Lesson Seven

Text The Garment Packing

A:Good morning,Mr.Smith.Glad to see you.

B:Good morning,Mr.Green.Glad to see you,too.

A:Sit down,please.Have a cup of coffee.

B:Thank you.

A:Can I help you?

B:I'm interested in your products.Could you please tell something about the packing?

A:Certainly,packing can create a high perceived value for goods and products.We pack the shirts in boxes of half a dozen each,16 boxes to the carton.

B:Can you tell me the dimensions of the carton?

A:Yes,they are 82 cm long,77 cm wide and 51 cm high.

B:What's the volume?

A:It's about 0.32 cubic meters.

B:And the weight?

A:The gross weight is 48.5 kg,the net 47 kg,you see,the tare weighs is 1.5 kg only.

B:By the way,what strapping do you use for the cartons?

A:Plastic strapping.

B:That's good.Plastic strapping is light,strong and handy.

A:You said it.All our efforts are for the customers.

B:Thank you.

A:Don't mention it.

B:Good-bye,Mr.Green.

A:Good-bye,Mr.Smith.I'm glad to have seen you.

New Words and Expressions

product　產品

certainly　當然

create　產生，創造

perceived value　視覺價值

dozen　（一）打（12個）

carton　紙箱

dimension　尺寸

volume　體積

cubic　立方

gross　毛重

net　凈

tare　皮重

strapping　打包帶

plastic　塑料

handy　輕便

you said it　同意，贊成你的意見

effort　努力

Notes to the Text

1.Packing can create a high perceived value for goods and products.包裝能對貨物和產品產生很搶眼的視覺效果。

2.All our efforts are for the customers.我們所做的努力都是為顧客。

3.Glad to have seen you.見到你很高興（分手時說）。

Substitution Drills

Exercises to the Text

1.抄寫并熟記本課短語和詞組。

2.翻譯下列短語：

1）be interest in

2）cubic meter

3）half a dozen

4）the dimension of the box

5）gross weight

6）net weight

7）plastic stripping

8）the volume of the box

3.將下列短語譯成英語：

1）我們所有的努力

2）輕便結實

3）毛重

4）桌子的尺寸

5）用木箱裝服裝

6）一些有關熨燙的事

7）創造價值

8）同意

4.翻譯：

1）我們所做的努力都是為了服裝的質量。

2）衣領能對服裝產生很搶眼的視覺效果。

3）我對你們的襯衫很感興趣。

4）你能告訴我這個盒子的尺寸嗎？

5）塑料打包帶結實輕便。

6）包裝對貨物和產品很重要。

7）我們每半打短褲裝一紙盒。

8）紙箱的體積是0.3立方米。