔpt] 美[ə'dɑpt]    vt.采用，采纳；收养

key features 主要特征；特色

principle英['prinsəpl] 美['prɪnsəpəl]    n.原则；原理

Bolivia英[bə'liviə] 美[bə'lɪviə, bo-]    玻利维亚（南美洲西部国家）

 

Notes：

1. The committee ultimately adopted his suggestions.

委员会最终采纳了他的建议。

2. We shall adopt your proposal.

我们将采纳你的建议

adopt environmental protection technique

•      采用环保技术

Read the newspaper article form Weekend West quickly to find the following:

 

The name of the company it talks about

What kind of products the company makes

Who uses the company’s products

 

Graffiti a problem? Just wash it ?

IT HAS BEEN described as art by some people, but to others it’s an ugly and depressing aspect of modern life. What is it? Graffiti, of course. Look around your city today and you can see graffiti on buildings, walls, doors and even on buses on trains that have stayed in one place for too long . but where modern technology creates a problem, it also finds a solution. Last week, Weekend West

was shown around the factory of a small but highly innovative and succsuccessful

 

Hubdean’s achievement is a series of special paints which are graffiti-resistant. How do they work？ It couldn’t be simpler. Take any graffiti-covered surface. First a treatment called Agproclear is applied. Then, using a very hot pressure jet, this treatment is removed and the graffiti disappears at the same time, Now you have a clean wall. But before this clean wall can be painted on by vandals, a new product, Agproshield, is applied. This paint has a special surface which gives it two importan

 

Not surprisingly, Hubdean’s products are used by both local councils and private companies all over the UK, and now orders are been received from around the world. This presents the company with a problem, however. Can they increase production to satisfy the extra demand? Options include building a second factory., dedicated to the most popular products, or licensing a major international company to manufacture their products. The future is looking good for hubdean!

 

1 .Agproclear was developed by Hubdean.

A  Right   B Wrong    C Doesn’t say

2. After painting a surface with Agproshield, you can wash it with water

A  Right   B Wrong    C Doesn’t say

3. Most of Hubdean’s business comes from private companies

A  Right   B Wrong    C Doesn’t say

4.  Hubdean has two factories in the UK.

A  Right   B Wrong    C Doesn’t say

5.  A large international company is going to buy Hubdean.

A  Right   B Wrong    C Doesn’t say

 

 

 

Match the words in column A with their definitions in column B

1  raw materials       A  a details list of item

2  loading bay         B  the area where production takes place

3  factory floor        C  the cost of keeping goods in a warehouse

4  storage costs        D  the time from getting an order to producing the goods

5  waste              E  making something better

6  improvement        F  the area where goods are delivered or taken away

7  defects             G  inefficient or unnecessary use of substances time, energy and money

8  inventory           H  goods, materials or components in the warehouse

9  response time        I  imperfections or faults

10  stock              J  the basic supplies or resources used to produce goods

 

 

1.  Hubdean need to build a new plant/ ware house to store

2.  The company has received new orders/deliveries for their products from customers.

3.  The existing factory cannot make enough to satisfy supply / demand.

4.  The factory is currently working at full capacity / output.

5.  The products are made using an automated / a handmade assembly line

6.  An international company could manufacture Hubdean’s produce / products under licence.