Listening

Situation 1 Showing Visitors around the Factory

Task 1

Listen to a conversation and tick the answers the first speaker gave.

□ 1.I'll be happy to answer questions for you.

□ 2.That's an excellent idea.

□ 3.I'll bet you must be wondering why we ask you to wear hard hats.

□ 4.We care about your attitude.

□ 5.We want to ensure there are no injuries today.

□ 6.It should take about ten minutes to go through the main plant.

□ 7.All together our tour should last about an hour.

□ 8.First I'll take you to the office.

Task 2

Listen to the conversation again and complete the following sentences.

Paul: We'd like to welcome everyone to York factory 1,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.

John: Is it really necessary to wear all this 2 gear?

Paul: That's an excellent question.I'll bet you must be wondering why we ask you to wear hard hats and 3 goggles while you're in the plant.The reason is simple.We care about your safety and we want to 4there are no injuries today.As you will see,to 5 a high level of safety,we also require all of our staff to wear similar protective gear.

Tom: How long will the tour take?

Paul: It should take about twenty minutes to go through the main 6,and maybe another ten to take a look at the 7.All together our tour should last about half an hour.

Adam: Okay…

Paul: Well, if you don't have any questions, shall we get started? If you 8me, first I'll take you to the main plant.

Situation 2 Visiting the Main Plant

Task 3

Listen to a passage and answer the following questions.

1.How many units are produced per year?

2.How many employees are there on the ground floor?

3.Who are responsible for ensuring the continuity of quality?

4.Why do quantity control workers work together with the system engineers?

5.What will the speaker do next?

Task 4

Listen to the passage with some blanks for you to fill in.

Here in the main plant is where most of the 1takes place.We produce and 2 more than 500,000 units per year on these machines.If you do the math on it,that breaks down to about one 3 every minute.We have about 40 employees on the ground floor,which is about 20%of the total staff.Ground floor 4 include production line workers, 5 staff,and quality control managers.Quality control people 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 6.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.